Sadness is like a pebble in a pocket

Camron 2022-04-22 07:01:39

"Will all of this pass?"
"No, but it will change slowly."
"How?"
"I don't know, but gradually it becomes bearable and can be touched little by little, like a pebble in your pocket, you I will even forget it, long or short, but in the end I will remember it and make your heart sink..."

Those who have left us, the dearest people, will be the scars in our hearts and will never get better. At the beginning, it was difficult for anyone to face this scar, but it will gradually become accustomed to it and become bearable.

Becca likes to run away, like to blame, like most women.
She didn't want to see anything related to her son: his paintings, clothes, toys, and even the child seat in Aaron's car. I thought that I could pretend that my son never appeared in my life, let everything pass, and let everything begin.

Pain is okay, but love for the lost is eternal and you can't change it. The truth, as Becca's mother said, is like a pebble in your pocket, no matter how much you don't want to touch it, it's still there, and it still makes your heart sink. So she would argue repeatedly with her mother and sister, beat another mother in the supermarket who wouldn't buy her son candy, and cry when she sees the boy getting married.

Aaron seems stronger than Becca, he dares to face what his son leaves behind. This made him feel that his son was still there, by his side, just like before. But to a certain extent, this is also an escape, falling into the past and unable to get out.

There is no right or wrong way to face the pain, they are all trying to find various excuses to cover up the sadness, so when they quarrel hysterically, it will make people so worried.

Maybe Becca believed in the theory of that parallel world, maybe this would be her outlet, and it was a comfort to imagine that in another dimension, their whole family, including their son, were living a peaceful and happy life. What about Aaron's exports? I don't know, maybe it's just love for Becca.

But what is certain is that in this life, they can't get rid of those sad stones. It is not easy for anyone to walk forward with a heavy burden, but life itself is a journey with a heavy burden.

I really hope that in another dimension, I still live with you as I did before.

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Rabbit Hole quotes

  • [last lines]

    Becca: [voice-over] And then what?

    Howie: [voice-over] I don't know... Something though.

  • Nat: You know, Becca, when your brother died, I found the church very helpful.

    Becca: I know. I know you did, but that's you. That's not me, and Danny... Danny isn't Arthur.

    Nat: You know, I brought you to church every Sunday.

    Becca: Let's not start this again, okay, Mom? I'm just... I'm just calling about the cake.

    Nat: You're not right about everything, you know? What if there is a God?

    Becca: Then I'd say he's a sadistic prick.

    Nat: All right, Becca, that's enough.

    Becca: "Worship me and I'll treat you like shit." No wonder you like him. He sounds just like Dad.