Listening to president Biden talking about Tyre Nichols death, I thought about being part of the group of parents who have lost children. A group I would love to not be a part of.
I don’t know if it’s true of the whole group, but I know some of us wrestle with feeling unworthy, as if we did something wrong that made this horrible event happen. Somehow, we should have saved them..the thought sometimes feels as strong as a societal rule echoed in books and movies . Save your children at any cost. And we didn’t save them… so we are unworthy of all the rest; love, joy, living well. We end up feeling joy mixed with guilt, loving well mixed with shame, receiving love and mixing in pain. Always a working through.
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