Posted by bookgurl99 on July 13, 2002, at 1:22:37
In reply to can you weep forever without tears, posted by mashogr8 on July 10, 2002, at 14:22:59
Mash, I'm sorry that you're going through this right now. It seems that sometimes tragedies really start to pile up after years of calm. And when that happens, we're just not ready.
Hopefully you can get through today without adding up the total of bad things that have happened this year, and pondering what else could go wrong. If you can just focus on _today_, the good as well as the bad, you might find that you have more strength and energy. The point of being alive is to live, no?
The other thing I wanted to say, to reassure you about your daughter's travels: when I was 16 (10 years ago), I went to live in Bolivia for a year. My parents were terrified. In fact, my mother only signed the permission papers in an argument -- she was bluffing and thought I'd decide not to go. (Heck _I_ thought I'd decide not to go.) Instead I went to Bolivia, and was very vulnerable as I travelled around the country unaccompanied with another American teenager. I can honestly say that I was not aware of the potential dangers and more than once ended up on a dark street alone. But except for a bug I caught in the high altitude that left me much thinner, I came out fine. Sometimes I think young people have a protective bubble around us due to our sheer stupidity and lack of awareness.
Hope you're doing well,
bookgurl99
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