Good Grief

       I got suckered into reading The Year of Magical Thinking by journalist Joan Didion because I was drawn to the title because The Year of Magical Thinking seem to oddly define an experience I been through. Then, I opened the book and realized it was an autobiography of Didion’s grief over her husband’s death and her daugther’s sickness.

         The writing is indeed solid but too heavy for my taste. However, I realized how tough it is to be a woman because they put meaning in everything. Anything can set them crying from specks of dust, a postcard to a whole city. I can’t imagine myself living in such hypermania. 

       Then, to add to their extreme sensitivity, life decides to give them the responsibility of raising a family. It is a meltdown just waiting to happen but it surprisingly doesn’t occur. This leaves me with nothing to do but greet all mamas out there a well deserved HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

The Year of Magical Thinking is available at National Bookstore

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