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How do you deal with death?
Simple enough, right?
My grandma died about two weeks before I shipped for boot (early november). I don't think about her. Her memorial is later this month. I could apply for special liberty to go, or take leave, but I probably won't.
My grandpa (whom I love more than anyone else in the world, other than maybe my little brother) just had another heart attack on thursday or friday, not sure which. They think this is the one to finish him off. He's hard as nails, having survived the Korean War and all the emotional and mental baggage than goes with prolonged combat. He's my hero.
I typically don't deal with tragedy, beyond running to clear my head and sometimes drinking. That's it. I compartmentalize, and steel myself to it.
I think I've done a good job. All this got me thinking, how do you all deal with the "big problems" in your life?
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Free will lies not in the ability to craft your own fate, but in not knowing what your fate is. --Me
"I have just returned from visting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world." --Douglas MacArthur
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