*sound of clanging pots and pans getting closer*

grief, i’ve learned, is really just love. it’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. all that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. grief is just love with no place to go.

— jamie anderson

(for @oneawkwardcookie because turnabout is fairplay bestie)

[Image ID: two gifs of Eddie Diaz from 9-1-1 episode 6.11, after Buck is struck by lightning. The gifs have a film grain overlay over them, and the text is in a bright teal color with cursive font, with the accent text being white in all caps. There are lines connecting the gifs together, in teal and maroon shades.

GIF 1: Eddie wiping a tear from his eye as Christopher talks to Buck off-screen, his jaw set tightly to not show any more emotion. The text reads, "grief is just love."

GIF 2: Eddie yelling after the doctors to 'do more', his brow deeply furrowed with worry as he pants hard, shifting on his feet as he helplessly looks after where Buck was wheeled away. The text reads, "with no place to go."

Eddie: This isn't a date. I told you I was going to the store.

Buck: Then why did you invite me?

some part of me must have died each time you called me 'baby'

and some part of me stayed alive

Stop motion wood working

i got charlie a sticker activity book and it occurred to me i have to TEACH someone how to unpeel stickers. it's SKILL that requires DEXTERITY and FINE MOTOR ABILITY. i thought it was obvious that you have to curl the page a little bit to create a break in the cut so the sticker comes up.

obviously a fucking BABY wouldn't know that because they have no background experience to inform their thought process. OBVIOUSLY. and OBVIOUSLY the LITERAL BABY wouldn't get it right the first few times. it would OBVIOUSLY take practice. lots of it.

i hate this feeling. it's so obvious. why are children treated so badly when they're learning everything for the first fucking time. why do people treat children so horribly and expect so much. they're brand new. why didn't i get the same grace i give to my child? why did no one have patience for me? why, when it's this easy?