Belated but heartfelt congratulations to GC and GF! And also to Laura and Brendon. That's a fabulous meet-cute story, with a happily-in-progress middle.
Hil, I loved the inappropriate bear stories! I'd think, with a little judicious seam-ripping, that most of them could be made appropriate. How silly of the donors, though, to give bears so actually inappropriate.
Also belatedly, waving at an all-too-rare-appearing ChiKat. Sorry I missed you, but it was nice to know you'd not forgotten us!
Very cute SA--makes the glasses look good!
BT! The pictures are stunning! You and Wallybee are both gorgeous people, and the costume changes are wonderful. May you both be as incredibly happy as you look in the pictures for a very, very long time!
::makes doll in likeness of plasterer manager person. does rude and unspeakable things to it on Vortex's behalf. tucks Vortex onto the comfy sofa with a soft blanket, a cup of tea, chocolate, gourmetish coffee or whatever her choice of warm soothing drink, and a pile of dvds of her choice. turns off phone ringers. leaves. or lingers in case she needs something else, whichever is prefered::
Aimee, love. Can I tuck you up on a comfy sofa with a soft blanket and a soothing drink, too? Hugs, at least?
::makes doll in likeness of plasterer manager person. does rude and unspeakable things to it on Vortex's behalf. tucks Vortex onto the comfy sofa with a soft blanket, a cup of tea, chocolate, gourmetish coffee or whatever her choice of warm soothing drink, and a pile of dvds of her choice. turns off phone ringers. leaves. or lingers in case she needs something else, whichever is prefered::
pulls Bev down on couch for cuddle
Ahhh, sweet internets, how I have missed thee.
Our computer died. Or it's very sick. It goes to the computer doctor today or tomorrow. (My iTunes library!)
My book is mostly on Google Docs or still in my book bag so it's really the music loss (plus, of course, the expense).
Billytea, those pictures are gorgeous. What a very very happy event. For us, anyway, who cares whether you enjoyed it. We love it.
Hey Aimee - funerals always bring the weird. People flip out in new and novel ways. Most people have very little experience with grief and so the inappropriate happens.
I'm sorry about the computer, Hec.
I'm sorry about the computer, Hec.
Please kick it for me, sj.
I'm sorry too, David. sj will have to kick it on my behalf, I'm snuggling Vortex. But all the very finest luck on recovering your music (your Music! Ack!)
Oh, Hec. That is mega frustrating. I hope they're able to recover everything!
Aimee, honey, I'm so sorry. It may or may not help if I tell you that I'm aware that I've still not dealt. DH has had such a difficult time, and I was so hyperaware of taking care of him, and of the kids, and of StY, I've just sort of shunted my own stuff aside. I can feel it pushing now, and I know in the next month or two I'm going to have to deal with purely my own stuff.
What I'm trying to say is that often, we can't deal with a loss when it happens. Sometimes it takes some time and distance, and your mom may very well be pushing this away until she's ready to deal with it. In fact, in the 50s and 60s and even later, that used to be the way doctors helped the bereaved--dope them to the eyeballs for a couple of weeks to get them through the funerary stuff, and then let them slowly come to face and deal with the reality. The theory being that time and some distance, alone, provided an emotional buffer.
Hogwash, mostly. But a lot of people seem to operate that way. Your mom may be one of them.
Sermonizing over. I love you, and I'm so sorry you're going through all this without someone physically there to support you. I hope you can feel and benefit from the invisible support, though. It's all that got me through it.
Warm hugs for Aimee and Beverly. Bless you.
