I need to go shopping.
The tears fall heavily, the breaths juddering and irregular, my thoughts spiralling and my face getting steadily more puffy.
The tears have nothing to do with my need to go shopping. They’re just there. And their presence is a hindrance.
I want go back to bed. To hide. To cry until all the tears are gone and there’s nothing left inside me.
I know that if I do that, the shops will shut before I resurface. Tomorrow they’ll stay closed, and by Monday I will be ravenous.
Instead of hiding, I take the tablets*, pushing them out of their blister packaging with shaking fingers, washing them down with big, greedy gulps of cold water.
I still need to go shopping.
Whatever magic is in those tablets, they’re truly incredible – the tears dry up almost instantly. I pull myself together. Pull myself back into this world of doing not being.
Then I wash my face, pick up my shopping bag and go shopping.
While I’m out, I buy postcards. The wordy sort my family don’t approve of. I’m going to put them on the wall with the others. Regardless.
The tablets might dry tears but they can’t reduce puffiness. The shops don’t care though. My money has the same value regardless of what my face looks like. This, I think, is probably a good thing.
* they’re just vitamin D. They contain more placebo than anything else š
got to get me some Vitamin D ?
Hello stranger, welcome to my world š
If you need to, definitely do it š I recommend you get tested first though.. It’s hard to overdose, but you might need something else instead..
The thought of shopping for groceries frequently makes me cry. I hope your tears subside and life brings brightness to your eyes.
Thank you! š
Somehow a whole lot of comments didn’t make it onto my radar..
I don’t like this post!
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(I’m just naturally nosey! š )
I am glad you got your shopping done and that your tears dried up. I hope you had a good sleep in bed and didn’t need to cry at all.
Thank you š
I hope you’re alright. Crying is another way the body heals, so hopefully that’s what it was, and if it wasn’t, well… we’re here. <3
Thank you ? I read this at the time and smiled, and somehow never answered š
About healing and tears.. I’ve been trying to let myself cry if I need to, and it’s really hard after trying not to for so long. And there are so many times and places where it still doesn’t feel ok for me, like while shopping. But I think I am getting better..
WordPress seems to think this is the first time you wrote on my blog.. I can’t imagine that they’re right, but assuming they are…. Welcome to my world š It feels like you’ve been here before / for longer..