Drew and Pix, you have been on my mind a lot as I thought of BC. Thank you for your visits, and thank you for notifying us on his status.
I... I just keep typing and deleting because everything I type don't feel like the right words. I want to write about BC, how lucky and grateful I am to have met him, and how much light he brings to this world. So much light, that he is just bloody brilliant. I feel like I learned so much just by reading his posts and interacting with him. And his approach to life, illness, and death is illuminating. Honestly, I am now just (partly) trying to understand how can I bring more of his perspective to my life and the world around me.
My core belief is that there is no afterlife, but if there's a heaven, BC belongs there, 100%. With a Fluffy for naps.
Now I'm on the couch, and I thought the dog could leap up, but she was just hovering by my feet, frustrated that I did not understand the routine she usually has with my father. She stands by feet, she gets picked up, she settles in next to you in the crease between the two cushions.
How's your back, Dana?
My deepest condolences to all who have lost a pet recently. I had to put Lucky the cat down on Friday. Her CKD was being managed well, but she had two neurological episodes in less than 24 hours. They did bloodwork, and found that she was severely anemic, calling it life-threatening. No indication for the cause, and they said it probably wouldn't be treatable either. Rather than let her quality of life decline any further, we made the decision to let her go. I miss her every damned day.
Damn that sucks about BC. Even if it's not unexpected.
Sorry about Lucky, Maria.
My back is not miraculously better, but I think it's in pretty good shape considering yesterday's shenanigans, which involved me doing more lifting of luggage than I would have liked.
Timelies all!
Fuck cancer. My sympathies to his friends and family. Never met him in real life.(Of course, I could say that about most of you. Such is life.)
I met Omnis once, and the in person man was as warm and smart and open as all his posts were.
I am so sorry to hear the news about o_a. I am especially thinking of Drew and Kristin and Sean and others who were close to him in real life, and also those of you like Shir who were especially close online. I think of him as my particular tribe-- a Buffista who is also a theatre artist.
It is always sudden.
