I'm sorry, Plei. Some ~ma is heading your cousin's way.
Buffy: I was regrouping. Spike: You were about to be regrouped into separate piles.
'Potential'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
amyparker - Nov 25, 2019 6:29:26 pm PST #14029 of 30019
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
Katerina Bee - Nov 25, 2019 7:35:42 pm PST #14030 of 30019
Herding cats for fun
My Dad had all his final wishes laid out: no embalming, no funeral service. His body went directly from the hospice to the crematorium and my stepmom picked them up. She ordered a biodegradable paper package for scattering ashes at sea because she felt that was more dignified than messy windblown ashes everywhere. She asked me to pick a bouquet from my garden to decorate it. Then she booked a room at their favorite Italian restaurant for a buffet for all their friends and invited his relatives to stay at the house for the weekend and chartered a boat. It all felt like it was appropriate for him and that he would have enjoyed himself.
We looked at old pictures and told stories about our memories. It was way better than hiring a stranger to pray.
This Thanksgiving will be a sad time for me. Last year I was so happy he survived his intestinal adventures in Montana and got home just in time for Thanksgiving. Now that I know that was his last turkey day it's good to know that i remembered to be grateful for my Dad while he was here.
P.M. Marc - Nov 25, 2019 9:47:01 pm PST #14031 of 30019
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My mom: "well those would be nice too but an urn would be special"
I have been laughing at this since I read it.
Thanks, peeps. It's weird. My aunt was 90. The last several years, she wasn't really there at all (Alzheimer's), so I thought I'd made my peace with it, but wow, it hit hard.
For those playing along at home, I am now down to one biological aunt. (My uncle's widow's still around, though.)
Theodosia - Nov 26, 2019 1:50:35 am PST #14032 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
And I'm down to one marriage-uncle, but I only ever had two marriage uncles. Both of my brothers married into large extended families so they've got a lot more on their plates.
Jesse - Nov 26, 2019 2:41:08 am PST #14033 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm so sorry, Plei.
Laura - Nov 26, 2019 2:56:04 am PST #14034 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
I'm sorry, Plei.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 26, 2019 3:01:39 am PST #14035 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
My condolences Plei
Fred Pete - Nov 26, 2019 3:06:16 am PST #14036 of 30019
Ann, that's a ferret.
All condolences, Plei.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 26, 2019 3:18:58 am PST #14037 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I just got a Facebook notice that it is my (deceased) uncles birthday. Should we have done something to switch the account?
Calli - Nov 26, 2019 3:28:11 am PST #14038 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry, Plei. I'm also down to one bio aunt and one uncle's widow. At least, I think the latter is still around. Her previous husband to my uncle was an abusive stalker, so she kind of deliberately fell off the map.