Grieving LaTosha

 


LIFE is a complex melody—that can change  its rhythm just when you think you’ve mastered the dance. Life can swing its pendulum from sanctuary to sorrow right when you are making plans for tomorrow—taking you from plans cemented to life disoriented in a matter of seconds. 

LIFE  has a way of teaching over and over again—it is a gift to you—and to see it—live it—handle it —and LOVE it accordingly. 

I feel LIFE very, very differently in this moment from anything I have ever experienced or felt before. And I am questioning —how that’s even possible considering all the others before? And I don’t know what this means… but I do know that in the last 24–48 hours I went from sanctuary to sorrow —plans cemented are now disoriented. My vision is blurred literally and figuratively—my heart is shattered which feels literal even if it’s not—something in my stomach feels like it’s a knot. 

LIFE is but a dream—that’s what they say—and maybe that’s what this is. So, I’ll dream of you —we’ll talk for hours— like we always do —and maybe you can explain to me how to make it through.


#Haleemah Richardson 🕯️ #Tosha# #Tosh LaTosha🌹🕊️🤍


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