Feeling Sad. Missed you quietly today...

SDianeL

Visited my husband Lonny this week in Memory Care. He's been there 6 months while I have been going through cancer treatment. He slept through lunch and didn't wake up to eat. I just held his hand and talked to him and told him I love him. They have him medicated due to agitation & because he fell the week before and had to go to the ER for 8 stitches in his head. I found this poem and it is exactly how I feel. I miss him so much it hurts. Trying to find things to do to occupy my time & mind. Just needed a hug today. Thanks for being here.

I missed you quietly today. So quietly that no one noticed.

I missed you as I climbed out of bed and as I brushed my teeth; when I waited at the lights on the drive into work and as I heard the rain outside my window.

I missed you as I ordered lunch and as I kicked off my shoes when I got home; as I switched off the lights and climbed into bed for the night.

I missed you without tears or noise or fanfare. But oh how I felt it.

I felt it in the morning, at lunchtime, in the evening and at night. I felt it as I woke, as I waited, as I worked. I felt it at home, on the road, in the light, in the dark, in the rain.

I felt it in every one of those moments, each one sitting heavier and heavier as the weight of me missing you kept growing and growing.

Yes, I missed you so quietly today.

But I felt it so loudly.

***Becky Hemsley Poetry 2024

Russinator

I love the poem. We all understand how you are feeling.

ImMaggieMae

That’s a beautiful poem. It describes how so many of us feel. Sending virtual hugs to you.

ghphotog

Beautiful!

White Crane

Beautiful and meaningful poem. It describes very much how I’m feeling too. Sending lots of love and hugs your way.

fmb

Beautifully powerful. I'm sitting here weeping. Sending hugs and prayers.

tigersmom

This is a beautiful poem, @SDianeL . I am sure I will feel the same way when this day comes, and it is not far off. Sending you a hug across the miles.

Karen711

Feeling Sad. Missed you quietly today...

SDianeL

Jul 26, 2024

Visited my husband Lonny this week in Memory Care. He's been there 6 months while I have been going through cancer treatment. He slept through lunch and didn't wake up to eat. I just held his hand and talked to him and told him I love him. They have him medicated due to agitation & because he fell the week before and had to go to the ER for 8 stitches in his head. I found this poem and it is exactly how I feel. I miss him so much it hurts. Trying to find things to do to occupy my time & mind. Just needed a hug today. Thanks for being here.

I missed you quietly today. So quietly that no one noticed.

I missed you as I climbed out of bed and as I brushed my teeth; when I waited at the lights on the drive into work and as I heard the rain outside my window.

I missed you as I ordered lunch and as I kicked off my shoes when I got home; as I switched off the lights and climbed into bed for the night.

I missed you without tears or noise or fanfare. But oh how I felt it.

I felt it in the morning, at lunchtime, in the evening and at night. I felt it as I woke, as I waited, as I worked. I felt it at home, on the road, in the light, in the dark, in the rain.

I felt it in every one of those moments, each one sitting heavier and heavier as the weight of me missing you kept growing and growing.

Yes, I missed you so quietly today.

But I felt it so loudly.

***Becky Hemsley Poetry 2024

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Crushing. Love to all!