• Home
  • Mail
  • News
  • Finance
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Search
  • Mobile
  • More
Yahoo
    • Skip to Navigation
    • Skip to Main Content
    • Skip to Related Content
    • Mail
    Lifestyle Home
    Follow Us
    • Style
    • Beauty
    • Wellness
    • Shopping
    • MAKERS
    • Holiday Guide for Guys
    • Pets
    • Video
    • Horoscopes
    • Pop Culture

    'I will love her forever': Author of 'Eat, Pray, Love' shares post 6 months after partner's death

    Hope Schreiber
    Writer
    Yahoo LifestyleJune 7, 2018
    Reblog
    Share
    Tweet
    Share

    In January of 2018, Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of Eat, Pray, Love, lost her partner, Rayya Elias, to cancer. She was only 57.

    Six months after Elias’s death, Gilbert posted on her Instagram a heart-wrenching essay about grief.

    Gilbert shared a picture of her and Elias during their commitment ceremony, which was taken one year ago, on June 6, 2017. In front of a small group of friends, Gilbert and Elias “bound [their] hearts together forever.”

    Gilbert wrote, “What does ‘forever’ mean when one of the lovers has terminal cancer? That’s simple: It means FOREVER.”


    It is a universal truth that when you lose someone you love dearly, others will reach out in hopes that you’re doing well.

    Gilbert comments on this beautifully, “People keep asking me how I’m doing, and I’m not always sure how to answer that. It depends on the day. It depends on the minute. Right this moment, I’m OK. Yesterday, not so good. Tomorrow, we’ll see.”

    Grief, as she points out, comes and goes on its own. It will show up whenever it wants and do to you what it wants — it doesn’t pay attention to your own personal plans. She explains, “Grief has a lot in common with Love.”

    Ultimately, the only way to handle grief is to be willing to accept it. “How do you survive the tsunami of Grief? By being willing to experience it, without resistance.”

    Read her entire post below.


    Two months after separating from her husband, who she met and wrote about in her memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert shared on Facebook that she found love with her best friend of 15 years, Elias.

    Elias was diagnosed with pancreatic and liver cancer in spring of 2016.

    Gilbert finishes her post with, “I don’t know where Rayya is now. It’s not mine to know. I only know that I will love her forever. And that I am willing.”

    Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for nonstop inspiration delivered fresh to your feed, every day.


    Reblog
    Share
    Tweet
    Share

    What to Read Next

    • Elizabeth Hurley, 54, shows off her figure in striped bikini: 'Just like a fine wine'

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Two Women Landed in the ER After Using a Vacuum to End Their Periods, According to a Nurse's Scary Viral Tweet

      Meredith Videos
    • Dolly Parton Says Having Kids With Husband Carl Dean Just “Wasn’t Meant to Be”

      Prevention
    • Um, Why Was Kelly Clarkson Glued to Her Phone During 'The Voice' Live Shows?

      Country Living
    • Kourtney Kardashian's Impression of Kim Kardashian Is Truly Ruthless

      Cosmopolitan
    • Cardi B Gave Offset $500,000 in Cash for His Birthday and I'm Not Okay

      Cosmopolitan
    • The Haircut, Color, and Style Worth Trying This Winter

      Who What Wear
    • Add this Superdry faux fur jacket to your winter shopping list ASAP

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Some People Are *Convinced* Kris Jenner Is Interviewing a Young Beyoncé in This Vintage Clip from 1992

      Marie Claire
    • Tyler C. Opens Up About Hannah B. Not Wanting to Have Sex With Him During Fantasy Suites

      Cosmopolitan
    • Kourtney Kardashian’s Cozy Sunday Morning Look Includes a Pink Skims Set + Yeezy Sneakers

      Footwear News
    • Colin Firth and Livia Giuggioli Split a Year After She Admits to Affair With Her Alleged Stalker

      Good Housekeeping
    • Woman’s explicit Christmas display draws outrage from neighbors: ‘It's certainly a statement‘

      In The Know
    • 'This shampoo has changed my life': The anti-thinning hair miracle with nearly 11,000 positive reviews is on sale today for $30

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • These hot girl summer posts will give you life

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Kat Von D defends her new blackout tattoo against her critics

      Yahoo Lifestyle Videos

    A black woman faces prison because of a Jim Crow-era plan to ‘protect white voters’

    CH: "The state’s policy of banning people convicted of felonies from voting is rooted in a late 19th century effort by North Carolina Democrats ". DEMOCRATS suppressing the vote. I can't believe they actually printed that fact!

    Join the Conversation
    1 / 5

    1.6k

    • Harry Styles Just Addressed Rumors That He's Bisexual

      Cosmopolitan
    • This Elegant Trend Sort of Died, But It's Coming Back to Life Next Year

      Who What Wear
    • Sesame allergies more common than previously thought, says new study

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's Daughter Luna Danced With Misty Copeland

      Marie Claire
    • 'Beautiful' and 'well-known' college student dies at South Carolina fraternity party

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • A Royal Expert Explains Why Kate Middleton's Relationship with the Queen Is Better Than It's Ever Been

      Marie Claire
    • Khloe Kardashian and Kylie Jenner Were Twinning with This Sleek New Hairstyle

      InStyle
    • Blake Lively Wore a Festive Glittery Skirt and T-Shirt to Taylor Swift's 30th Birthday Party

      Marie Claire
    • Melania Trump hits up the G7 Summit in Calvin Klein, Gucci — and silver high heels

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Police officer searches 6-year-old's new bedroom to ensure no 'bad guys' are present

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Your Horoscope for the Week of December 16, 2019

      Glamour
    • Teens shaken after fellow student attacks older female teacher: 'That's somebody's grandmother'

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Student claims civil rights violation after transgender student uses women's locker room

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • 9-year-old commits suicide after coming out as gay to his classmates

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • The deadliest form of hepatitis is one you've probably never heard of

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Toddler's viral 'Up' Halloween costume embraces his cerebral palsy

      Yahoo Lifestyle