Tag: loss
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Letter to Myself — When the Pain Feels Like Truth
I sat in silence before Paul’s grave, candles flickering against the red earth. No words. Just the weight of everything we never got to finish. He walked beside me when no one else did—through doubt, through chaos, through fire. This isn’t just grief. It’s memory. It’s love that refuses to die.
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Touching the Eternal: Mystical and Scientific Perspectives
After losing someone close, the question of what we really are starts to haunt you. Are we just biological machines—neurons firing, cells decaying, nothing more? Or is there something deeper at play—something beyond the physical, something eternal? Grief has a way of cracking open the surface-level answers. It forces you to ask: when life is…
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Essence Over Time: The Friendships That Endure
People say that time changes everything. That friendships fade, that people outgrow each other, that life moves us in different directions. But I don’t think that’s always true. Some connections don’t weaken with time. Some people don’t become strangers just because years pass. I’ve realized that the friendships that last aren’t the ones built on…
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Paul, London Service – After Thoughts
aul, we just attended your service in London. The room was full, overflowing with love and remembrance. I spoke for you, but it wasn’t enough. My thoughts of you have been consuming me, and I feel we need another moment—one that truly reflects who you were. Maybe in the South of France, where we can…
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🌿 A Tribute to Paul – My Best Friend, My Brother
On December 19th 2024, my best friend, Paul, passed away. Grieving is an ongoing process, and I’ve been finding ways to cope. Tomorrow, his service will be held in London, where many who played a part in his life will gather to honor him. His final resting place will be in Nigeria, where we will…
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A Letter to Paul – you were not just a friend… you were… The Friend
Paul, I don’t know how to write this because no words feel enough.No sentence can fully explain what you meant to me, what you were in my life, and the unbearable silence you’ve left behind. You weren’t just a friend—you were the friend.The one I could call when life made no sense.The one who didn’t…