I took a break this week from going through boxes of stuff from my mom's apartment.

I've been feeling a little overwhelmed and was reminded what my mom's friend Wendy

Goodman said to me in the first podcast about pacing myself and not feeling like I have

to go through everything right away.

Gloria Woodiff said, I mean, sure she did say it to Anderson, let's go forward, go forward.

And you've done a job to honor her and you've done a job that she knew you could do and

would do.

But don't feel rushed, don't feel pressured, give yourself time with it all.

So that once this is done, you can think in a different way about all of these things.

This grief stuff fits, it's hard, it sneaks up on you sometimes.

It has for me this week.

Even when you know what you should do or feel or what your loved one who's died would

want you to be doing or feeling doesn't mean you can, doesn't work like that.

I've been reading your DMs on Instagram and your notes have been incredibly moving and

I want to thank you for reaching out.

There really is this deep ocean of grief out there and the currents are strong.

At times I still feel like I'm on a little life raft alone, but doing these interviews

and hearing your stories as well, talking about it, it helps.

I've been wrestling with how much longer I should keep doing this podcast.

A big part of me doesn't want to stop having these conversations.

They feel really meaningful to me, but it's also painful at times and yeah, overwhelming.

That's the word I keep coming back to.

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