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The Price of Love

Grieving, I can honestly admit, I am experiencing for the first time in my life at the age of 32. It’s horrible. I was talking to my therapist the other day and she said something that really stuck with me, “Grief is the price of love.” I have asked myself 8 million times and talked to God, and it all ends up taking me right back to where I am…heartbroken. We knew we had months not days, and I question my decisions; what I would do differently so many times, but in all honesty nothing was ever going to prepare for the loss I experienced. My Poppy was involved in every aspect of my life and not only my life but my kids, my whole life he has been there and to move on without him feels strange, and at times I feel guilty. I started reading the book Option B by Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant, and it has been so good for me. She talks about the three Ps in her book : personalization, pervasiveness and permeance. The two that struck a cord with me the most are pervasiveness and permeance. Because my…

Poppy

Poppy My poppy, i could talk to y’all about him for hours. He was sweet, gentle, stern, kind and so funny. He loved to dance, make jokes, even when we left for hospice he told me to go get his teeth bc he may need to bite somebody lol he never met a stranger. He was the only person that I know who could master eating a hot dog wienee & steak without his teeth in. He loved his family and treasured us more than anything. Most of you know him as the Willis or Jimmy. To us he was our poppy/dandy. Our beloved husband, father, grandpa & great grandpa.He had a nickname for so many of you. The more kids I had he couldn’t keep the names straight so it was the big one, the little one & squirt. My brother and I were so lucky and blessed to grow up down the street from Mimi and poppy. We tore up that rode riding our bikes, rollerblading & running over there almost every single day. Drinking coffee milk on the porch swing, racing in the yard, making them watch the old school Batman movie 8…