The Everyday Human

Warning: Deep Well Ahead


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May: On Love

May 30

It’s a risky thing—loving someone or something. Because if you love—if you truly love someone—you’ve given them everything you’ve got. And should they go? Should they be taken from you? Well . . . what have you got left?

It happens all the time. You hear romantic stories of elderly partners passing away within days of each other . . . death by a broken heart. This is something called the widowhood effect. And while there doesn’t seem to be a clear medical reason as to why it might happen, it goes to highlight, at the least, just how important love is in our lives. So important that sometimes we can’t live without it.

  • Reflection title: Warning: Deep Well Ahead
  • Creative inspiration: Eastin DeVerna, Life Is But a Dream
  • Reflection Question: Am I prepared to lose the one I love most? Are they prepared to lose me? What promise can I make to myself and to them about carrying on? 
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The Everyday HumanBy Eastin DeVerna