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Friday, October 22, 2021

Not A Better Person

Grieving is a hard process to go through and the experience is different for everyone. I'm learning that it doesn't make me a better person, but I should probably forgive myself for that. Still going through it. 


[4-panel comic of a girl with a braid, experiencing unexpected symptoms of grief. First, that "patience is thin." In panel 2, "compassion is low" and she twitches in irritation. In panel 3, "willpower is GONE" and she is inhaling cookies and snacks like a crazed muppet. Panel 4 zooms out and girl is shown talking to a neutral elephant, back to her, but head turned. Speech bubble reads: "I'm disappointed to learn that I'm not a better, kinder person in grief." The elephant responds, "I forgive you...but maybe let's practice some social distancing for a bit."]
4-panel comic of a girl with a braid, experiencing unexpected symptoms of grief. First, that "patience is thin." In panel 2, "compassion is low" and she twitches in irritation. In panel 3, "willpower is GONE" and she is inhaling cookies and snacks like a crazed muppet. Panel 4 zooms out and girl is shown talking to a neutral elephant, back to her, but head turned. Speech bubble reads: "I'm disappointed to learn that I'm not a better, kinder person in grief." The elephant responds, "I forgive you...but maybe let's practice some social distancing for a bit." Diary comic, webcomic strip by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie


4 comments:

TeresaA said...

Grief is hard and messy. Hank you for sharing.

Anonymous said...

So relatable

Anonymous said...

Nice to see the truth in a comic strip, instead of putting a happy face on a hard time

anna in spain said...

Grief, like life, is a process. And when you're doing that process, you can't see who you are as a result of it. That requires reaching the end of the process, and you're not there yet. You may be a better person, but those who think they are a better person usually aren't. You're not monitoring yourself constantly "oh I'm being compassionate, oh I'm being kind"--you're living day to day.
Some day in the future (how far no one knows) you'll look back and think, "Yeah, I've changed from what I was before."