Where are the words? Are there words for this? Can you put years of feeling and emotions into a card? Can you shove a bunch of "thank you(s)" and "we're thinking of you(s)" into a note? Can a couple who has waited for years and years find the words to tell a mother they understand and have compassion for her pain? That she is giving the amazing gift of life and family to a stranger...are there words to describe that? To thank her? To explain to her: the pain and longing, the praying and talking, the searching and calling, the hoping and stalking, the anger and sorrow, and hopeful tomorrows that maybe this day would come? Can she tell us the pain in her life, and all her hopes for this child's life, will we fill it with all the things she can't give? Can she put in words the depth of those emotions and deal with them everyday?
So I wonder this week, as I look for a card (because of course, there are NO cards that fit these situations), and think of a quote, or a note, or a book or a song, that might have the words...because I don't. And I wonder if in a month from now, when the emotion of the moment hits, if there will be words? Will we all just be overwhelmed? Will we be in awe or shock? Will she save the cards and notes, and freeze frame our faces and words? You can't buy the words for strength, courage, and love at WalMart. You can't find them on a shelf, or on the phone with your favorite girlfriend. You can't share this kind of love with friends, colleagues, and acquaintances who find it foreign....
It's real, and it's creeping up so fast, and I hope when the time is here, I will have all the words that fail me now.
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