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This is a heartbreaking piece of writing. Engaging and wistful. I feel this person’s pain, and I wish I could hug them to say that the pain and loss they experi

This is a heartbreaking piece of writing. Engaging and wistful. I feel this person’s pain, and I wish I could hug them to say that the pain and loss they experience Will pass some day. But life doesn’t give us such affordances. And this man has to deal with the most personal loss and simultaneously be the rock his daughter needs to rely on. This hurts my heart. It hurts my soul (should such a thing exist). All I can offer is the hope that by the time I finish reading, he has peace, and his daughter years from now knows the strength of will and the work he has done to be so present for her.

nske 4y ago
I am sure that she will, and that she is also his rock already. My mother's story is very similar. When I was young, I was self-centred and didn't appreciate how strong she was, how an amazing job she was doing. And still from her perspective having me was giving her strength and purpose, even though I was like that. But my point is that these things always leave a big footprint, even if at first you don't think much of them -and when you grow up a bit they start clicking. I'm so grateful that I've never felt the loss of someone very close to me, but at the same time it's my biggest fear in life because I have no idea how badly it would break me and if I would have the strength that these people have.
- Tsiklon 4y ago
  That you’re self aware of your selfishness then that is half of the battle towards recognising that you can be better. When I was younger I always thought I was something special. High school sorted that issue out in a certain sense. In a way that everyone is humbled. Treasure the time you can spend with your parents, for me COVID had allowed me to spend so much time with my parents, to be able to see them as peers. And I found that as something special.

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This is a heartbreaking piece of writing. Engaging and wistful. I feel this person’s pain, and I wish I could hug them to say that the pain and loss they experi

by Tsiklon 4y ago

nske 4y ago
I am sure that she will, and that she is also his rock already. My mother's story is very similar. When I was young, I was self-centred and didn't appreciate how strong she was, how an amazing job she was doing. And still from her perspective having me was giving her strength and purpose, even though I was like that. But my point is that these things always leave a big footprint, even if at first you don't think much of them -and when you grow up a bit they start clicking. I'm so grateful that I've never felt the loss of someone very close to me, but at the same time it's my biggest fear in life because I have no idea how badly it would break me and if I would have the strength that these people have.
- Tsiklon 4y ago
  That you’re self aware of your selfishness then that is half of the battle towards recognising that you can be better. When I was younger I always thought I was something special. High school sorted that issue out in a certain sense. In a way that everyone is humbled. Treasure the time you can spend with your parents, for me COVID had allowed me to spend so much time with my parents, to be able to see them as peers. And I found that as something special.