tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post5556387432397638999..comments2024-02-24T03:14:25.170-05:00Comments on A Half Baked Life: No One Teaches YouJustine Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190295175501659469noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-11157998245284877982021-05-17T14:48:36.834-04:002021-05-17T14:48:36.834-04:00<3 thank you, loribeth.<3 thank you, loribeth.Justine Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190295175501659469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-22536667390277946102021-05-16T14:59:06.795-04:002021-05-16T14:59:06.795-04:00Oh, I am so sorry you & your community (and th...Oh, I am so sorry you & your community (and those poor parents!) are dealing with this. :( I completely agree with you, though, that being part of the ALI blogging community has helped me deal with my own grief and losses, and then abide with the grief of others, in a much better way than I could before. I owe that to you too. <3 loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-31654048539808800102021-05-10T21:05:38.627-04:002021-05-10T21:05:38.627-04:00Compassion fatigue. Yes. I yelled at my family, so...Compassion fatigue. Yes. I yelled at my family, some time after publishing this, that I was tired of holding everyone's pain. Maybe there really is a limit to what we can hold before overflowing ... while I want to believe that we can hold it all, we all need to release it, too. :( <br /><br />Thank you for your prayers. I'm so sorry for your daughter's classmate's family, too ... it's just so, so terrible. :( <3Justine Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190295175501659469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-49585191863066942712021-05-10T21:02:26.473-04:002021-05-10T21:02:26.473-04:00<3 thank you, Lori.<3 thank you, Lori.Justine Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190295175501659469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-29705784636030608422021-05-07T13:47:28.205-04:002021-05-07T13:47:28.205-04:00First I want to say I’m so sorry for the loss in y...First I want to say I’m so sorry for the loss in your school community. Your paragraph about it being another loss on top of a year full of them really, really hit home.<br /><br />Compassion Fatigue is a word my friend who is a social worker used. So true.<br /><br />And yes…2 years ago an 8th grader in my daughter’s class killed himself, and it was such a tough, terrible conversation to have…and then to have worry and guilt I’m doing enough to not have any of my kids get to a place where impulsivity meets despair (as the minister said at this boys memorial service.) I have always been of the mind that I wanted to be able to have any conversation with my kids, and not have things be hidden or secret that we can’t talk about. It serves no one.<br />Holding your community in my heart and prayers, and especially the parents of this student.❤️❤️❤️Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987444437659867827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5544913458028415917.post-48922025282139732912021-05-06T09:47:07.202-04:002021-05-06T09:47:07.202-04:00I'm so sorry for the loss you and your communi...I'm so sorry for the loss you and your community are experiencing. And yes, I'm abiding with you, not trying to fix anyone's feelings. Such an important thing to do, to be a space maker and space holder in times of unimaginable grief. I, too, learned that from our ALI community.<br /><br />I'm sure your presence allowed for people around you to feel their feels, which, as we know, is a necessary step in grieving.<br /><br />xoLori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.com