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There Will Come a Time There Will Come a Time by Carrie Arcos
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“Ghosts are just pieces of memory. They haunt us because we don't want to forget. We are the ghost makers. We take fragments of the dead and project them onto shadows and sounds, trying to make sense of loss by assigning it a new shape. Ghosts aren't real.”
Carrie Arcos, There Will Come a Time
“We try to explain how we feel, but there aren’t always the right words or the words we have fail. But with music, you can hear a piece and say, Yeah, that’s it. That’s exactly how I feel.
Carrie Arcos, There Will Come a Time
“I'm saying there will come a time when you won't be so angry or in so much pain. It doesn't have to be now. You just have to believe that it'll come and let people in.”
Carrie Arcos, There Will Come a Time
“Right before she stopped breathing, did she have a brief moment when dying came as naturally as living?”
Carrie Arcos, There Will Come a Time
“Ghosts are just pieces of memory. They haunt us because we don't wan't to forget. We are the ghost makers. We take fragments of the dead and project them onto shadows and sounds, trying to make sense of loss by assigning it to a new shape. Ghosts aren't real. Dead is dead. There is no getting someone back.

I'm starting to forget the small things. The way Grace smiled at me. How her voice sounded when she was angry. What color nail polish she wore. Her smell. Smell is supposed to be our sense with the strongest ties to memory. Sometimes I pull out one of her shirts to remind me of her scent because I can fell Grace slipping from me. And I'm terrified of what that means.”
Carrie Arcos, There Will Come a Time
tags: grief, loss
“Their kindness kills me. It's not the sugary-sweet kind. It's genuine and motivated by love and there's no fighting it. Sometimes love can be more overwhelming than hate.”
Carrie Arcos, There Will Come a Time
“Los fantasmas son solo fragmentos de memoria. Estos nos acosan porque no queremos olvidarlos.”
Carrie Arcos, There Will Come a Time
“Today I miss when she'd make me tea and we'd talk.”
Carrie Arcos, There Will Come a Time