What Deb said.
I need help. I need someone to tell me I really have a very good excuse to buy this dress. Any takers?
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SailAweigh - Jan 08, 2005 7:38:32 pm PST #2196 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
deborah grabien - Jan 08, 2005 7:39:41 pm PST #2197 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I need someone to tell me I really have a very good excuse to buy this dress.
You're alive, and female?
Truth to tell, I was almost lost forever looking at the sweater next to it. I loves it, I do.
Cass - Jan 08, 2005 7:41:32 pm PST #2198 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I know I've said this, but I'm driven to repeat it, because I genuinely believe itAnd I need to hear it. Again and again and fucking again. I really do.
Because I would rather feel ripped apart and crying now than be bleeding over it in the future if I don't have to be.
I have this theory percolating in my brain on what it can mean to be soul mates, and truly know someone else's soul. It is very dark right now. Which is skewed because I honestly believe that you can have that and have it be a really positive thing. Hell, I think I've even seen it in other people. Rarely, but I have.
Cass - Jan 08, 2005 7:44:23 pm PST #2199 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I need someone to tell me I really have a very good excuse to buy this dress.Want. Need. Buy. Have. And get the sweater too, Sail.
sj - Jan 08, 2005 7:44:34 pm PST #2200 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I need someone to tell me I really have a very good excuse to buy this dress.
You must have that dress. It is gorgeous and you will look gorgeous in it. Do you really need another reason?
SailAweigh - Jan 08, 2005 7:45:29 pm PST #2201 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
You're alive, and female?
That is a very good reason. It must wait, though. My credit cards would be very unhappy with me if I didn't pay off some of Christmas first.
deborah grabien - Jan 08, 2005 7:47:21 pm PST #2202 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I have this theory percolating in my brain on what it can mean to be soul mates, and truly know someone else's soul. It is very dark right now. Which is skewed because I honestly believe that you can have that and have it be a really positive thing. Hell, I think I've even seen it in other people. Rarely, but I have.
We should discuss, because I've lived your theory. I've lived it twice. Oddly, they were both called Nicholas. Next life, maybe I'll get Harveys or something.
If you wanted a prime example of why immediate pain is not only better than the delayed, but actually has the possibility of being nourishing, you see before you a superb example. Pretty much all of what I've posted in Great Write since September 6 - the tenth anniversary of his death - is me gritting my teeth and ripping the scar tissue away.
So much better to deal when it happens.
sj - Jan 08, 2005 7:48:28 pm PST #2203 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
But there is also the Big Bad that I can't even bring myself to talk about here yet. Best case scenario, the worst will be over by Tuesday. Worst case scenario, I'll know that by Tuesday too.
{{{Cass}}} I wish I had something wonderfully encouraging to say, but I can't think of anything. Much vibes to you, especially concentrated on Tuesday.
deborah grabien - Jan 08, 2005 7:59:22 pm PST #2204 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Hang in, love. Just hang in.
Connie Neil - Jan 08, 2005 8:54:12 pm PST #2205 of 10002
brillig
Just found out my mother was in the hospital last week. My first, honest reaction was, "Oh, she is still alive, then?" I have not spoken to her in nearly five years, and that was on the occasion of her by-pass surgery. She was surprised to hear from me. Before that, oh, probably ten years of silence and intermittent Christmas cards. My oldest sister is the only one who maintains contact with me. I guess I should send her a letter, let her know that the address she has is correct.
Mother wants to hear from me. I'll most likely do it, but I'm in a mental place where such a conversation would be the equivalent of looking up from an interesting book to acknowledge someone poking their head into the room. I suppose I'm the black sheep, but I'm not harboring hidden urges to be accepted back into the fold. Honestly, the idea of reconstructing some sort of mother-daughter relationship at this time sounds like so much more complications that I don't need. I don't want to hash things out, I don't want to air laundry. Phone lines and the mail service go both ways, and I was the one left with the metaphorical dial tone in my ear. I hung up last.
There is the possibility that the whiff of mortality has reminded her that there is one more daughter out in the world, a major loose end of life. She's 74 years old. If I hang up on the old lady who gave me birth because she decides that she needs to tell me how our relationship should have gone, and if I then don't feel bad about it, that's OK, right?