Submission 118

This wooden heart with the most perfect message for me right now washes up at my feet yesterday as I walked alone along the shoreline of a little cove where I sought solace. I was longing for my grandma who died 5 years ago and for her kind words of deep care and love and understanding. I spoke to her in the sky and in the sea. I have felt so unheard and so isolated in my current trauma and grief that pervades everything that I am. I have not felt joy for so long and comfort is all I seek. I have forgotten what joy feels like in my body. I have yearned for my grandma’s love and as I walked by the sea, my home, this message was delivered to me, reminding me that I am cared for, that she is there holding me, wings wrapped around me, that I am seen and loved and am not all alone in my pain. The sea gifted me this love. It has reminded me that joy will return and to just be patient and to let myself be held through this pain and it will ease. Those I love who have passed are with me, all around me. This message is something I want to share with those who are feeling similar despair and fear and loss. We are loved and being held from beyond and we must feel those wings protecting us.

danielle soper