I think to myself a lot... is this karma? I was such a rebellious teenager, then my Hollywood days were full of havoc. If my friends thought I was a wild child in high school then they had not seen nothing till my Hollywood years... I seriously partied like a rock star, with rock stars and Hollywood A-listers. When I lived in LA every year there were fires and mudslides in Malibu. I would watch the chaos and think to myself that Malibu must have a lot of bad karma living there in those giant mansions. Hollywood is flashy and bright and shiny, it sucks you in like quicksand and it won't let you out. I could write a book about all the good, bad and ugly experiences I had in the years I lived there.
Was I so bad? Am I in constant pain now because I was so rambunctious then? I feel like this is karma. I hurt every second of my life. Friends and family look at me and don't see a "sick" person, they don't understand that I hurt so bad. They think I look fine and normal so I am ok, or faking it. Do they think that because I hold a SAG card that I'm a good actress and faking that I'm sick???... little do they realize is that YES, I am such a good actress that I have hidden my pain for years, and even though I sit and talk to then like I'm a normal human being I am in constant pain. My arms throb and are numb all day and all night. I scream inside and smile on the outside. I am typing through the shooting pain to feel human, to feel like I'm connecting with others, to keep me from crawling under a rock and becoming a hermit. I don't want to give up, I will do what I gotta do.
I wonder, will my friends stop calling me?, Will people talk behind my back?, will my family leave me?, Is this all karma coming back to haunt me? I feel like this can't just happen to someone for no reason, this is HELL.
Oh, honey, it is not karma. It's just the sucky luck of the draw. We all love you. You are a great person. A great mom and wife. Just keep those communication lines open with JC. He loves you.
ReplyDeleteI love you Elaine!!! XOXO
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