Tears are the words the heart can’t express – lovequotes
Well Accidental Readers, it has finally happened. I had a complete breakdown. I literally cried for over two days. After months of quarantine, rising numbers, cancelled graduations, racial injustice, protests, the return of schools and the current political climate, I totally lost it. I’m helping my mother during quarantine here in South Florida where our numbers are out of control and beaches and pools are closed. With an average of 97 degrees and no where to cool off, we are literally housebound.
I tend to be an eternal optimist, always looking on the bright side of things. I could not see through to the other side. As some of you may have experienced, once your in the middle of the craziness, it is really hard getting out. The more people tell you to calm down and that everything will be ok, the more you cry. Honestly, it was bad. Thank goodness for family. My brother Kevin called me and said “what are you doing today?” I told him “nothing, I am moping today.” His amazing family called me and said “get out and come over, we are turning your pity party into a pool party.” I spend the day wallowing in their backyard pool. Just what the Doctor ordered.
We are living in the most uncertain of times. Just when we think there is some kind of light, something pops up and throws us for a loop. What can we do? In the middle of my tears I realized that it is ok to cry. It is ok to mope. It is ok to sit in our pajamas eating ice cream and watching Netflix. Should we do this every day? Absolutely not, but we have to allow ourselves to feel. Some days are just not great. What do we do after? We pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start all over.
In the words of Annie, “The sun will come out tomorrow” – or the next day
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