OMG!! Hubby just showed me how we can do video phone through Facebook! This 21st Century stuff is great!
Hey, if it means I don't have to read any more, woo and, might I add, a big hoo.
Xander ,'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[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.
Connie Neil - May 08, 2014 5:45:54 pm PDT #10775 of 30002
brillig
Laura - May 08, 2014 5:57:34 pm PDT #10776 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
That is fabulous!
Burrell - May 08, 2014 6:37:41 pm PDT #10777 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Anyone in your situation who says they've never felt like this? Is lying.
Yes, Cass is right. It's just hard, so try to be forgiving with yourself.
omnis_audis - May 09, 2014 5:29:37 am PDT #10778 of 30002
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
He's going for research, he's signed documents for that. That's actually a relief to me.My mother has been talking about this of late. She's looking at it from the logical point of view. Funerals and burials cost money. And we have never had money to burn. To her, it seems like a win-win situation. We are worried my sister will flip her wig at the notion. When she visits in a few weeks, we will be talking about it, in hopes of convincing her now, while mom is healthy. But sister does not like talking about anything that deals with that topic. No sir-ee-bob. As if that will keep our parents alive forever.
Burrell - May 09, 2014 5:47:24 am PDT #10779 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I have to say, having had to deal with a burial, it is a huge help knowing that the plot has been purchased and knowing who to call when the time comes. She only paid for the plot, I still had to pay for the burial, but even so it was a relief.
brenda m - May 09, 2014 6:21:01 am PDT #10780 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Just not having to make the decisions and research and stuff. It was very unexpected when my mom died, but my dad had bought himself a ”discount funeral" membership or something several years earlier and it was a help. If you ignored the spinning from inside the coffin.
omnis_audis - May 09, 2014 6:29:18 am PDT #10781 of 30002
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Having had four family members pass in two years (senior year of HS, freshman year of college), I learned two key things.
- funerals/burials are for the living. And just because you grew up in the same house, doesn't mean you have the same needs.
- it brings out the very best and worst of family members.
beth b - May 09, 2014 6:34:46 am PDT #10782 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I don't know if I mentioned it here, but Matt's father passed in April -- the memorial will be the 17th of this month. Why so long? exactly because it is for living. It is easier for everyone to plan that might want to plan.
And Connie, I so know how yo feel. both the - oh this goning to make all this stuff so hard and the guilt for putting your concerns/needs/plans first.
time for work
Laura - May 09, 2014 7:35:02 am PDT #10783 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
This reminds me that I really should let my family know that I am perfectly delighted to go to a medical school. I know lots of people that have gone to medical school and have been in the labs myself and it works for me.
omnis_audis - May 09, 2014 8:57:00 am PDT #10784 of 30002
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Apparently, the university I work for medical program, takes care of the cremation, and then burial at sea when the research is done. This sounds silly. But that is the one hesitation for me. I have a huge fear of drowning (having nearly died of it as a child). Very irrational. I know. Silly. Stupid. And yet, there it is. My brain. Silly stuff. [link]