“We thought we were taking care of him [but] I see now that the truth is he was still taking care of us,” she reflected of his twilight years.
“He was reminding us, particularly in these uncertain times, of the power of GOODNESS. That even when the body is fading and things seem to be falling apart around us, the goodness remains.
“The pain of losing him seems unbearable at times…that I can’t lay my head on his shoulder and feel the anchoring safety he brought to my life. That he will never sit at the head of the table at Thanksgiving or Christmas and FILL the house with healing laughter.”
She also commented: “Even when the body is fading and things seem to be falling apart around us, the goodness remains.”
Her full speech can be found at her Instagram account, @sydneypoitierheartsong.
