17 min
Gajok, Ep. #110: May 10, 2024 Gajok • 가족
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- Personal Journals
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As Mother's Day comes closer and closer, I feel the anticipatory grief of the day getting more and more intense. There needs to be a manual for grief — someone needs to tell you all of the things you need to know once your dad dies. Someone needs to tell you that Mother's Day will be difficult for you because you will miss all of the things he would do for your mom, like buy her a dozen red roses and a cake. Someone needs to tell you that you will grieve the way he would lift your mom's spirits with his jokes, his laughter, and his general upbeat and lively personality and energy — he was really good at seeing the brighter side of things. Someone needs to tell you that you will grieve the FaceTime call you would get from him where he'd wish you a Happy Mother's Day, even though you weren't a mother. Someone needs to tell you that you'll miss his accent and the way he would say Happy Mother's Day — "해피 마더스데이!" Someone needs to tell you that you will miss every smile, every moment, every laugh, every sound, of your 아빠, because you will never get it back. Someone needs to tell you these things. Someone needs to tell me these things. So I guess I'm telling me. And I'm telling you, too. We're not alone on this complicated Mother's Day.
In honor of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, for the month of May, I will be fundraising for our artist salaries. If you have received support or comfort from this podcast, or any other art we've created, we invite you to become a Patreon Member today. As independent artists, we heavily rely on the support of our community — that's you. If you believe in us and the work that we're doing, invest in us so we can continue to create meaningful art for years to come. https://www.patreon.com/jieunandgreg
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As Mother's Day comes closer and closer, I feel the anticipatory grief of the day getting more and more intense. There needs to be a manual for grief — someone needs to tell you all of the things you need to know once your dad dies. Someone needs to tell you that Mother's Day will be difficult for you because you will miss all of the things he would do for your mom, like buy her a dozen red roses and a cake. Someone needs to tell you that you will grieve the way he would lift your mom's spirits with his jokes, his laughter, and his general upbeat and lively personality and energy — he was really good at seeing the brighter side of things. Someone needs to tell you that you will grieve the FaceTime call you would get from him where he'd wish you a Happy Mother's Day, even though you weren't a mother. Someone needs to tell you that you'll miss his accent and the way he would say Happy Mother's Day — "해피 마더스데이!" Someone needs to tell you that you will miss every smile, every moment, every laugh, every sound, of your 아빠, because you will never get it back. Someone needs to tell you these things. Someone needs to tell me these things. So I guess I'm telling me. And I'm telling you, too. We're not alone on this complicated Mother's Day.
17 min