Glee s05x03 The Quarterback (Carol)

“I always thought ... how do parents go on when they lose a child. You know, when I would see that stuff on the news, I would turn it off, because it was just too horrible to think. But I would always think: how do they wake up every day? I mean, how do they breathe? But you do it, though, and for just a second you forget. And then: oh. You remember. You know it’s like getting that call again and again every time. You don’t get to stop waking up. You have to keep on being a parent even though you don’t have a child any more.“ - Carol to Burt and Kurt