absent love

"Nothing can make up for the absence of someone whom we love, and it would be wrong to try to find a substitute...It is nonsense to say that God fills the gap; he does not fill it, but on the contrary, he keeps it empty and so helps us to keep alive our former communion with each other, even at the cost of pain."
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer



for christmas, my wonderful father gave me a book of great passages by dietrich bonhoeffer to read each day. this is the one i read last night. there's much more this quote by this amazing man, i wrote it all down and had meant to put it all up here, but of course i would forget the paper at home, so for now, this is all i've got. i'll post the rest of it later.

but anyway, i miss you all. i love you all.