Unbearable

A woman was mauled by a bear.  It was about a year ago and just a few miles from here; she survived but had pretty gruesome injuries.

I am having an extremely difficult evening with Gary and my patience is fully expended.  I’m not sure if “Shaken Old Man Syndrome” is a thing but I decided I’d better step out of the house before I found out.  I can’t really go anywhere, of course, so I took a leisurely stroll up and down our ramp.  I thought I could clear my head but I could hear Gary inside screaming at the top of his lungs (for no reason other than I wasn’t in his immediate field of vision) and that made it a little hard to relax.  So, I got to thinking about that bear…


It was about this time of year and it was about this time of night.  It wasn’t too far from here.  Maybe, I thought, if I stay out here long enough, I will get mauled by a bear.  If I just suffer severe injuries, I’d end up in the hospital and somebody else would have to take care of Gary for a while.  If I really lucked out and died, he’d have to go to a nursing home.

I waited as long as I could for the bear but Gary’s shrieking got to me and I went back inside.
 
There are no bears on our ramp.
It’s unbearable inside, too.

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  1. "If I really lucked out and died, he's have to go to a nursing home." - You're killing yourself as it is, Kirsten. Let someone else take care of him. <3 <3

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  2. Kirsten, My Wife and I want to help and want to give you something special. May I contact you directly? We live in Hughesville. We love you both so much. I just read all of your posts because your employee told me about them because I said your posts were funny and they said you have not seen her Blog Posts have you nope but now I have. Many gave me chills tears and a smile here and there with your perfected words.

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