A..is for.......

A is for........

Have you ever experienced the feeling of something missing, or someone

missing... that empty feeling, not quite like you have forgotten something

but a genuine feeling of emptyness... a void you find hard to fill with

some mundane task or unavoidable chore. Its the hollow feeling that

seems ever present in your mind, that lingers no matter how much you

try to distract yourself from thinking ...its the feeling of missing someone

when they aren't around...yes...

A is for Absence.

The absence of the person you love, the person whom you cherish, and

think about almost unwittingly continually and without distaction. To miss

someone so genuinly so openly and honestly is to feel their absence when

they aren't with you. How does one fill the void of their presence when

they aren't present in your life, in your day, yet are so ever-present in your

mind.

Absence is such a lonely word, it can only mean there is something or

someone missing... be it a person, or a pet...or such a simple thing as

an enjoyable past-time, once its been taken away, you feel the absence

lingering still...only to become a memory one can treasure and hold onto

up and until should luck be on your side, you once again find yourself

with it in your life... such a simple word has such control of our lives..

it takes away, yet gives back, and then becomes null and void. There is

one small glimpse of positive in this, we hold onto, and thats the 'saying'

we learn from others...and that is,

Absence, makes the heart grow fonder. So therefore, Absence, although a

lonely word, can also bring hope. What does the word mean to me?.. It

means a lot of goodbyes at the airports, a lot of missing my grandparents

in my life, it mean all the pets I have loved and lost over the years, it also

means wonderful memories, those that I treasure, and without the

presence of Absence in my life, wouldnt be as precious to me. I no longer

feel the hollowness of emotions, at the Absence of thing and people in my

life, but the joyous memories of the times we shared.