CODY BRYDGES

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CODY BRYDGES Six Years An Angel We Didn't Think... We didn't think he was on earth temporarily. We didn't think he could go to a place we couldn't visit. We didn't think overwhelming sadness would be our constant companion. We didn't think we were going to hell and partway back; there cannot be any all the way back. We didn't think that the blow of his death cannot be softened. We didn't think we would experience so many levels of loss after his death. We didn't think we would have to confront a new identity. We didn't think we would see his name on a granite bench. We didn't think the world could seem so depopulated with one teenager gone. We didn't think he could age without growing. We didn't think of all the wasted air until now. We didn't think his dream of going to Alaska could only take place after his death. We didn't think he would become our sun, moon and stars. We didn't think of the end of his life when we were thinking of the beginning. We just didn't think... In our quiet moments without him, we ask him to enter our thoughts, to come into our minds, to be with us any way he can. He does, he reaches us on a level beyond touch. An immeasurable loss. Cody's Family

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Nov 23, 2007