The Painful Goodbye
As we age bit by bit, soul by soul those that we know or better said that we knew go away. Where they go is a subject for a different conversation. Some will tell you heaven others will tell you dirt. Truth be told these are philosophical questions much larger than my humble mind can ponder. I can say that birth to life to death is a natural progression of organic life and it is only logical that those we cross paths with in life will at some point cease to exist. While logical in the course of human events it still doesn't make the event any less painful. I don't understand what happens to some people when they grow old. Sometimes it seems like something changes in the mind. I don't know if it is a way of compensating for the eventual reality or if it is a reflection of true emotions. Perhaps this is one of the things that makes it so difficult. In my life and family I have had considerable experience with this phenomenon. It started with a dysfunctional relation