My brother got divorced after 9 years. His wife was a good person genuinely good and everyone kept telling him, “Alex, you’re an idiot.” In court she asked for the house, the car, and about $1,200 a month in child support. He stood up and said, “Take it all.” Even the judge asked him to repeat himself. His lawyer looked like he was about to fall out of his chair. After court I drove him to the one-bedroom apartment he’d rented and asked what the hell he was doing.
ICE agents shot and killed an unarmed civilian in Houston, Texas. The victim was a construction worker, a father of three US citizens, had lived in the US for 35 years and was applying for a work permit. He panicked and tried to flee when he mistook masked, armed ICE agents for thieves.
“What's wrong with you lately? You seem to be checked out and not yourself.”
Me: I'm grieving a life I thought I would have, battling stuff that no one knows about, and craving a future that I don't think exists for me, so yeah I'm pretty checked out. I'm fine though.
If I’m having a tough conversation with you, it’s because I want you in my life and want you to tighten up so I can keep you in it. I’m not attacking you.
Sending love to anyone who is just... tired.
Not just physically, but mentally, emotionally, socially, financially.
Life is asking a lot right now.
Pause when you can. Breathe when you remember.
Give yourself space. Give yourself grace.