“Can we at least care for longer?”
I don’t know, I just... I think that in times that I've felt distressed, it's those small acknowledgments, it's a kind word. It's someone who recognizes maybe you don't have the energy to cook a meal, so they're gonna bring you out or get you something. Those are the things that seem to really matter the most. And I think something I've heard from a lot of people who have gone through the grieving process. It's really hard, as there's always a big response right after something happens. I'm thinking particularly about my uncle. His wife passed away, and I remember we went over to his house for the funeral and there was a stack of letters that was like a foot high, I think, and they were all condolence letters. My uncle and my aunt were pretty well known in their community. It was just a huge outpouring of love. But there’s sort of, like, arbitrary boundaries people set in their brains, and we all do it, of like, "This is a horrible thing that happened, you know, my aunt passing away. My, you know, my uncle must be feeling really bad." So when they're thinking about him that might be the first thing they think about and it could be the thing they think about, you know, years down the road of like, “Oh he lost his wife and she was a lovely person,” and but also like there comes a time sort of where that's not the first thing people think about or they intentionally want to - not move past it exactly, but just like they don't want that to always be the topic of conversation. Sometimes, I think people think it's a gift to the person that's grieving, not to bring certain things up and sometimes it probably is. But I guess, I just I think about what happened at MSU and I think about - I heard a news story and somebody was talking about I think their child had been at Sandy Hook in like sixth grade and they were also at MSU, and so they sort of knew what was coming after immediately after the shooting all of the vigils and news, you know, reporters and all these things, and they also know what happens beyond that, when sort of that dies down and you're just left with what happened. And eventually,…