Pooh Wisdom When Someone you love is dying

Lately there have been several memorable, heart breaking post to FB featuring wisdom with Winnie the Pooh.  Not sure who the author is but it is quite touching to use the Pooh.  The following is one from today.

 When someone you love is dying,       

you begin to understand a kind of helplessness no one ever prepares you for.

You watch the strongest person you know
grow tired.
You see the hands that once held you steady
start to tremble.
You hear the voice that once felt unbreakable
soften into something fragile.

And suddenly, you realize love can move mountains,
but it cannot stop time.

You wish it could.
You pray it might.
You bargain with a universe
that does not answer the way you want.

But time keeps moving.

So you stay.

You sit by their bedside, memorizing every breath,
every small squeeze of their hand,
every quiet glance that says more than words ever could.

Your heart breaks not all at once, but slowly—in a thousand silent moments.

You learn that strength is not fixing what cannot be fixed.
It is not pretending you are not afraid.
It is not holding back the tears.

Strength is staying.

It is loving them through what cannot be stopped.
It is whispering “I’m here” even when you know there is nothing left to fight.

You begin to understand that sometimes the bravest thing you can do
is love someone all the way to the edge of goodbye.

No matter how hard it is to watch.
No matter how much it hurts.
No matter how powerless you feel.

Because in the end, love is not about saving them.

It’s about making sure they never feel alone.

And that kind of love—even when it cannot stop time—is the most powerful thing you will ever give