Consuela, It sounds like you are doing your best to have some balance while dealing with the grief. It really helps. My thoughts are with you and your family.
Home schooling? You know, it's not just for scary religious people anymore.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Laura - Jun 04, 2013 7:09:30 am PDT #24741 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
DavidS - Jun 04, 2013 7:10:26 am PDT #24742 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
& in the afternoon we went to a barbecue at Javachik's,
I'm sorry we missed that, but Emmett was not going anywhere on Sunday.
Jesse - Jun 04, 2013 7:19:20 am PDT #24743 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
One of the benefits of the funeral next week will be seeing my nieces and my two surviving uncles, who will all be coming into town.
Funerals are weird like that. "It's so good to see you!....I mean, I would have preferred other circumstances, but still."
Keep taking care of yourself!
DavidS - Jun 04, 2013 7:31:30 am PDT #24744 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm getting very excited about going to my college reunion.
Not only does it happen over my birthday weekend, but I will see my five closest friends all at the same time. (Not to mention several other friends that I dearly love and haven't seen for decades.)
I haven't been back to my college since 1986. It would be strange enough walking around Kenyon's beautiful campus just with my memories, but to do it with so many people that formed those memories is going to be strange and wonderful.
Plus I'll get to spend time with the kids of most of my friends, which I really value especially as I get older.
Cashmere - Jun 04, 2013 7:39:26 am PDT #24745 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Suela, I am so sorry for your loss.
Maria - Jun 04, 2013 7:44:22 am PDT #24746 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
so far not a lot of press other than Above the Law
That's the only place I saw it as well, Lee. Maybe it won't be huge drama?
Jesse, that's awesome. I need to figure out a way to get the stories out of my father's head and recorded in some way, whether it's paper or audio. The problem is that the stories are told organically, so I need to have something ready at all times.
amych - Jun 04, 2013 7:45:14 am PDT #24747 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
One of the benefits of the funeral next week will be seeing my nieces and my two surviving uncles, who will all be coming into town.
When my aunt died last year, we pretty much all converged on saying "We're having an awesome reunion! It just has this funeral thing in the middle of it!"
My people may be a little callous and strange, but the more acceptable and thus much less us way of saying would've been that the people who love and support us have a way of coming together when it's most important. And that's something great to hang on to when you need it.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2013 7:50:38 am PDT #24748 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Our general funeral plan is "maybe a wedding next time, or a birthday?" but nothing draws everyone in like death.
Maria - Jun 04, 2013 7:52:30 am PDT #24749 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
Consuela, I'm so sorry for your loss. Much peace, love and strength to you and your family.
SuziQ - Jun 04, 2013 7:55:19 am PDT #24750 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I was just looking at our family calendar and added a few items and crossed off the last couple of days. Then I got a text message from a cousin that was a total gut punch. Today is the 4th anniversary of my mom's death. I had totally wiffed on the date, even with looking at the calendar a moment before. Reading her message I sank to my knees and cried - both for the loss and for not remembering.
With each year it gets both easier and harder.
Consuela, my thoughts are with you and your family. May the family gathering provide some healing. It is also ok if you feel a sense of relief. I know with my mom, she had been ill and in pain for so long, I was relieved when she was finally at rest.