Grief and Loss Taught me How to Live

Al and I subscribe to the Globe and Mail.  In addition to reading the news pages, I always turn to the "In Person" feature--a personal essay written by readers exploring their lived experiences. In Tuesday's story Susan Marchiori writes about how "Grief and Loss Taught me How to Live."  In the last nine years eight  of her family members have died. She begins by asking the question: "How does one keep living when those around me keep dying?"  After considering some of the conventional wisdom which says that one should take advantage of all that life has to offer,  Susan opted to ignore what she called "this false sense of urgency" and instead to slow down and savour each moment, day, week, month and year.  She discovered that integrating an aspect of the life of each person she had lost helped her to do this. I invite you to read her essay on how she learned to heed the wisdom of those who had passed on before her. 

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