Reality: A Little Less Funny Concept

[ozma914]

SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK

The other night my wife asked me to hand her a bottle of water. I reached for it and said, “When I blow a dollar on a bottle of water …”

And then I stopped. I’d just learned of the death of Robin Williams, and that’s a line stolen from him. (It ends with, “I buy Perrier.”)

“Reality

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[enigmaticblues]

I went through a period this winter when the only reason I didn't wrap my car around a telephone pole was that I wasn't sure they'd know how to contact my husband. Since I didn't change my name, it might not be immediately obvious that I was married, or who I was married to, and I didn't like the idea of dying without him knowing what happened to me.

Up until then, I'd thought my depression was under control. I had no idea how bad it had gotten (something about not seeing the forest for the trees, I guess) until that moment, and I knew that something had to change. But I can also imagine that voice not kicking in, or if another stressor (being diagnosed with an incurable, debilitating illness, for instance) had hit at the same time... I don't know what I would have done.

But I am so in awe of him for having fought so long and so hard. I respect him for the good that he's done, and the light he's left behind. He won't be soon forgotten, and I really hope he's found peace.

[ozma914]

I hope so too. I don't know anything about what kind of treatment he may have gotten, or whether he stuck to it -- sticking to it might be one of the major problems.