Fourteen Years of Remembering

Each November, in our newsletter, I take time to acknowledge the loss of my son Brian. He is the reason for all I do with the Brian Dagle Foundation and Brian’s Healing Hearts. November 12, 2011, is when he left this earth. Fourteen years later, this day is difficult for all of us who were touched by the love Brian had for his family, friends, and community.

This November 12th will mark fourteen years since he left us. Time is a funny thing when you are grieving. The days and weeks leading up to that day catapult you back in time feeling as though it was yesterday yet at the same time, there is pervasive feeling of foreverness since we last hugged.

The years have allowed for the pieces of my broken heart to be gently stitched together. But days leading up to that day sometimes feel as though the stitches begin to unravel, allowing my deep grief to rise to the surface and the reality of his loss is overwhelming. I know that all I can do is breath through the hard days and remind myself that this too will pass. That in time, the gratitude for my family, friends, and life shines a light into my dark. That in time, I’ll remember Brian’s beautiful smile and his indigo blue eyes smiling are down at me.

And I’ll smile too, thankful to be his mom.

With gratitude,
Ann Dagle
President
Brian Dagle Foundation