{"id":5396,"date":"2026-05-06T13:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=5396"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:35:18","slug":"parts-of-a-whole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=5396","title":{"rendered":"parts of a whole&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some will tell you that loss or rather<br>the pain that comes with it<br>is the price<br>of love<br>but I think instead it is very much just<br>a part<br>of<br>love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>the letting go part<br><br>it is precisely how we love<br>when all choice is taken away<br>and we have to find the strength to<br>let go<br><br>the love continues on, of course<br>and that<br>is the part that hurts the most<br>the suddenly being without that physical presence<br>the not seeing, the missing<br>and the how will we&#8230;<br><br>we just do<br><br>and even that heavy, heavy ache<br>that sits like a lump<br>in the left side of your chest<br><br>I think that\u2019s actually a reminder<br>that love is still there<br>in that same spot<br>it just quietly, but continuously <br>fills every single nook and cranny<br>that might be feeling<br>empty<br><br>it\u2019s the softest, gentlest undulating wave<br>that maybe only for a brief second,<br>and almost unnoticed<br>brushes over your skin<br>to soothe<br>and even when you might think<br>I cannot possibly do this again<br>it hurts too much<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>unknowingly, love is softly bringing the pink<br>back to the subtleties of your skin<br>feeling<br>to your fingertips and<br>toes<br><br>whether it is a pet, or a parent<br>a partner, a friend<br>the loss, the grief, the<br>sadness<br>is all part of loving<br><br>and<br>I do so wish you<br>love<br><br>we are made of love<br>and there is not a price to pay<br>except maybe<br><br>that we should care for each other<br>continuously <br><br>and<br>kindly \u2665<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some will tell you that loss or ratherthe pain that comes with itis the priceof lovebut I think instead it is very much justa partoflove the letting go part it is precisely how we lovewhen all choice is taken awayand&hellip; <br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=5396\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[888,1313,395,223,74,85],"class_list":["post-5396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-grief","tag-losingapet","tag-lovelosslife","tag-noticelife","tag-toyouthisday","tag-writelife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5399,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5396\/revisions\/5399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}