Every Precious and Fragile Thing

by Barbara Davis

the first step in healing after any tragedy is to look our pain in the eye and accept the fact that it’s a part of who we’ll be going forward.

“For most of us, there’s someone—one person—whose soul we know as well as our own. The one we’re meant for. The one who’s meant for us. We know it the minute we meet them. We feel it. A recognition we sense in our bones. And it never goes away . . .” She paused, blinking away a sudden shimmer of tears. “Even when they do.”