When I think back on these times
And the dreams we left behind
I’ll be glad ’cause I was blessed to get
To have you in my life ~ Faith Hill
Four years ago today someone dear left the world. I spent two years trying to figure out how to live without her and another two learning I shouldn’t expect so much. The truth is, if you’re lucky, there are people you will never be over.
Every person who touches our lives teaches us something. Let me tell you what Dani taught me.
1.That thing you’ve always wanted to do– the one that scares you. Do it right now.
2.That place you always wanted to go. Book the ticket.
3.Don’t be a slave to your ambition. Stop and let things happen on occasion.
4.Take a minute every day to look around and register how beautiful life is.
5.Love deeply. You don’t have as much time as you think.
My Dani was daring. She was adventurous. She sucked the marrow out of life and took time to see the beauty in simple things. Above all, she loved freely and deeply.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful soul with me, Dani. I’ll keep you in my heart forever.
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Terra Bruhm is a Canadian poet and nonfiction writer. The Robin’s Egg is Bruhm’s debut memoir. Upon its completion, she will begin work on her next project; Ten and Two, a humorous memoir about the eight years she spent travelling around the world as a university recruitment officer.
Bruhm was born in Moncton, New Brunswick. In 2002 she moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia to pursue the Foundation Year Programme at the University of King’s College. In 2006 she graduated with a Combined Honours Degree in Journalism and Early Modern Studies. She earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from Dalhousie University in 2015.
Bruhm lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia where she serves as a Student Success Advisor in the Bissett Student Success Centre at Dalhousie University. When she’s not offering degree and career advice to current and prospective students she can be found writing in the Halifax Public Library, enjoying a tea at the Coburg Coffee House or sampling a brew at Good Robot.
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Thank you for not forgetting her Terra, she treasured your friendship!