Loss is a Beautiful Teacher

image of my late father, taken December 2023

Life is a beautiful journey where loss is simply part of the experience. It is a teacher. Because of it, we learn to live better. We learn to love deeper. We learn to appreciate the finite moments of this earth.  

Today, I look at my father's life, and while it had its challenges, it brimmed with beautiful moments, many of which I was a part of. He left me many lessons. I can honestly formulate and verbalize the thought, I am grateful to live. I am thankful to know pain, to know love, and to learn loss. 

The loss of him is too a great teacher. ​

​A student, I recognize I get to live and enjoy life as he did. I walk in gratitude for the steps that I take are counted and the finite possibilities of this world are incomparable to the next. ​

The journey is indeed beautiful. 

Sincerely, 
A Student of Life 

​JGF October 8, 2024 12:50pm PT

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​​by Jessica G Ferrer