Becca: Does it ever go away?
Nat: No, I don't think it does. Not for me, it hasn't - has gone on for eleven years. But it changes though.
Becca: How?
Nat: I don't know... the weight of it, I guess. At some point, it becomes bearable. It turns into something that you can crawl out from under and... carry around like a brick in your pocket. And you... you even forget it, for a while. But then you reach in for whatever reason and - there it is. Oh right... that. Which could be awful - not all the time. It's kinda... [deep breath] not that you like it exactly, but - it's what you've got instead of your son. So, you carry it around. And uh... it doesn't go away. Which is...
Becca: Which is what?
Nat: Fine... actually.
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October 20, 2011 at 11:20 AM
I'm with ya', darlin'. Wonder if Grandpa and Gillian got to know each other this past week or so. Hope so. If we don't have that to believe in and the hope it gives, I'm not sure we could get along in life.
November 9, 2011 at 9:39 PM
I was going to ad two cents but my penny looked very much like Lucy's.