It’s okay to be okay

Ask me how I’m doing

You’ll get a different answer each time

Expect me to be okay or not depending on the time

Be ready for me to not want to share

But ready for word vomit

I am a very private person

And find it hard to always share

If I trust that you support me without judgement

I will provide more than you want to know

But if I feel you expect me to be acting a particular way

I will shut you out fast and not look back

This is the hardest thing to go through

Reactions differ for everyone, so don’t put yours on me

I am doing the best I can, in the way I know, so sometimes please leave me be

I will ask for help when I need it and it might be in a very particular way

Please follow my direction, as to assume I need something else just adds

With everything going on right now, I am at my very limit

Yet, somedays I am okay, and laugh and joke, which is definitely okay.

Even in this trying time I never expected to go through, ever

I am still doing okay.

We are focused on the present as we know the time is short

I ask that you not judge me for being able to laugh and play

This is the best way we know to still be okay.