Wednesday, September 30, 2015

What Can You Do

when the roles change
when there's nothing you can do
when it's out of your hands
completely
how do you cope
how do you sit with it
how do you do nothing
knowing what you know
wait for answers?
the unknown is a scary thing

Do the feelings of helplessness leave on their own or does it require force?

when your family member is the patient
when you become the patient family
when you're 2,000 miles away
everything you know means nothing
when the roles change
you might as well have never learned at all

so i'll try to be still, sit with it, and wait for more news. i'll let the anxiety come in like crashing waves and slowly draw back again. 

what can you do when the roles change


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