{"id":193,"date":"2005-04-04T09:07:59","date_gmt":"2005-04-04T16:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=193"},"modified":"2005-04-04T09:07:59","modified_gmt":"2005-04-04T16:07:59","slug":"hate-bringing-you-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"Hate bringing you down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve not wanted to write here&#8230;.cause I hate bringing you down.  But this is MY place to write, MY place to vent and I need to let off some of the pressure.<\/p>\n<p>I feel like I&#8217;ve put my grieving into a box and the lid stays on it except for those days when I am strong enough to wear it again or those days when the lid just bursts off and I can&#8217;t do anything else but wear my grief.  <\/p>\n<p>Writing about my grief has given me a chance to peek into the box without overwhelming me with all of it.  I have the opportunity to look at it in a way that I can handle.  But since I&#8217;ve joined some knitting rings, I&#8217;ve felt like I needed to have more &#8216;normal&#8217; content.  But now I realize how much I need to write&#8230;how much the pressure of the contents of my box screams for attention.  <\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t be offended if you don&#8217;t read my blog &#8211; but if I don&#8217;t have an outlet for this crap &#8211; It&#8217;s going to overtake my life.  And, I can&#8217;t afford to do that.  My other boys are very loving and understanding, but they deserve a sane mommy.  A mommy who can attend to their needs and doesn&#8217;t stay in bed all the time.  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