This is Fruitycake. I had a very hard job this weekend. Boy Person had a very hard job too. Because Girl Person was missing Brickle so bad that she couldn’t breathe. That’s what she said.
I think sometimes that persons hold in their emotions. And when they finally come out, whether they want them to or not, it can be quite a spectacle. Frantic. Dramatic. Overwhelming.
And I knew that she needed help. I knew she needed help like never before.
I tried to tell her when I noticed she was feeling bad that she needed to stop. And take care of herself. And she thought I was crying because I was feeling bad. It wasn’t until later that she realized what I had been doing.
So when we didn’t get any sleep, and we got up the next morning, Boy Person said we couldn’t work on the house. That our first priority was Girl Person and her feeling better. So eight miles later, a hike, a pizza and spaghetti, we called it a day.
And that day was well spent.
Working doesn’t always have to be on something. It can be on someone.
Sometimes, we have to work on relationships. Because individuals in our lives are the foundation of everything else around us.
So sometimes, you have to check out to be able to go on.
And that’s what we had to do. Grief is a powerful thing. Missing Brickle has been the hardest thing we’ve had to endure. And it is enduring.
To thrive, we have to survive.
We have to checkout to check in at our best.
–Fruitycake
