Be My Own Damn Mountain
I have a tight family. It may be a hispanic thing, but we are there for each other and tell each other our lives and lean into the love the other has to offer. In December 2017 my grandfather passed away. 9 months later his son succumbed to his fight with cancer. 7 months later my biological father died. Later that month a cousin was killed in a car accident. Two months after that one of my best friends of 22 years ended our close friendship due to their spouse. Two months later my nearly 15 year marriage ended. Three months after that my mother fell critically ill during the same week my divorce was finalized. Two months later my ex-husband moved out of the house and the next week my ailing mother moved in. All of these Mountains, whom I'd leaned in to for emotional support, for moral support...for ears and hearts and arms that hug and hold- were gone. My grandfather, Uncle, ex-husband and Mom were giant mountains in my life. Big, strong personalities who fit in to the puzzle tha...