The Waiting Room

by Emily Bleeker

There was so much pain in the world; she couldn’t figure out why more people weren’t weeping constantly.

For some reason she couldn’t seem to grasp that depression wasn’t something you just snapped out of.

You eventually learn to live with the pain. That’s what grief is—living with pain. Time doesn’t heal all wounds; it just builds up your resistance.”

Forgiveness was a funny thing—you

you gave it, but it also gave back to you.