{"id":3806,"date":"2015-02-07T11:34:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T19:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shawnna.org\/?p=3806"},"modified":"2015-02-07T19:19:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-08T03:19:20","slug":"vincent-john-salvati-dead-one-year-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/?p=3806","title":{"rendered":"Vincent John Salvati – died one year ago today"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s hard to believe a whole year has passed since my nephew died <\/a>of an overdose of opioids and God-only-knows what else. <\/p>\n

Before the drug use, he was a bright, somewhat shy and intelligent young man. This is how I remember him because I didn’t see him during his four years of using. <\/p>\n

His mother (my sister<\/a>) didn’t make his life easy and he struggled with her demons and well as his own.<\/p>\n

As time has passed, I find myself longing for solitude.<\/p>\n

I also find myself angry. <\/p>\n

Angry at me for not doing more to help him.<\/p>\n

Angry at his mother for never being everything she could have been.<\/p>\n

Angry at his father for trying so hard to protect him that he failed to give him the tools to cope with life’s struggle.<\/p>\n

Angry at the incredible lack of meaning so many have in their lives.<\/p>\n

And yet, all of this is in God. God weeps as I weep.<\/p>\n

And another year begins. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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