I am sorry that it has been a while since I wrote something that hopefully someone will read….
The simple fact is that it has been an awful couple of months. My friends are still recovering from the floods, and I am battling some lingering mostly nuisance health issues. Political discord has not improved, and anger is everywhere. Just when I thought I could move on, Charlie Kirk’s death shook me to the core. I remember when President Kennedy was assassinated and how hard that time was.
My senior year of high school, we went through Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Then the riots. I can never forget Rodney King standing there all beat up, and what he said right then has stuck with me since: Why can’t we all just get along?
Today, I thought about something I thought I had long ago buried. A very good friend of mine got some pretty devastating health news that makes mine seem trivial. I was struggling, thinking about how she and her husband were going to handle this.
Then I remembered…..
A few years back I was the acting assistant principal when we had a horrible bus accident. One of our students died instantly, and my co-teacher and daughter were flown to a San Antonio hospital. It was in the country, and our principal was backed up in the traffic and staying on scene to try to help with whatever was needed. It fell to me to tell the teachers what had happened.
You know, it’s “funny” how people react to bad news. Some crumble. Some freeze, some just nod and walk away in a daze. I went from room to room and called the teachers out to let them know.
I thought it would get easier as I went along. I was strangely confused when I realized it just got harder. I didn’t expect that.
So, today, when I got the news about my friend today, I think i went through all the emotions I did that day at school.
Not sure why I am writing this, except it is a type of catharsis for my grief, and I hope that if you find yourself in the same situation, remember that each person deals with news their own way.
Don’t Judge.
Find Peace.
And love one another because you never know!
Love,
Cindy