What is grief, if not love persevering?
Eish, Wandavision was a nice escape for several weeks, but after seeing that quote go around pretty widely over the weekend, clearly that line of dialogue struck a chord. It was so similar to a line one of my teammates shared: grief is love with nowhere to go.
What persists after losing somebody? So many things. There are the ideas they left in the world, both the ones they’ve articulated and the things they’ve taught people. The way they saw the world. You know that feeling when you experience something and you know exactly what somebody who isn’t there would say in that moment? A very powerful and hard-to-pin-down replica of the way that person saw the world enters your brain, creating that experience. That’s especially amazing when it’s somebody who had a unique and beautiful way of seeing the world. It’s amazing the ways we permanently change each other in the moments we spend together.
At least half of everyone I know has had to say goodbye to somebody special in the past 3-4 months. Those kinds of losses don’t need to define you, but they do shape you, and they’re worth spending time with.
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On a much simpler note, I decided to surprise Deanna with a day trip to Disneyland. They opened some of the park to walk around in and order meals to go. Entry was free and people did a decent job masking, distancing, and all that. The most popular attraction was easily this Wandavision photo-op. What a good day.