I Wish You Were Here

With all that’s going on in the world right now with COVID-19, the expression “I wish you were here” carries more weight than ever before. Over the past few months, we’ve all found ourselves saying, “I wish you were here to laugh with… to cry with… to have a drink with… to see my son… to share a meal… simply to hug. I wish we could just be together.” So many of us are feeling that longing right now, missing close friends and family, or even saying goodbye to the ones not able to fight off the virus, as the world faces a global pandemic, lock-downs, and quarantines. Sixty days in, most of us are still trying to adjust to this “new normal” — a situation that day-by-day feels less and less new and more and more normal. But for me, the expression “I wish you were here” and my feelings of loss are more permanent; they’ll stay that way for the rest of my life. May 10 marked my sixth Mother’s Day without my mom. May 20 marked the sixth birthday she isn’t here for. She would be 66. I’m 34 now, married with a 1.5-year-old, but when she passed, I was only 28 (good math, Zach), my wife and I were only dating, a wedding was still in the distance, and a child was definitely not on our radar. Just goes to show how much can change in a relatively short period of time (See: global pandemic). This pandemic has forced essentially the entire world to confront the many facets of loss: the loss of loved ones, loss of ways of life, loss of ritua...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Grief and Loss Personal coronavirus COVID-19 grieving Source Type: blogs