Deeeeep Sigh.
I don't want to keep moaning about work, but it is stressful (and apparently it keeps me from blogging)
O well, meetings with HR, rewriting of plans, update reports, stupid meetings with hipster boss, coaching from HR, sessions with BambiEyes. All very grown up and boring. All reasons to put energy in leaving that behind.
Then Saturday we had 'Secret Santa' with all cousins C1 - C9 and partners and one baby. All good fun, and Suzy's Santa had wrapped her about 8 gifts with 6 little poems so she had a busy evening.
Sunday evening J called, my childhood photographer friend. His partner had been suicidal for months, treatment was fruitless. Now he had disappeared. No note, no trace (no phone no wallet no keys) My poor J. I find it unbelievable, the amount of disaster in his life. Suicide is always hard, but disappearance seems a different category of unbearable. He asked me to write something, but I'm not sure where or how.
(must read kinda funny if you only know me through me writing my blog, but somehow this doesn't really count as writing. Cause I still believe I can't write!)
On the one hand this puts the job stress into perspective. On the other hand it shows that it is important to do work and feel valued (and not feel like a failure and have a mental health collapse and not find a way out)
An, our common childhood friend emailed me with the news as well. And in the same email asked if we can meet up in the next vacation. Maybe the best way through the dark days is sharing light and warmth together?
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Oh big hugs. I am deeply sorry for what your friend is going through, the not knowing is just unbearable. And you are right, when these things happen around us, it nearly feels like we have just barely missed a bomb dropped from the sky, you put everything into perspective, you actually feel very lucky with what you have and like you say it helps putting everything into perspective. Please let us know when there is some news.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry I didn't reply to this sooner. There have been a few posts I've read and wanted to come back to, and yours was one of those. But I wanted to give comfort, and I missed the opportunity to do that.
ReplyDeleteI like your last sentence. I think the ONLY way through the dark days is sharing light and warmth together.