Kathleen Glasgow

Yes. And that's so, it's so hard. What, like going back to grief and how to make friends with the dark. When I went on tour for that, I met this student at a school and he pulled me aside afterwards. And he said, I read this book and I don't know. I think that what I'm feeling in this book is what I'm feeling in life, but I'm not really sure. And I was like, what's going on?

And he said, so my dad has this traumatic brain injury.

And he said, so my dad has this traumatic brain injury.

And he said, so my dad has this traumatic brain injury.

TBI and he's like it happened like two years ago and he just the only thing he can do now is like sit in a chair and watch TV and I miss that guy who would hang out with me and like play sports and like talk to me I don't know who he is and he's like I feel like he's dead but he's not he's alive and I said you are feeling grief you're feeling grief for someone who's alive your dad is a different person now and you have to get to know

TBI and he's like it happened like two years ago and he just the only thing he can do now is like sit in a chair and watch TV and I miss that guy who would hang out with me and like play sports and like talk to me I don't know who he is and he's like I feel like he's dead but he's not he's alive and I said you are feeling grief you're feeling grief for someone who's alive your dad is a different person now and you have to get to know

TBI and he's like it happened like two years ago and he just the only thing he can do now is like sit in a chair and watch TV and I miss that guy who would hang out with me and like play sports and like talk to me I don't know who he is and he's like I feel like he's dead but he's not he's alive and I said you are feeling grief you're feeling grief for someone who's alive your dad is a different person now and you have to get to know

that person and absolutely everything that you're feeling is grief and it is valid. And he told me that He was so he'd been so angry like the week before that he went outside with a baseball bat and bashed in the windshield of the car that his dad had loved and used to take him for drives in but couldn't anymore. And he's like, I feel so bad about that.

that person and absolutely everything that you're feeling is grief and it is valid. And he told me that He was so he'd been so angry like the week before that he went outside with a baseball bat and bashed in the windshield of the car that his dad had loved and used to take him for drives in but couldn't anymore. And he's like, I feel so bad about that.

that person and absolutely everything that you're feeling is grief and it is valid. And he told me that He was so he'd been so angry like the week before that he went outside with a baseball bat and bashed in the windshield of the car that his dad had loved and used to take him for drives in but couldn't anymore. And he's like, I feel so bad about that.

And I said, I'm glad you did it because at least you weren't hurting yourself. But you have something that you need to express. And that's OK.

And I said, I'm glad you did it because at least you weren't hurting yourself. But you have something that you need to express. And that's OK.

And I said, I'm glad you did it because at least you weren't hurting yourself. But you have something that you need to express. And that's OK.

And, like, you grieve people who are alive. You grieve the person that they used to be that you knew. And you grieve the person that they might never become. Yeah.

And, like, you grieve people who are alive. You grieve the person that they used to be that you knew. And you grieve the person that they might never become. Yeah.

And, like, you grieve people who are alive. You grieve the person that they used to be that you knew. And you grieve the person that they might never become. Yeah.

And I, you know, at this book, because I've been in recovery now for almost 18 years, and I really wanted people to read about the recovery process, that it's not linear.

And I, you know, at this book, because I've been in recovery now for almost 18 years, and I really wanted people to read about the recovery process, that it's not linear.

And I, you know, at this book, because I've been in recovery now for almost 18 years, and I really wanted people to read about the recovery process, that it's not linear.

that you climb a little bit up the ladder and sometimes you slip down and when that person slips down it's not a failure it's a you start over and the people around them need to be safe say okay let's start again the road hasn't disappeared we're just going back to the beginning of the road and we're going to start walking again like together we you can this can happen