Thanks, msbelle! I meant to say that the other day when I ran immediately to subscribe after I read your post.
The next time you decide to stab me in the back... have the guts to do it to my face.
Mal ,'Ariel'
ita's thread
A place where we can talk about ita, miss ita, and share information about memorials. The hugging started over here in Natter.
SailAweigh - Sep 16, 2015 10:04:45 am PDT #2029 of 3157
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Steph L. - Sep 19, 2015 9:54:08 am PDT #2030 of 3157
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Today is the lantern ceremony at the cemetery. Hil and flea are going to meet me. I'll post pictures of the lanterns later. I'm pretty happy with the photos I chose for my lantern.
And I was randomly hitting up the BRQG, and this quote from ita came up, and it's going on the lantern: "We're all fragile. Even the dinosaurs bit it. What can you be in between your beginning and your end, is the question."
WindSparrow - Sep 19, 2015 9:57:09 am PDT #2031 of 3157
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.
Fuck me, that's beyond perfect.
We are fleeting, ephemeral things. Let us flit about together.
Maria - Sep 19, 2015 9:57:22 am PDT #2032 of 3157
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
I'm already weepy for various reasons today, but that is the topper. So many unfair things in this world. I sure hope the next is better.
beekaytee - Sep 19, 2015 9:58:13 am PDT #2033 of 3157
Compassionately intolerant
Perfect. Just perfect.
Steph L. - Sep 19, 2015 9:59:19 am PDT #2034 of 3157
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Yeah, I don't even know if I'm going to attempt to wear mascara and eyeliner (both of which are waterproof and generally cryproof, but this might be a serious test).
Steph L. - Sep 19, 2015 10:00:33 am PDT #2035 of 3157
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Perfect. Just perfect.
It's a beautiful, lovely, peaceful event...and I hate like burning that I have a reason to be there. Part of me was praying for thunderstorms so it would be cancelled. Because if I don't make a lantern for ita, then I can cling to my denial.
beekaytee - Sep 19, 2015 10:11:00 am PDT #2036 of 3157
Compassionately intolerant
I totally get that.
Clearly, I was not close to ita...though I wish I had been...but I still have moments of sadness and a sense of profound loss.
All I can say to myself, and to you, is that embracing the gift can fill you up as much, or more than the denial of the loss.
Not to compare the two, by any means, but a neighbor I've howdied at for a couple of decades, pointed at Cagney the other day and called him Bartleby. For maybe the first time, I was able to smile first and say, Thank you for remembering him, but...
I loved that my first thought, when I messed up a link the yesterday, was that ita would have side-eyed me to shreds. It made me smile because I KNOW NOW ita! Thanks to you, I am so much better about that sort of thing.
Does that mean her talent lives on in me? I'd kinda like to think so.
Laura - Sep 19, 2015 2:03:28 pm PDT #2037 of 3157
Our wings are not tired.
"We're all fragile. Even the dinosaurs bit it. What can you be in between your beginning and your end, is the question."
Wanted to read it again. Thank you.
Beverly - Sep 19, 2015 2:39:08 pm PDT #2038 of 3157
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Perfect. Thank you Tep. There are more hands than yours setting the lantern afloat, you know? Even if we're not there in person.