Humanize

Something that's really been getting under my skin lately is the moment my brother gets brought up and people look down or away and keep silent, it's like the world has trained us to not deal with grief. I don't understand it, that is the last thing I want you to do. I don't need you to turn into yourself and ignore the situation, if anything that is what I am supposed to do, I'm the one that should be in shut down mode (which I have been for the last two and a half months). But if I do happen to talk about Cory then let me talk about him, if I start to cry then let me cry and don't feel ashamed of me or for me, in fact if I am talking to you about him or crying in front of you you better understand that I trust you very much because I don't do this with people outside of my family. Instead just be there for me, if I am in a really bad state and I make any indication that I need to be hugged or comforted then take that chance (because again I am not a touchy feely kind of person but when I need a hug you better step up and hug me dammit). Man up or woman up. Be a human being that recognizes human emotions.