Be patient with my heart it has been through so much.
Be patient with my heart it experienced young traumas that hardened it.
Be patient with my heart it is broken and is trying to put the pieces back together.
Be patient with my heart some of the missing pieces are gone forever never to come back.
Be patient with my heart it has experienced love in a way that was not gentle.
Be patient with my heart it fell in love with a friend and held on to love through thick and thin.
Be patient with my heart it lost the love it needed the most.
Be patient with my heart it has been experiencing the pain of grief for two and a half years.
Be patient with my heart it wants to try and trust that it will not be hurt again.
Be patient with my heart it knows that hurt will always come if it opens itself to it.
Be patient with my heart it is in protection mode.
Be patient with my heart it wakes up sometimes forgetting that people have died and feels the pain of loss like a bomb went off inside of it.
Be patient with my heart it searches for the people that left it.
Be patient with my heart it needs time to adjust, time to trust, time to figure out if it can love again.
Be patient with my heart it pulls away sometimes wanting to isolate away from everyone.
Be patient with my heart it is trying so hard not to be guarded forever.
Be patient with my soul it is lost out there.
Be patient with my soul it is looking for its mate.
Be patient with my soul it is still figuring out if it can have more than one soul mate in a lifetime.
Be patient with my soul it is taking its time to heal.
Be patient with me as I navigate my grief.
Be patient with me as I remember a day and cry for the person I lost.
Be patient with me as I fight the demons in my head.
Be patient with me as I tell myself he is gone forever and would have wanted me to move on.
Be patient with me as I know what the downside of relationships is.
Be patient with me for there are days I will shut you out. Know that everyone else is also on the outside.
Be patient with me as I learn to trust that others will be there for me.
Be patient with me as my heart and soul have been broken beyond repair.
Be patient with me as I move forward with life not knowing what I want from it anymore.
Be patient with me as I figure out my future without the things I wanted.
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About Laurel Snook
Laurel became a young widow on October 2, 2020, her husband Matt had a heart attack he was only 37. Matt was a juvenile diabetic and they always knew he would die young but she never thought that she could be a widow at 32. Navigating grief with anxiety, regrets and guilt have been a struggle for Laurel. They had gotten into a fight days before he died and they had talked about divorce. One of the things that helped her the most is finding other widows who understood the pain she was feeling. In February she decided to start writing her story. Self-care is something else she started to do daily and art has become her outlet to get what she is feeling out which she shares on her Instagram. Being a young widow comes with its own challenges but we are not alone in this journey.
You can find her on Instagram @HealingPorcupine or her personal blog link- Healingporcupine.com.