numb

After chatting for about 10 minutes, our toes are already going numb.

When her father numbs his pain with his wife’s prescription and sadly croons a song from when he was an altar boy, Piper can only roll her eyes and excuse herself from the room.

“We are numbed by the science, puzzled by jargon, paralyzed by predictions, confused about what actions to take, stressed as we scramble to care for our family, or simply impoverished, overworked, and tired,” Hawken writes.

He said he was "numb for a year" following his father's death, but hopes the book will help other people who are grieving.

Her daughter, who is also a musician and goes by the nickname Ladi Diamond, said she was "numb" in a Facebook post.