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what is the difference between sadness and grief?

Alyssia and Jeffrey came this morning to bury OOna.   It had been supposed to happen yesterday,  after the kids Christmas but things went on and dark comes so early and they ran out of time.   so they came this morning .  She was just there,  i'd covered her with the Walnut Sheet and the pretty india import bedspread.   They came early,   taking her down on the little sled thing to where Jenny had dug that grave a week or two ago when we saw the wound to her udder.   It was too early for me,  but i'd Fed the Others and just was there,  squatting,   turned away as they decided if the hole was big enough….i listened to them and at some point asked…is she In?   and yes,   and i was flooded with a rush of Sadness.   Dear and Best   Beauty Full Oona

and all day i thought about the difference between Sadness and Grief.   i have Sadness today.   I think there will not be Grief.  Oona's life was long and GOOD.   She will be very missed as a Leader.   But she couldn;'t anymore.   It was the  wound to her udder but it would have been something else.    That's tonight.   we'll see how it is tomorrow.

I love you OOna….Beauty Full You.

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  1. Nancy Avatar

    Dear you. May you sit with these feelings as they move through you. xo

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  2. jude Avatar
    jude

    a still unnamable falling inward, still remember Gideon, still, every time.

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  3. Deb G Avatar

    The difference between grief and sadness, yes, that is something I have experienced too. Sending love Grace, every good bye is different.

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  4. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Each time when one of the beloveds die, goats, dog, a hole in my heart opens for the loss. With the exception of Talkie, Puppy Merced and Minnow, I have know all of your beloved personally and have been with them and you, years ago. For me, grief is immediate, a sharp sense that can bring you to your knees. Sadness lingers, off and on, coming and going even thru the good memories. I think it is needed for it honors the life of the being. Sadness is like a blanket that comes when needed and then we fling it away as those good memories warm us and it is those memories that hold us, remind us maybe of what has bee lost but, to me, more importantly, of what we gained from their lives…

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  5. Liz A Avatar

    Oona … I say her name out loud, listen to the softness of it … and then Grace …

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  6. Beth from Still Life Pond Avatar
    Beth from Still Life Pond

    ((( Grace )))

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  7. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Grace I am so sorry .. even when we see it coming it doesn’t lessen the pain in the ones heart. I’m going to imagine your Tina quilt wrapped around you giving you an extra warm hug tonight. 😢

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    am glad that this is my work, this sitting With

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes….it always go back to Gideon
    and SnowBunny

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    it is….and i understood that more today…Tuesday

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    i love your sharing of your sense of it all….Thank you

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar

    the Tina…..always my Comfort….i often run my fingertips
    across her ripples

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  14. Mo Crow Avatar

    (((Grace))) you have caught the deep sadness of loving the one who has died with this drawing for Oona as she flies free

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  15. Jan Avatar
    Jan

    Loving you, loving the loss, the sadness and the grief….all these beautiful lives

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