Had all my grandparents until I was 26 and then lost three that year. Now I’ve been without them as long as I had them - which is pretty hard to believe. They are definitely a big part of who I am.
The count of three isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street.
Buffy ,'First Date'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
Trudy Booth - Jan 23, 2023 4:52:57 pm PST #20142 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
sj - Jan 23, 2023 4:53:00 pm PST #20143 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ION, I’m giving my phone the stink I willing it not to ring with another cancellation alert. It sounds like several houses in town are without electricity.
sj - Jan 23, 2023 5:46:59 pm PST #20144 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
No school again tomorrow because of downed power lines.
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2023 6:00:11 pm PST #20145 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'm not ready to be the matriarch!!
After my oldest aunt died in October 2019, we had Thanksgiving with that side of the family. I have 3 cousins: 1 guy and 2 women. So halfway through Thanksgiving dinner, my 2 female cousins are tipsy and start bantering/arguing about who's the matriarch now that their mom died. Only the thing is, they all used to own horses for decades, so the argument my cousins were having was about who would be the "boss mare." I laughed my ass off at them. (I also don't know if they ever decided who was the boss mare.)
Jesse - Jan 23, 2023 6:03:57 pm PST #20146 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Only the thing is, they all used to own horses for decades, so the argument my cousins were having was about who would be the "boss mare."
Ha!
To be clear, my mother is fine, so I probably have a lot of time, but I am the oldest of my generation on that side.
Steph L. - Jan 23, 2023 6:06:17 pm PST #20147 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I am the oldest of my generation on that side.
Boss mare!
Calli - Jan 23, 2023 6:19:15 pm PST #20148 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Sorry about the stress, shrift. But I’m glad you’re still employed at the end of it.
My last grandparent died when I was in high school. All of them lived into their 70s and 80s, but my folks had me fairly late. My classmates were raised by boomers, while I was raised by the previous cohort. Now I just have one remaining aunt from my parents’ generation left.
Jesse - Jan 23, 2023 6:30:27 pm PST #20149 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Glad you are still employed, shrift! It's rough out there.
JZ - Jan 23, 2023 6:40:59 pm PST #20150 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Very glad you’re still employed, shrift, but still. Do you have a team or other cohort? How are y’all doing?
I’ve been sleeping some infinite amount of time and I feel so much better I can’t even say.
brenda m - Jan 23, 2023 7:17:16 pm PST #20151 of 30000
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
I was lucky enough to know all my grandparents, but the last one died when I was in my teens. My siblings have fewer if any memories.
One of the reasons I’ve been so grateful to have reconnected with my half siblings is that it was starting to feel like we were very alone in the world, family wise. Knowing them makes me feel less unmoored, even while it also brings home how isolated we really were growing up. We had and have wonderful chosen family, but not the networks of aunts and uncles and cousins and all that so many have.