Oh, Allyson, you are carrying a huge emotional load right now - it's completely understandable that you'd feel broken beneath it. And it's okay to be broken right now, really.
Everybody plays each other. That's all anybody ever does. We play parts.
Saffron ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sparky1 - Jan 15, 2015 7:04:31 am PST #15285 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
msbelle - Jan 15, 2015 7:05:58 am PST #15286 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am so sorry Allyson. You were given a horrible task. I wish I could carry some of this for you.
Trudy Booth - Jan 15, 2015 7:07:04 am PST #15287 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
There is mercy in that someone who loved her told them.
You weren't some police officer doing his best to be kind to strangers. Your heart was breaking along with theirs. Their daughter was so far away from them and there was nothing that they or you or anybody else could do - but she was surrounded by people who'd have done anything for her. That matters.
amyth - Jan 15, 2015 7:07:27 am PST #15288 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Oh, Allyson. How awful. I'm so sorry. I wish we could lift some of this burden off of you.
sumi - Jan 15, 2015 7:08:45 am PST #15289 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Happy Birthday, msbelle!
Hey, you share your birthday with MLK and my younger brother.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 15, 2015 7:09:43 am PST #15290 of 30000
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
My pain specialist has just sent mail saying "You aren't supposed to take Tramadol on a long-term basis!" I had to sit on my fingers to avoid saying "WHO THE HELL PRESCRIBED THEM FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE OPIOID FAIRY?!?!?"
The hell? My dad has been taking it for headache pain for years. Just when the headache is too bad for over-the-counter meds, but I don't believe his prescription has restrictions other than "no more than once daily."
-t - Jan 15, 2015 7:12:20 am PST #15291 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm so sorry, Allyson. I wish I had some way to ease your burden.
Hey, you share your birthday with MLK and my younger brother.
Also Drew Brees t /random fact I just learned
Nora Deirdre - Jan 15, 2015 7:13:51 am PST #15292 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
OMG, Allyson. I'm so very sorry.
Sue - Jan 15, 2015 7:13:54 am PST #15293 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Allyson, I understand. I have never unheard the sounds my dad made when my mother told him that his brother (and his best friend) died in an car accident. It's so raw.
It's the hardest thing to ever have to tell anyone about a loved one. There's no easy way. I'm sure they were better to have heard it from someone who loved ita and who could share their grief.
Jesse - Jan 15, 2015 7:14:08 am PST #15294 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Allyson, do you have a therapist or someone you could talk to professionally? That seems worth doing -- this is too much to deal with on your own.