It is one thing to live with your own grief, another to co-exist with someone else’s. As adults, we may navigate our way through it. But how does a kid survive life with someone who has surrendered to unhappiness?
An excerpt from a January 2014 diary:
”Here’s the thing to remember about them: they’re wrong. They are wrong first about you – you matter more than their misery. And however blue they may feel, their condition is not necessarily fatal – they don’t have to die on the barricades to escape agony. They may not know the way out – and you probably can’t pull them out by yourself – but if you can get them to look up and see the light, even for a moment, they might be reminded that life can be more than the pain. That may be all you can do, to get them to look up.
But it may not be enough. So the other thing to remember is this: it’s not your fault. It’s not your fault that they’re in the dark, and it’s not your fault if they won’t come out. They just can’t hear your song.”
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