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Since it's oh dark thirty, I can lay this out without fear of repercussions.
I woke up Friday feeling squishy. Chalked it up to my partner about to start shark week.
Listened to @PantsuitPolitic Friday episode where all the listeners just wrote in about how they're doing.
I woke up Friday feeling squishy. Chalked it up to my partner about to start shark week.
Listened to @PantsuitPolitic Friday episode where all the listeners just wrote in about how they're doing.
I was mostly ok until the last few. I finished. Walked into our home office, told the woman I was probably gonna cry at some point.
5 minutes later I was sniffling and snotty. This is if merit because I think the last time I cried was 2016.
I cried on and off all day.
5 minutes later I was sniffling and snotty. This is if merit because I think the last time I cried was 2016.
I cried on and off all day.
A good friend helped me identify what it was. Grief.
I had finally broken my internal dam of silence and coping. My usual method is to take anything that will make me emote and put it in a box until it's convenient to process.
I had finally broken my internal dam of silence and coping. My usual method is to take anything that will make me emote and put it in a box until it's convenient to process.
Only, Covid 19 ain't let up yet. There hasn't been time yet. Apparently my "box" was {and likely still is} overfull.
So I cried. For the friends who've lost family too soon. Those I've never met who have lost. For the economic disparities that continually keep black folks
So I cried. For the friends who've lost family too soon. Those I've never met who have lost. For the economic disparities that continually keep black folks
In danger. For the 2020 seniors who can't experience all this season should be. For the homebound who need but go without. For Drs & Nurses & caregivers who must be stressed from the constant hyper viligance and lack of PPE. For those who need to go back to work, because they're
Already on the wrong side of missing a paycheck. For those that are so selfish or so uninformed that they refuse to acknowledge the part they must play in finding a new normal. For those who go to help however for those that have not.
I cried because those who want normal refuse to acknowledge it CANNOT return.
Lastly, I cried because there are so many babies in the river and everytime we think we found the culprit of who's throwing them in.... Another appears.
Lastly, I cried because there are so many babies in the river and everytime we think we found the culprit of who's throwing them in.... Another appears.
