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whatever parenting decisions Tom and I might have made, they were done thoughtfully and in good conscience, and to the best of our abilities.
“Quote in the paper about cancer patients. It said “The people who do well create a place in their mind and their spirit where they are well, and they live from that place.” This is what we are doing. Tom’s analogy is that a tornado has destroyed our house, and we can only live in one part of it. This is what living with grief is like. You dwell in that small place where you can function.”
― A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
― A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
“At her funeral, my siblings and I referred to her as the North Star, a tribute to her unerring gift for helping us to find our bearings in life even in the most turbulent of circumstances”
― A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
― A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
“Those letters helped me tremendously, as did the ones where parents and grandparents shared stories about hardship and humiliation caused by a family member.”
― A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
― A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
“The symptoms of intense grief—memory loss, attention deficit, emotional fragility, incapacitating fatigue—are surprisingly similar to those resulting from traumatic brain injury.”
― A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
― A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
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