Ladies Don't Fall Apart at the Funeral. They Just Make Sure Everyone Ate.
From That's Not Very Ladylike · 17:11
Show by Tracey Willingham
This week I'm getting into that moment when you get the call, and within about four minutes, before you've let yourself feel one single thing, you're already running logistics. Who's driving, who's staying where, deli tray or casserole. Then you show up and don't sit down for six hours. You refill the coffee, find the extra folding chairs, hold everyone while they sob into your shoulder, and your own face does absolutely nothing, and you call that holding it together.We get into how women were once paid, honored, and considered essential as mourners, and how that role got handed to priests and funeral directors while the unpaid labor came back to us with a casserole dish in it. We get into what deferred grief costs, especially when perimenopause already has your nervous system running in a deficit. And we get into the hardest part, putting the plate down, saying out loud in the car who you're there to say goodbye to, and letting yourself be one of the people who gets held.Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/break-it-downLicense code: 1S4TI94HJFOHIGSHIf you are interested in That Hormone Girl information, visit my everything page: https://www.thathormonegirl.com/thg-hq
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