Getting Real: The Day I Didnt Have it In Me

Published: Nov. 18, 2013, 9:03 p.m.

There came a time when I didn't have it in me. Didn't have what in me? The ability to continue with life as normal when it was anything but.\n\nI was pretty quiet on social media and here at my site last week because we were dealing with a family tragedy. Dealing with loss is ridiculously difficult and I don't know that we ever get good at it. My first response was to try to compartmentalize what had happened and continue to do what I do, flap my Superwoman cape and delay dealing with the fallout. But I could not. And I decided it was a disservice to my circle, my audience, and myself for me to try to fake it. So I didn\u2019t. Let me explain.\n\nShow notes are available at allegrasinclair.com/009