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7 months
grief
the ultimate nonlinear
one moment you're here
mundane
toothbrush
then all of a sudden
you're holding in your hands
the last clothes she wore
before the hospital gown
and you can't believe she's dead
she can't be dead
this can't be happening
my heart is screaming
so loud it fills the grand canyon
I can't breath
how is this possible
how is this depth of pain ( Read more... ) -
grief is a luxury
forgo your duties
responsibilities
lay here in the muck
ignore the expectations
let everything else go
wallow
let weeds spring up covering the roses
trash build up breeding flies
sit there and cry and cry and cry
you can't bring them back
let that futility wash over you
while you give up
others must get 'things done'
feel the shame and guilt
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my mom is dead
Sometimes it's the memory of how you could barely stand up ( Read more... ) -
"Emotional Contagion"
Why I Wrote The No A**hole Rule
by
March 17, 2007
I just published a new book with a mildly obscene title: The No A**hole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t. The first question that EVERYONE seems to ask me is why - given I am an apparently a respectable tenured professor - I use such a bold (and to ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Why Lying Broken in a Pile on Your Bedroom Floor is a Good Idea.
June 1, 2011
Julie JC Peters
The Goddess of never not broken.
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Postpartum "care"
I Gave Birth. The Most Dangerous Part Came After.
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