I know nothing will make it easier on any of you, but I truly wish that weren't the case. I am also sorry that you have to be the one holding your shit together.
I think what my daughter's trying to say is: nyah nyah nyah nyah.
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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.
P.M. Marc - Aug 30, 2023 7:10:05 pm PDT #24793 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
Calli - Aug 30, 2023 7:10:48 pm PDT #24794 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
My mom died at home. When they took her body, that’s when it became real. I totally get Matilda losing her shit then.
I hope you (David), and the family can surf the swells of big emotions as they arise.
sarameg - Aug 30, 2023 7:14:27 pm PDT #24795 of 30000
Oh, David. When all the “pending” lets go. When the focus of your grief has nowhere else to turn. Wishing everyone grace & a place to sit with it all.
-t - Aug 30, 2023 7:22:27 pm PDT #24796 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That must be hard, Hec. I’m sorry.
Amy - Aug 30, 2023 7:22:33 pm PDT #24797 of 30000
Because books.
Oh, Matilda. That breaks my heart (more). So unfair that she has to weather this.
And as others have said, outrageously unfair that you have to be the calm center of the emotional shit storm.
Sue - Aug 30, 2023 7:24:23 pm PDT #24798 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I'm so sorry, David.
EpicTangent - Aug 30, 2023 7:29:54 pm PDT #24799 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Oh, David, I'm so sorry you're being forced into the role of the strong one. You deserve to lose your shit as much as anyone. May you find the space to express your grief when and how you need to.
I tried an ululation. My untutored attempt reminded me of the sound Abed made when he was pretending to be an alien to freak out Troy. So a little Community for our community, I guess.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 30, 2023 8:35:21 pm PDT #24800 of 30000
What is even happening?
Oh our Matilda. You knew your mama better than I ever could, but here's the thing I know, that you only kind of always know.
From the moment Jacqueline suspected you existed, she was so deeply in love with you, that there are no words. And I knew this early, because I figured out she was expecting you, before she told us.
At first, this may make you feel bad, but it should not. You mother was more deeply in love with you than anyone else has ever been in love.
Dear girl, please know, that in your brief-so-far life, your very existence made Jacqueline Zahas Smay happier than she had ever been.
And David? You gave that to JZ.
Thank you for treating our lovely friend the way she deserved.
I will never not be sorry she is gone. I will never not feel like she is still here.
(JZ, we will love you forever.)
Topic!Cindy - Aug 30, 2023 8:36:18 pm PDT #24801 of 30000
What is even happening?
Oh God. This is mortal and stupid.
Strix - Aug 30, 2023 8:37:47 pm PDT #24802 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, that poor baby girl...
And poor David. What an incredible amount of multiple stresses you are under. Please, please tell me someone on the ground there has gotten you water, a Kleenex, a snack, some Tylenol...5 minutes to shriek alone in a closet.