{"id":5427,"date":"2010-07-12T00:19:05","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T08:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=5427"},"modified":"2010-07-12T00:19:05","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T08:19:05","slug":"how-dare-i-keep-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/how-dare-i-keep-going\/","title":{"rendered":"How Dare I Keep Going"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All my devoted trolls are demanding that I go away and mourn. But the problem is, there’s no way to implement this. Mourning isn’t a thing you do in a black dress. Maybe they want me to spend all day at a cemetery. But it doesn’t matter where I am, it’s all the same barren place, a place I’d rather not be.<\/p>\n

I am going through the motions, because that’s all I know how to do. I could take to my bed and never get up again. I’m not ruling that out. It just seems unfair to my family. I don’t know how to have a nervous breakdown or I’d gladly have one.<\/p>\n

I don’t want to “recover” because mothers who bounce back after the death of a child seem despicable. How could anyone “move forward” after this? What would be the point?<\/p>\n

I don’t know what to do besides cry or distract myself. \u00a0 I’m still waiting for him to come back. When he does, I’ll try not to scold him for putting us through this. Meanwhile, I have to pick out a grave marker and then try to pay for it.<\/p>\n

I started blogging as a way to express myself. Now, it’s a way to escape myself.<\/p>\n

If one more moron whines about my “negativity” or complains that I “hate on” people, I’m going to lose my fucking temper. You can’t hate “on” people. But I might have to learn how.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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