Quote for a Sad Day

Today was a hard day. We received a number of Aaron-related pieces of mail; his AP grades (all "4's", including the two AP tests he took during his last week on earth), confirmation of his college credits from Fairleigh Dickensen, a beautiful, intensely personal letter from his grade school bus driver. Each individually a strengthening reminder of who Aaron was, but therefore also a re-opening of the wound that never even started to close.

I know that I never really understood the meaning of the term "bittersweet" before. And I'm reminded again of the following slightly profane, yet still profound quote from a definitely profane, yet still sometimes profound source:

"You know what I find interesting? If you lose a spouse, you're called a widow, or a widower. If you're a child and you lose your parents, then you're an orphan. But what's the word to describe a parent who loses a child? I guess that's just too f---ing awful to even have a name." - Brenda Chenowith, Six Feet Under