Mar 21, 2018
After a loss, it can come as a surprise that we still feel love for and feel connected to the person who is no longer in this world. How do we continue to find ways to carry out that relationship in our everyday life? Author Allison Gilbert, out of her own losses, began to find ways to creatively and joyfully connect with her loved ones, making quilts of neckties and plates printed with her grandmother's recipe for cake. In countless ways, she took the actions that resulted in an ongoing joy in the love she still felt. Many a griever has been led to believe that death ends things, yet few grievers actually end up feeling that way. Love continues, the impulse to act on that love continues and we find ourselves in an ever evolving communion with whoever we have lost. Creativity, the realm where nothing needs to make sense, is the perfect environment for this critical act of remembrance and love.