Maria, I wish I could be closer. My thoughts are with you.
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2012 4:58:58 pm PST #7532 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Volans - Feb 15, 2012 5:06:32 pm PST #7533 of 30001
move out and draw fire
Maria, if you want/need, you are welcome to stay with me. I know it's kind of a hike, but there's a lovely guest room. Or Mal and I can come up and entertain you.
lisah - Feb 15, 2012 5:11:19 pm PST #7534 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Maria, can't add much to what everyone else has said but I am thinking of you.
Kate P. - Feb 15, 2012 5:11:59 pm PST #7535 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I felt terribly guilty for not getting back to everyone who sent such wonderfully supportive messages. I did my best but the energy just failed me.
I hope you can let go of that guilt, Maria. I think most people who write to tell you that they love you when you are going through something like this understand that the last thing you have the energy to do is respond to each and every message. Their reaching out is a gift freely given, with no expectations of reciprocation.
My heart aches for you. I hope you can get some rest tonight.
Atropa - Feb 15, 2012 5:24:23 pm PST #7536 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I felt terribly guilty for not getting back to everyone who sent such wonderfully supportive messages. I did my best but the energy just failed me.
Maria, don't worry about that. I still haven't managed to write the thank-you cards to everyone who sent condolences and messages to me last year. When I fretted about that to my therapist, she pointed out that anyone who cares enough to send a message will also care enough to understand that sometimes replying is almost impossible.
Cass - Feb 15, 2012 5:27:23 pm PST #7537 of 30001
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 just smiled, shook my head and glanced at my computer monitor. "Nope. I'm never actually lonely."
It's such a comfort to have people that we an share both the pain and the joys in life.
Topic!Cindy - Feb 15, 2012 5:31:37 pm PST #7538 of 30001
What is even happening?
Maria, I'm glad your arrangements are made. Each of these little have-to-do tasks, carries you through the first day.
Tonight is my first night back in the house. I'm slightly apprehensive. The TV isn't going off tonight.
That's why God made TV, bella. Keep it on, to keep you company. What's going on with you, now?
omnis_audis - Feb 15, 2012 5:35:27 pm PST #7539 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I love my Bitches! Y'all are the best. :: Group Hug !! ::
Maria, I'm leaving work now. Hopefully home by 8:30 board time. Post if ya need. West Coasters got your back. Then we can pass it off to our wonderful internationals!
she pointed out that anyone who cares enough to send a message will also care enough to understand that sometimes replying is almost impossible.And sometimes, knowing people care and are there for you is all the help you need. It certainly helped me with my fathers health scare a few months back.
Maria - Feb 15, 2012 5:36:03 pm PST #7540 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Posting pictures on FB. Bittersweet.
Strix - Feb 15, 2012 5:42:59 pm PST #7541 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
that anyone who cares enough to send a message will also care enough to understand that sometimes replying is almost impossible.
This. This, this, this.