“Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.”
I think back to the day I confirmed my worst nightmare, my husband was having an extramarital affair . . . with a friend.
I still have the tightness in my chest when I remember that day, and it’s been since Memorial Day Weekend, 2002. At the time my two closest friends lived a block from each other. I drove over to one of their houses, the other friend drove over. The three of us hugged and cried and tried to understand what in the world was going on, and what I was going to do.
Empathy, compassion, anger, shock, and oh so many tears – thank goodness I had those women to cry with. I can’t imagine what I would have done if I’d had to deal with this alone. It was a while before those angry tears became healing tears.
No matter what the crisis is that blind sides you, don’t try to carry the burden by yourself. Whether it’s a friend, a family member, a therapist, a member of the clergy, what matters is when you share, you realize that you’re not alone.
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