There are moments that the words don’t reach
There is suffering too terrible to name
You hold your child as tight as you can
And push away the unimaginable
The moments when you’re in so deep
It feels easier to just swim down”-Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” & Renée Elise Goldsberry, “It’s Quiet Uptown” from the 2015 musical, Hamilton: An American Musical
I’m an uncle. I’m a teacher. I’m a big cousin. But I’m not a father. Not yet, anyway. However, I have so many friends who have been blessed to bring a child into the world. Unfortunately, life being what it is, I also have friends who have been burdened with the loss of their child. One of them told me that it was a result of bullying and it just made my blood boil. It also brought inspiration to the short story, The Burden of Parenthood.