JZ and David. I am so so sorry. Sending love.
Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.
'Shindig'
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.
msbelle - Aug 07, 2023 6:32:36 am PDT #23569 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Sue - Aug 07, 2023 6:52:27 am PDT #23570 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Oh, I am so sorry. Sending you guys all my love. ❤️
beekaytee - Aug 07, 2023 7:05:04 am PDT #23571 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Echoing all the sentiments. And sending so much love and support.
JZ has always lived in my heart as one of the best of us. 231 months ago, I came into this community with so much joy and enthusiasm. After being mean-girled into submission, I went back to lurking for a long time. When I resurfaced, JZ was the first to welcome me back. And, since then, she has always been supportive and kind. A true gift to my heart.
It is awful that she and her loved ones have to go through this. Just awful.
Having gone through similar stages with a number of people, either as a guide or an observer, I take each time as an opportunity to recalibrate my thinking about what life really means.
In the end, I'm simply grateful. For her. For all of you. For my capacity to love so much that it hurts this badly.
Laura - Aug 07, 2023 7:17:47 am PDT #23572 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
We are heartbroken that Jacqueline and all her loved ones have to endure this. I send all my love, as does Brendon. The helplessness of not being able to do anything but hold all of you in our hearts is so painful.
vw bug - Aug 07, 2023 7:26:03 am PDT #23573 of 30000
Mostly lurking...
Hec and JZ, I have no words. This is just all-around shitty and heartbreaking. Sending you all my love.
DavidS - Aug 07, 2023 7:48:45 am PDT #23574 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jacqueline is writing little emails to Matilda from her hospital bed.
Subject Line: On Love
"It's great. First love is rarely only love, though, and heartbreak is torture. My first love broke my heart three or four times, because I let him. It hurt just as badly every time, especially because every time I knew it was time to go but I couldn't bear to. If you can manage not to make that mistake, you'll be way ahead of me. When it's time to go, it's time to go; it does get better, no matter how much it feels like it never will; there is always someone else out there who'll make you feel all the good feels, no matter how much it feels like there can't possibly be anyone.
There, that's Mama's sack of cliches, borne of hard experience. I hope they help. Nana didn't share them with me, but I wish she had."
beekaytee - Aug 07, 2023 8:08:19 am PDT #23575 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Beautiful. And so deeply true.
Pix - Aug 07, 2023 8:09:43 am PDT #23576 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Like all of Jacqueline's writing, just perfect. Exquisitely perfect.
Tom Scola - Aug 07, 2023 8:14:34 am PDT #23577 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I can't speak for Matilda, but I certainly needed to hear that.
vw bug - Aug 07, 2023 8:19:08 am PDT #23578 of 30000
Mostly lurking...
Such wise and loving words.