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being · 36-40, F
Mamapolo2016 · F
@being I learned that at a Walmart in Pittsburgh.
It was a Sunday evening. The Thursday before, my husband felt a little nauseous. On Friday, he felt dizzy. On Saturday, he barely moved out of his chair and on Sunday I bullied him into going to the ER. There an MRI revealed a large tumor, and we were on our way to Pittsburgh for emergency brain surgery for the tumor they’d found, scheduled first thing Monday morning.
I followed the ambulance and after he’d gotten settled in I asked what he needed and it was books and pajamas. I went to Walmart.
I had been coping pretty well until that moment but once inside the store, I was unable to cope anymore and for no specific reason, I lost it. I stood there, just beyond the registers at the front, sobbing heart-brokenly, tears flooding my face.
Not.one.person.stopped. They diverged around me like a river diverts around a boulder. Employees and customers alike. Zero contact.
I have thought about that in the past 17 years, and I do not believe I could have walked past. But they could and did. It still shocks me.
But I no longer concern myself about making a scene.
It was a Sunday evening. The Thursday before, my husband felt a little nauseous. On Friday, he felt dizzy. On Saturday, he barely moved out of his chair and on Sunday I bullied him into going to the ER. There an MRI revealed a large tumor, and we were on our way to Pittsburgh for emergency brain surgery for the tumor they’d found, scheduled first thing Monday morning.
I followed the ambulance and after he’d gotten settled in I asked what he needed and it was books and pajamas. I went to Walmart.
I had been coping pretty well until that moment but once inside the store, I was unable to cope anymore and for no specific reason, I lost it. I stood there, just beyond the registers at the front, sobbing heart-brokenly, tears flooding my face.
Not.one.person.stopped. They diverged around me like a river diverts around a boulder. Employees and customers alike. Zero contact.
I have thought about that in the past 17 years, and I do not believe I could have walked past. But they could and did. It still shocks me.
But I no longer concern myself about making a scene.
being · 36-40, F
@Mamapolo2016 oh god I'm so sorry for this... Really sorry... It's because of Walmart I bet .. this is very difficult to happen in a province I'm almost certain. Mostly big cities things. So sorry.
But I can understand that part, where you hold it all together and you lose it one moment.
Through the years I have a variety of experiences.. recently actually after a bad argument with mum, I began crying and sat on some pedestal.. some women passed by and stopped and asked me what's going on and I told them how it's nothing and is just an argument with mum... But they stayed with me offering some funny words, they told me, mommies are like babies, you shouldn't treat them differently.. and other compassionate and funny stuff and they actually helped me to stand up and walk ahead...
But I can understand that part, where you hold it all together and you lose it one moment.
Through the years I have a variety of experiences.. recently actually after a bad argument with mum, I began crying and sat on some pedestal.. some women passed by and stopped and asked me what's going on and I told them how it's nothing and is just an argument with mum... But they stayed with me offering some funny words, they told me, mommies are like babies, you shouldn't treat them differently.. and other compassionate and funny stuff and they actually helped me to stand up and walk ahead...
