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How to Continue Living Your Life When All of This is Happening
Even if you feel guilty.
My heart was a rock in my chest yesterday. It still is.
Like everyone, I’m spending more time than usual on social media, watching protest footage, wondering what else I can do but sign petitions and donate money.
It’s difficult to feel good. You can’t help but feel guilty for laughing, or working, or having a meal with your family.
I’ve never lost someone close to me. Judy Blume once shared, in her MasterClass, a moment she’ll never forget after her dad died. It was the day of the funeral, and everyone was back at her home.
She was sad, and then all of a sudden, she was hungry. She stood there thinking, “How can I be hungry on a day like this?”
We didn’t know George Floyd personally, but that’s how we all feel. How can we live on a day like this?
Because it’s not only about his death — it’s about all of their deaths.
Their murders.
We’re heartbroken, and we’re angry, and we’re frustrated, and we’re confused.
