Its been one month. The first week was surreal - Has this really happened? Am I really here? Is she really gone? Everything went by so fast. I got caught up in all the work that came crashing down after my week's absence. It divided my conscience in two. On one end, I was so relieved to just immerse myself in something other than sadness and tears and grief. And on the other end, I'd feel so guilty. Id go through a whole day laughing and joking - Not a thought of her on my mind and not a prayer for her on my lips. What an ungrateful, undeserving person I am.
Its a cruel cycle I go through. I wake up in the morning, exhausted, and try to find enough strength to survive my day. Paying attention in class has become such an arduous task and by the time I get home, I've no energy will to do anything but go back to sleep.
But realisation hits me the hardest at night as I study. After two hours or so, I look up from my books and thoughts of her pop into my mind. The sound of her voice and the wrinkles on her face and all the times she sat beside me as I studied. She kept silent, so I could concentrate, but never left the table. She kept me company. She never wanted me to feel like I was alone.
I look up from my books now and no one's here. I'm alone.
I think of her now in heaven, with her husband and her son and parents and siblings, and I cant feel anything but joy for her. But then I recall us here on earth, and joy immediately becomes tears.
One month was so hard, how am I going to go through the rest of my life?


