Tag: parent
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Why do the good times feel so short and the bad times feel so long? Sincerely, a bereaved daughter. trigger warning for suicide
21 years have passed since my dad died mysteriously in our family home, where my brother, my childhood best friend, and I found him: lifeless, naked, and hanging off the edge of his bed. We waited for him at the pick up spot like we did every Sunday as my parents were divorced. He never…
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why progress makes improvement (not perfection)
I unintentionally hate my baby some moments. Not days. Not all the time. The moments are brief and fleeting but they’re there and I have to verbalize it or else it’s a secret that festers in my mind. There’s a few reasons I come to this conclusion and standpoint at times and I won’t deny…
