that she was “going to use my time to talk to anyone out there who is struggling. It's an opportunity to help somebody.” She went on to explain that this has been “a bittersweet time” in her life where she's “got both agony and ecstasy happening” because while she's still heartbroken over losing her mother a year ago, she's also looking forward to seeing her granddaughter turn one later this month.
Following the performance, she spoke again with the outlet, explaining that her mother's death is “an anniversary and we all have anniversaries. I'm not terminally unique.” She continued, “We all have something that we look at and go what the hell? What's going on? I don't understand and that was my 'I don't understand.
they had planned together. “This is my opportunity to step into a situation that I don't know that I am ready to do what I'm about to do, but I think it's going to heal me,” she explained to. “I'm teaching what I want to learn, which is how to have peace and joy in a really negative [space]. I want people to know that they're loved. I want people to know that there is hope.”
Judd also shared how she's been coping with the loss, saying, “I'll tell you what I know about death. In death, there is life. I feel both at the same time simultaneously. I feel joy and sorrow. I'm walking in paradox. I'm literally a walking contradiction. I feel joy. I feel pain. I feel light. I feel dark.” She concluded, “How am I coping? It depends on the [situation]. I'm on the phone talking and all of a sudden I'll just begin to weep.
Guns make suicide (and homicide) too easy. They make killing physically easier and quicker than than taking a sip from a cup of coffee. Less chance for last minute reflection, or second thoughts before it's lights out.