{"id":3814,"date":"2023-09-08T13:28:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T03:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainashchapter.com.au\/?p=3814"},"modified":"2023-09-08T13:29:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T03:29:23","slug":"time-heals-most-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainashchapter.com.au\/?p=3814","title":{"rendered":"Time Heals Most Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-sitetext-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">I was only 22.<br>So young for that job.<br>Started in it twelve months earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitetext-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">She had taken sleeping pills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitetext-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Her on-again off-again had found her in time.<br>In time for him, not her.<br>She was angry with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitetext-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">And with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitetext-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">Lying on the stretcher was not where she wanted to be.<br>There was no siren:<br>It was policy to keep an attempted suicide calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitetext-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">But she wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitetext-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">I was blocking her goal.<br>I had no idea what to say.<br>Tearing off the oxygen mask, she stared me in the eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitetext-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">She didn&#8217;t blink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitetext-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">I tried to smile.<br>Still no blinking.<br>So I spoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitetext-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;You know, in time, a lot of things sort themselves out.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitetext-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">No reaction.<br>No blinking.<br>Silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitetext-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">What on earth can a 22-year-old say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sitetext-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If you or someone you know are experiencing emotional distress or ideas of self-harm, please call Lifeline Australia on 13 11 14<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\">https:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was only 22.So young for that job.Started in it twelve months earlier. 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