We have been so cavalier about life & death for far too long & humanities reintroduction to the undiluted emotion of grief is going to be a hard stop on all fronts. Global mourning is going to be unavoidable and seemingly unbearable.
I had read of wailing in the Bible many times and always just took it for really REALLY sad crying. You know, crying is crying…isn’t it?
I was speaking with my neighbor in our drive after feeding my dogs one morning and my husband drives up & joins us. After a minute, he mentions our daughter called him & told him she just got her Covid shot. He didn’t have a clue what he dumped on me. After making certain he said what he said my hands came up & I said I had to go inside. I made it to the house with them watching me & as soon as I closed the door & was alone, it came from somewhere deep inside me, the sound wasn’t human. It was loud & violent, convulsing my whole body. Scared me & my little dogs. It didn’t stop….for hours, alone wailing.