kim ode: the ability to soldier on

We soldier on. Of all the ways I once imagined life as an adult, I never dreamed how much of it would be spent soldiering on.
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We're soldiering on because there's really no alternative, but also because we get better at it with experience. We get over our old reluctance to ask for help. We stop apologizing because we cried. We remember to reach out first because some old soldier once reached out to us and it felt like courage.

yeah.

some people said that they didn't know how i could do it, with my dad being in the hospital when he was. or that they don't know how i manage to deal with having rheumatoid arthritis. well, neither do i. (ha. you thought i had a magic secret and i was going to give it to you. but nooooo.)

mostly it has to do with continuing to get up in the morning and continuing to just do it, as it needs to be done.

and asking for help. and crying when it seems necessary.

and some swearing. did i mention that part yet? very necessary.