ah this. i needed those quotes. i cried enough yesterday for maybe both Schwartz's when my oldest came back from spending time with their dad, my ex, and said when they mentioned the israeli death toll, he shrugged it off saying something along the lines of "they had it coming." i lost it. to then have to defend israel and jews to my jewish child kind of gutted me.
ah this. i needed those quotes. i cried enough yesterday for maybe both Schwartz's when my oldest came back from spending time with their dad, my ex, and said when they mentioned the israeli death toll, he shrugged it off saying something along the lines of "they had it coming." i lost it. to then have to defend israel and jews to my jewish child kind of gutted me.
Oof. This is so hard.
The titular phrase "Grief takes different forms" broke me open.