Day 12

Is there such a thing as an acceptable loss?

Is it acceptable to lose the love in a marriage? For it to slowly die and begin to rot before the two people finally realize what the heavy stench is?

Is it acceptable to lose your hope and ambition because someone has told you that your not good enough at what you love, to be a success at it?

Is it acceptable for a child to lose their respect for their parent who finds more comfort at the bottom of bottle than anywhere else?

Is it acceptable for a mother lose their child of any age for any reason? A pain that deep can't possibly be acceptable or reasonable.


Maybe an acceptable loss is something that you didn't really need anyway. To lose the south beach diet book is an acceptable loss to someone who has given up on all diets.

Weight loss is usually an acceptable loss. I'm sure many people could accept losing 10 lbs or so.

Losing your memory could be acceptable if your past is full of misery and painful memories, it would be like a fresh start at life.

Losing time is acceptable only when there is extra time to be lost, and who really has extra time...not me...my time is up.


I'm noticing that when I wait to do my writing til the end of the night I don't get very far, my groove is never found and nothing worthy spills onto theses pages...but I showed up, I wrote...and I posted.