I’ve been avoiding Last Letters Home on HBO because I didn’t think I could handle the sadness. I had Oprah on in the background today and she had some wives/mothers reading letters and I was right, I can’t handle it. It’s so overwhelmingly sad the loss these people have been dealt. To hear about parents losing children, people losing lovers, soul mates, life partners is unbearable. I feel physically ill imagining it in my own life – but for these families it’s real. Eventually I’ll watch the whole thing – with a pound of Kleenex and Georgie by my side. Hug your loved ones today. Please.
Last Letters Home
December 1, 2004 By
You’ve figured out “how to stand it.” You cry (preferably with tissues at hand, rather than sliming the back of your hand at hand), then cry some more. Then hug the loved ones who are still around. And then you are very very very kind to yourself until those fragile feelings have moved on. (I think everyone’s feelings are more fragile while the Christmas thing is happening… whether Christmas IS your think or not.) Have a hug: >>
PS: I’ve NEVER thought about putting knitting needles in my pants. What IS it with boy-people?