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We’re Trying

Janet Kuypers, 06/17/06

I don’t want to tell everyone under the sun
about what is happening to my mother right now,
but I have to let people know why I may not
be running at full speed.

So I tell people that I’ve have a lot on my plate recently,
and I may say as much as
I’ve just heard some terrible family news
and I try to leave it at that.

But every time I tell someone
something like this,
I always get the same reply:

“Sorry about family news,
I hope not too serious and that it gets better soon.”

or

“I hope that week of bad news
gets followed by a week of good.”

And these well-wishers mean well,
I understand that,
but every time I get a response like this
I want to just fall apart
because no,
there won’t be any “week” of good news,
and yes, it is serious,
far too serious,
and no, it won’t get better soon,
it will only get worse
much, much worse
and I can’t respond to these people,
I have to just bottle it all up
and think, well, they’re trying,
it’s not enough sometimes for some of us,
but we’re trying.

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