Today has been such a terrible day that pre-#pandemic I would have asked for cute animals. But I know all of you are also having superlatively bad days and also deserve cute animals. We are all living in a time of wrenching grief and loss and collective trauma. It's gutting.
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Years ago, when she was far too young to die, I watched my mother suffocate to death. It was brutal. She wasn't really conscious, but I knew she could feel it. I am heartbroken for everyone who has lost someone to this disease and to that kind of death. We all deserve better.
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It's a terrifying time. It'd be slightly less so if we had a leader who put the country 1st. It would be slightly less so if we were told our losses mattered. I held my mother's hand. My sister sat with her through the night. My mother didn't die alone. We don't have that now.
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There's a lot of rage on here right now. Sublimation is the way many people deal with loss. Pain and suffering are much harder to cope with than anger. A lot of worst selves are being revealed. We have to mitigate that as much as the virus itself for when the worst subsides.
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So I am sending you all metaphoric cute animals. I want you to self-soothe in ways that don't harm you later. Keep that karma clean and neat. Keep your heart open, even as it breaks. We honestly are stronger together. Hold those you love in light. Now and forever.
Amen. 💜🌿
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Amen. 💜🌿
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