One thing I did find to fill my time was reading about grief. At first, this seemed like a way to honor my dad, because he believed that the answer to almost anything could be found in a book.
Like reading about loss, concrete actions connected to my dad were the things that felt most purposeful, and therefore provided moments of respite. When he was in college, my dad had invented a word to describe when a citrus fruit accidentally squirts you in the eye: “.” He kept using it, so growing up I assumed it was a “real” word. Then one day while eating oranges, a friend of mine from college challenged its validity. We settled our argument with a $5 bet over whether it was in the dictionary. I was shocked to open up our musty American Heritage volume and discover I’d lost.
THINK Actually, it is a lot more than that number. My mum died of a massive stroke last week but because of Covid I couldn't get back to see her or go to the funeral.
THINK What really pisses me off is the Cavalier attitude of Republicans concerning 510,000 dead. Especially considering that Trump in the Republican Party enabled this disease to spread amongst us like wildfire I believe there should be class action lawsuits filed against them all. JS
THINK This is Joshua, he was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia—blood cancer, at 3-month-old. He's now 12-month-old & urgently needs a life-saving stem cell transplant after eight chemo cycles to beat leukemia. Please donate, share or retweet!
THINK Probably less than that.
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THINK And to think, 100.000 died while Biden is in the Whitehouse, plus more in Syria, and counting.
THINK 💖 Please read 💖👀 WE'RE OUT OF TIME to secure His 'Aftercare fund' for years of proper follow up & meds. Late March the window opens for His transplant, Please consider a donation, if You can't afford to, please just retweet, it helps! 😍 AboysHeart
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