The death of his beloved stepdaughter Leonora in 1944 («What a horrible,
bleak feeling it gives one, to think that we shall never see her again») is one of perhaps three genuinely distressing incidents in this otherwise sunshine - filled volume.
, but if the
feelings are unrelenting for a good two weeks — or coupled with
bleak feelings of emptiness, anxious obsessive - compulsive behaviors, thoughts of self - harm or a
feeling like your baby would be better off not being born or being
given to someone else — then call your doctor right this minute.