Dark Humor
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https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/dark-humor-inheritance
I found this memoir of a woman with an inheritance none of us would envy finding positives in the lives that preceded hers very touching.
Big Al
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Big Al,
Interesting.
My Jewish grandmother had many sayings. One was-- "I had to laugh."
I think of her when I laugh almost snort if I'm being more specific when I think suddenly about some dark truth or another.
I thought of my sister once after she died, laughed, and said to myself-- "Well, she finally got what she wanted."
More often I experience my grief in a more expectable way but at the most unpredictable times.
I was in a car today coming home from my specialist appointment on a raised highway. I looked down at the bleak urban landscape and saw a Red Lobster restaurant.
My sister was a server for Red Lobster for years and she did pretty well with it until one fateful day she lost her temper, and along with it her job. She went to vocational school after that but didn't complete it and could never hold a job again.
The grief was all of a sudden. It was everything I could do not to cry. I almost did twice but I controlled myself.
I don't experience joy through humor in the face of life's impending challenges as is the author's family tradition but nonetheless I enjoyed reading this.
Thanks for posting it
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Big Al,
Interesting.
My Jewish grandmother had many sayings. One was-- "I had to laugh."
I think of her when I laugh almost snort if I'm being more specific when I think suddenly about some dark truth or another.
I thought of my sister once after she died, laughed, and said to myself-- "Well, she finally got what she wanted."
More often I experience my grief in a more expectable way but at the most unpredictable times.
I was in a car today coming home from my specialist appointment on a raised highway. I looked down at the bleak urban landscape and saw a Red Lobster restaurant.
My sister was a server for Red Lobster for years and she did pretty well with it until one fateful day she lost her temper, and along with it her job. She went to vocational school after that but didn't complete it and could never hold a job again.
The grief was all of a sudden. It was everything I could do not to cry. I almost did twice but I controlled myself.
I don't experience joy through humor in the face of life's impending challenges as is the author's family tradition but nonetheless I enjoyed reading this.
Thanks for posting it
@Daniel
I'm glad you found something to relate to in the article. I know I did.Big Al
