Laura, I'm so sorry for your loss and the next years of missing her. And I'm so happy for you that you had a wonderful mother who lived so will and long.
We die horribly and painfully, you go to hell and I spend eternity in the arms of baby Jesus.
Gunn ,'Not Fade Away'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Volans - Oct 24, 2016 3:13:55 am PDT #29963 of 30003
move out and draw fire
Sparky1 - Oct 24, 2016 3:40:02 am PDT #29964 of 30003
Librarian Warlord
I'm so sorry for your loss, Laura. Peace.
Laura - Oct 24, 2016 3:42:11 am PDT #29965 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.
Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts. I'm pretty much okay until someone starts crying, in particular my step-dad or DH. She didn't suffer and had a lovely day with her family with no indication of any issue the day before. We know how blessed we are that we had her in our lives for so many years.
Also, I told her I was really unhappy with her for not getting her absentee ballot completed. Now my brother and I are in competition for finding it since we both were accomplished experts at signing her name. eta: and we would fill it out differently although Mom would have voted my way
lisah - Oct 24, 2016 3:54:43 am PDT #29966 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
Laura, your mom sounded like such a lovely lady. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Dana - Oct 24, 2016 4:54:33 am PDT #29967 of 30003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I'm sorry, Laura.
Dana - Oct 24, 2016 4:56:16 am PDT #29968 of 30003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
And in other news, I'm glad I followed my instincts and didn't tell Overly Attached Receptionist I was leaving until today. She wants to friend me on FB, and she had been hoping we could go out to lunch some time.
Jessica - Oct 24, 2016 5:07:27 am PDT #29969 of 30003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Laura, I'm sorry for your loss. The woman who gave us you must have been an amazing person indeed!
Volans - Oct 24, 2016 5:12:30 am PDT #29970 of 30003
move out and draw fire
I discovered on Friday that my internal government fan following has tipped over to the internets...I've always had a few folks look for me online, but I'd more or less controlled where they could find me by posting "find me under these names" on the internal network. But now folks are googling "Raq" to find me, and I don't necessarily want to lead random work people here.
Thus, name change coming.
Dana - Oct 24, 2016 5:19:15 am PDT #29971 of 30003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Gudanov - Oct 24, 2016 7:32:47 am PDT #29972 of 30003
Coding and Sleeping
So sorry about your loss, Laura.