This is not a post about my father. Not entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a post about how I feel about my, well, his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I understand grief, and loss, and watching a loved one decline with age, whether mentally or physically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But to act like it’s inevitable is…foolhardy? Irresponsible?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then, when faced with the prospect of making things better, to sigh and throw up your hands and say “welp, it is what it is” borders on criminal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what I haven’t understood, even in this new cruel world where strangers can project their shit onto you, it was always family that was united in a cohesive, mutually beneficial way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, I’ve learned a long time ago that family is only certain people. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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