By Sandy Goodman
If I had seen
what I see now
when I was blinded by sorrow,
I would have surely not believed
and would have turned the other way
and so you hid it
from my view,
and waited for the moment when
I would feel
another's sadness
before I felt my own.
Sandy Goodman is the author of Love Never Dies: A Mother’s Journey from Loss to Love (Jodere Group, 2002), and the founder and chapter leader of the Wind River Chapter of The Compassionate Friends. She has presented at national conferences for The Compassionate Friends, Bereaved Parents of the USA and the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors.