Posted by alexandra_k on December 6, 2013, at 0:16:21
In reply to Grief, how long does it take?, posted by sleepygirl2 on December 5, 2013, at 22:34:43
well...
obviously...
longer than four months.
but also quite genuinely.
i think i'm still coming to terms with my father's death. and that was a couple years ago. i think you are 'allowed' (in some kind of 'normal sense' to take *at least* a couple of years.
i mean...
part of 'coming to peace' is integrating the things they have done. which can take a while. depending on what they have done. depending also on what they have not done. which sometimes is at least as important.
and then there is the Other Stuff.
dammit. it is getting cold. and i am going to jump in the pool.
more to the point... i am surrounded by (literally) like... 100 people at least. why haven't i.... Made Friends.
?
Into the pool I go.
perhpas.
I have a big bottle of beer left...
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