Caring for both my mom and my dad at the end felt so natural and easy. It really felt like I was caring for my own kids.
Which is nature’s nurturing instinct and part of what makes us human.
I want JZ to be at rest.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
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.
Cashmere - Aug 25, 2023 5:48:17 pm PDT #24456 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
beekaytee - Aug 25, 2023 6:10:47 pm PDT #24457 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Sending so much love, and many prayers for ease to you all, David.
beekaytee - Aug 25, 2023 6:19:38 pm PDT #24458 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Caring for both my mom and my dad at the end felt so natural and easy. It really felt like I was caring for my own kids.
Which is nature’s nurturing instinct and part of what makes us human.
It has always felt like this to me, when caring for both relatives and friends. It is a natural process of life. Hard, of course, but resisting it just makes it such a painful burden.
I'm grateful for every motion of matter, every wave of energy, every placement of particles over time that created the universe where JZ is so well loved and cared for at the end of her beautiful journey.
DavidS - Aug 25, 2023 7:13:39 pm PDT #24459 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I got a lovely note from Ellen S., long missed Buffista, today. I'd been thinking about her as I saw pix of her with JZ and Ed, and Teppy and Flea.
She said: "You have both added so much to my world - Jacqueline's style and 'moral elegance' (? not sure how to put it - I have always admired the bone-deep balanced decency of your interactions with others) and David's community-building are things I have always really appreciated. You both mean a great deal to this random person, and I'm sure to many more people than the many you already know of."
I have been trying to think of a way to phrase Jacqueline's particular manner of lived-ethics. How it is an extension of her faith, and acted upon in her politics. "Moral Elegance" - there you go.
DavidS - Aug 25, 2023 7:15:19 pm PDT #24460 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I managed to refrain from replying, "You know, part of your legacy as a Buffista is that when I think of the word 'cocksicle' I think of you!"
Sassy - Aug 25, 2023 7:24:30 pm PDT #24461 of 30000
'Til we dance away...
Thank you both so much for sharing this time. Death, as I’ve experienced in my life is often traumatic and angry. And it’s filled me with fear.
Although no one wants it to end, I honestly have felt peace following through this process. I know it doesn’t help or make anything better, but it has changed me. I’m sure I’m not the only one.
Consuela - Aug 25, 2023 7:49:56 pm PDT #24462 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
{{hugs to you all}}
sarameg - Aug 25, 2023 8:18:57 pm PDT #24463 of 30000
Be as gentle with yourself as you are JZ. (Goes for everyone.)
msbelle - Aug 25, 2023 8:40:24 pm PDT #24464 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Holding you all in my heart.
quester - Aug 25, 2023 9:43:30 pm PDT #24465 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
spent hours catching up here. I feel like a bone-head for not coming here with my feeling and reading all of yours. It really has been too long since our "watch and post" days. I miss everyone, I sure as hell going to miss JZ!
So glad to have you and David and Matilda and Emmet in my life.
so grateful to have all of you in my life and heart!