Ah, got it, Amy. I thought for a moment that you had a more personal story to tell.
I'll be in my bunk.
Jayne ,'War Stories'
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.
aurelia - Aug 21, 2023 7:38:52 pm PDT #24233 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
DavidS - Aug 21, 2023 7:53:04 pm PDT #24234 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jacqueline is in her bed. On morphine. She is surrounded by a circle of her closest women friends and Matilda. And they are all talking and getting drunk. Except Matilda.
Jacqueline had said she wanted to hear voices. So now she is surrounded by them. Her favorite saucy people.
My job: to keep making them cocktails.
meara - Aug 21, 2023 7:58:56 pm PDT #24235 of 30000
Aaaww that sounds great. I felt so bad for my moms friends that she didn’t want anyone around, her last couple weeks. Basically no visitors (didn’t eben want to see my dad) like an animal in a den. Her sister and BFF called but she really didn’t want to talk much. I’m glad JZ is getting to have what she wants around her.
Kate P. - Aug 21, 2023 8:10:25 pm PDT #24236 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
My best memory of when my mom was dying was just sitting around her bed with my dad and my brother, the three of us talking and laughing and telling stories we'd all heard and told and retold dozens of times. She couldn't participate by then but I know that was absolutely one of her most favorite things, to be surrounded by her beloved family, just reminiscing and enjoying each other's company.
So much about that time was so hard and awful, but that is a genuinely good memory I will always carry with me.
EpicTangent - Aug 21, 2023 8:16:39 pm PDT #24237 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Even though my mom was unconscious at the end, I like to think that being surrounded by family and friends and all of us telling stories and laughing and crying was comforting to her. I know it was comforting to me.
aurelia - Aug 21, 2023 8:34:15 pm PDT #24238 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I hope Jacqueline can feel the joy of their memories and love washing over her.
P.M. Marc - Aug 21, 2023 9:01:16 pm PDT #24239 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Welcome to the world, Arthur! You don't know it yet, but you are fortunate to live for even a brief overlap of time in a world containing JZ.
That sounds like such a loving atmosphere for her, Hec.
Shir - Aug 21, 2023 10:16:25 pm PDT #24240 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Welcome, Arthur! Congratulations, Debet and family. I wish health, sufficient sleep (as much as possible), and naches to all of you.
David, Matilda, JZ - continued love~ma. You are all in my thoughts.
WindSparrow - Aug 21, 2023 10:46:55 pm PDT #24241 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Welcome, Arthur Robert! (Much stronger name than Rupert)
In completely other news, it continues to be a joy to see Stitch and ltc play together. They love each other fiercely.
This is what makes the whole mortal coil thing worth it.
beekaytee - Aug 21, 2023 11:10:51 pm PDT #24242 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Welcome to the world, Arthur! You don't know it yet, but you are fortunate to live for even a brief overlap of time in a world containing JZ.
I love this sentiment. The confluence, and expansion, of love.