Don't let death ruin your life

I just finished another amazing book that I borrowed from Ele's Place. I've been ripping through books from there like crazy. They have a little book cart that you can check out books from, and many of them I have found have been extremely God-centered and spiritual to my surprise.
   Anyway, I just finished a book called, "Don't Let Death Ruin Your Life: A Practical Guide to Reclaiming Happiness After the Death of a Loved One" by Jill Brooke. (I am using your laptop to write this and it's ANNOYING! Sorry-it has a mind of its own.  I know you always had a problem with the space bar).
   Anyway again, one chapter that stood out to me was early on in the book. It said (this is extremely paraphrased) to think of a picture of someone who is alive. Compare that to the image of the person who died. Does the lost loved one seem far away or faded somewhat? Bring the lost loved one into the foreground of the picture. Imagine them with vibrant colors and very close to you, like how it was when they were alive. The reason for this was to make that person feel closer to you.
   What happened to me soon after I did this was I remembered what it was like to have you here and not be sad about it. Since August 20th, every time I thought of that, it made me sad because of how much I missed it. For the first time I thought of how it was when you were here and being happy about it. It reminded me of what "normal" was before the accident and it was AMAZING! It felt so familiar yet I didn't realize how much I missed that feeling because it just hurt to think of it before.

Side note: I will work on this more later-I just didn't want to forget this thought. Love you!