{"id":2923,"date":"1999-08-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-08-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/cycles-of-life-and-circles\/"},"modified":"2021-06-24T20:03:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T20:03:04","slug":"cycles-of-life-and-circles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/cycles-of-life-and-circles\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycles of Life and Circles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cycle Of Life<\/b><\/p>\n

Everytime my mother puts her hand on my face, it feels like she is touching my heart. There are times, as I watch my mother asleep in her bed, that I long to curl up beside her, hold her tight and put both her hands in mine – attempting to offer both of us some semblance of safety and security. But I realize that were I to fall asleep and then awaken, I would still be here upon this earth – while my mother would awaken in Heaven.<\/p>\n

I would know that I could not hold her here, nor could she take me there. Our bodies would be touching, but our spirits would be separated by death. Perhaps this is what is meant by “One will be taken – the other left”. For the one who is taken actually takes their essence with them – and the one who is left behind wonders how and when they will ever see that loved one again.<\/p>\n

For although separated by death, we are united in Love and throughout it all, the love remains. The questions are never erased, but then neither are the memories. Such is the cycle of life!<\/p>\n

\u00a91993 Dorothy Womack<\/b><\/p>\n

Circles:<\/b><\/p>\n

Life is a circle, twirling round about
\nWhere we start is where we exit out —
\nIn between, we find our lives are filled
\nWith happiness and sorrows – Even still<\/p>\n

We yearn for more within ourselves
\nTo build a better world —
\nYet, somehow, never finding how
\nTo accomplish this, occurs<\/p>\n

To us, until the very end
\nAs life starts winding down —
\nWe find that in our living well
\nWe’ve sought and now have found<\/p>\n

That living is its own reward
\nWe leave – Yet we retain –
\nFor all we’ve seen, or had, or done
\nOur INFLUENCE remains….<\/p>\n

\u00a92000 Dorothy Womack<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although seperated by death, we are united in love and throughout it all, the love remains. The questions are never erased but then neither are the memories. Such is the cycle of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1080],"class_list":["post-2923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging"],"authors":[{"term_id":1080,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"dorothy-womack","display_name":"Dorothy Womack","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2923"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4662,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923\/revisions\/4662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2923"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/care-givers.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=2923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}