The best for the niecelet is to wait for a less emotional time to let him have it. I'm so sorry Cass.
I'll be fine. I'll be your bounty, Jubal Early. And I'll just fade away.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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Laura - Apr 17, 2006 5:08:29 pm PDT #9754 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
ChiKat - Apr 17, 2006 5:09:00 pm PDT #9755 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Oh, Cass... I am so sorry. What in the world does he have to yell at you about? For being there for his daughter?
Cass - Apr 17, 2006 5:10:11 pm PDT #9756 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
But would that REALLY help the niecelet. That should be your test when you are tempted.True.
And I would take the heat from my brother and deal with it, if it were just that. What is sending me into a panic and hysteria is that I am pretty sure he won't even let my letters through to her anymore. So I have totally lost her until she's 18 in about a year and a half.
Cass - Apr 17, 2006 5:13:18 pm PDT #9757 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
What in the world does he have to yell at you about?When she and I were talking yesterday she wanted to know why no one asked about her ex-bf or her friends. And I told her that he'd asked me (made a rule, really) not to.
Tonight when they talked after she got to Vermont, she was upset about it. She doesn't trust them to tell her the truth and they don't. It exploded, I suspect, far uglier than the conversation she and I had.
For being there for his daughter?For refusing to lie to her. So, yes, basically he is furious that I am there for his daughter. You see, I'm been depressed before. But more damning? I dated a woman. I am obviously evil.
ChiKat - Apr 17, 2006 5:30:25 pm PDT #9758 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Cass, I am so sorry you're having to go through this and I'm sorry your niecelet is having to go through this. Your brother is losing his daughter (if he hasn't already) for the rest of his life. I don't feel sorry for him.
And, if these things make you evil then all of humanity is evil for some reason or another.
Laura - Apr 17, 2006 5:30:35 pm PDT #9759 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
But more damning? I dated a woman.
Well piffle, I bet he has too.
Lee - Apr 17, 2006 5:35:30 pm PDT #9760 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
What everyone else said, Cass. I'm sorry you and the niecelet are going through this.
Cass - Apr 17, 2006 5:39:15 pm PDT #9761 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Your brother is losing his daughter (if he hasn't already) for the rest of his life. I don't feel sorry for him.I don't either. But I feel sorry for her. He said some amazingly ugly things to her.
Well piffle, I bet he has too.Ones that weren't even his wife.
I am richocheting emotions. This moment is fury. And hate. I'm guessing the tears will be back in a minute or two.
Yep. Back to tears. I hope numb comes along soon. I'd like numb.
WindSparrow - Apr 17, 2006 5:51:57 pm PDT #9762 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Cass, this is so sad. In your shoes, I would look for a way to communicate to the niecelet that no matter what happens over the intervening time, "I love you no matter what, and the day you turn 18, you have a place on my couch." Send a telegram or something with a signature-required postal-return card to it.
Trudy Booth - Apr 17, 2006 5:58:50 pm PDT #9763 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Darling darling Cass.
I am so sorry. This is heartbreaking.
Your brother is being bananas and even HE knows it. He is utterly spinning out of control.