the path

a lady that comes into my store lost her husband a year ago, then lost her niece three months after that

i often talk to this lady and she is such an inspiration, she told me a story about an older lady that left her purse in a shopping cart.

Terry was walking up to walmart and the lady had finished loading her groceries and was getting in her car, Terry noticed that the lady had left her purse.  She stopped the lady and gave her the purse.  The lady thanked her and started to fall apart, telling her about how she had lost her husband and how everyone has told her that she should be over it by now.  Terry told her that no one should be able to tell her when to get over something and her only job was to keep up with her purse.  She told me that it was as if a load of bricks had been lifted from the lady's shoulder.  It was as if the thought of being able to fully grieve her husband had NEVER occurred to her. 

Terry's therapist has been telling her that it is time for her to get over grieving for husband as well.....funny how god puts people in our paths.