The Healing Journey

July 3, 2025

After a loss, we will cling to our memories, some bitter, some sweet, some comforting, some troubling, and that is perfectly normal because that is how life is. Cling to all your memories because if you only remember the good times or only remember the bad times, you’re not being truthful to yourself or the one you lost.

And always remember that a large part of grief is forgiveness. Ask for forgiveness when we were less than the person we wanted to be, and forgive the person we lost when they were less than the person we wanted them to be.

Hear Sarah McLachlan sing “I Will Remember You,” https://youtu.be/XQtAOuBjysc?si=BoZJDx6mG3yQDauS

I Will Remember You

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

Remember the good times that we had?
I let them slip away from us when things got bad
How clearly I first saw you smilin’ in the sun
Wanna feel your warmth upon me, I wanna be the one

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

I’m so tired, but I can’t sleep
Standin’ on the edge of something much too deep
It’s funny how we feel so much, but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, but we can’t be heard

But I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

I’m so afraid to love you, but more afraid to lose
Clinging to a past that doesn’t let me choose
Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had, oh, you gave me light

And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Weep not for the memories

(I Will Remember You Lyrics as written by Seamus Egan and Sarah McLachlan. Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Walt Disney Music Company, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.)

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