{"id":362,"date":"2013-11-25T13:18:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T13:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/?p=362"},"modified":"2014-01-22T11:08:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T11:08:40","slug":"healing-from-loss-love-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/healing-from-loss-love-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing from Loss: Love Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Robin<\/a><\/p>\n

I met him at the Metropolitan<\/a>. It was love at first sight. But I didn\u2019t get his name or number.<\/p>\n

Am I ready to start a new relationship? Probably not since I\u2019m asking the question. Sometimes I think I will never allow myself to come close to another human being again. Because nothing lasts forever and I don\u2019t know how much loss I can take.<\/p>\n

Shortly after my daughter died I found a small gold ring in her room. A ring, an unbroken circle, symbolizes infinity and undying love in many cultures. But this ring was one of those adjustable bands where the ends don\u2019t meet. As soon as I put it on I knew it would snag on something someday and fall off. Nevertheless, I decided to wear Marika\u2019s ring. That it would be okay when I lost it. I would not regret not tucking it away someplace safe.<\/p>\n

Can I treat people this way? Like they are not forever?<\/p>\n

How differently would we all live if we had expiration dates stamped on us like cartons of milk? What is safe? When is ready?<\/p>\n

I promised myself I would learn from Marika. She lived like the lights could go out at any time, like she had only an hour left. She said, \u201cMom, get a life.\u201d So maybe \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I met him at the Metropolitan. It was love at first sight. But I didn’t get his name or number. Am I ready to start a new relationship? Probably not since I’m asking the question. Sometimes I think I will never allow myself to come close to another human being again. Because nothing lasts forever […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-25"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t