His Three Daughters

Just watched it. I'm not sure I could watch enough death movies to master the overwhelming feeling of loss and aloneness that death brings. I've lost my grandparents, a stepmother, uncles, aunts, and other relatives. I've lost my best friend in high school to a heart attack. I've lost cats and dogs, and other critter pets.

In college I read The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker and it rocked my world. In social work school I took a grief, loss and bereavement.

I called my father and he was in the hospital and he's in rehab now. I can't get through to him enough to find out what happened. His hand was all bruised up, that's all I could see before the video cut out. I text and call, but he's not been answering.

Divorce, relationships end, friendships end. You stop seeing the same guy who gives you a morning donut because you stop working somewhere. Life is change.

Harder still is separation with a kid, you still see the person quite frequently.

Getting along with others isn't easy. Family dynamics are twisted sometimes.

Pretty good dramatization of all that.

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