Little Ways of Grief -- Day 1

“It’s so curious…. 

One can resist tears and ‘behave’ very well 

in the hardest hours of grief. 

But then someone makes you a friendly sign

 behind a window, 

or one notices that a flower 

that was in bud only yesterday

 has suddenly blossomed, 

or a letter slips from a drawer . . . 

and  everything 

collapses.”  

~ Colette 

(Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, 1873-1954)