I’m so sorry, meara.
There’s no right or wrong way to do this.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
Tom Scola - Dec 30, 2025 7:04:24 am PST #10823 of 11179
hwæt
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2025 7:20:30 am PST #10824 of 11179
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
My condolences to you and your family, meara.
meara - Dec 30, 2025 7:40:37 am PST #10825 of 11179
Thanks y’all. A few hours later, it still feels weird and also unreal. But then my mom passed two years ago and that still feels unreal sometimes (because I hadn’t lived in the same timezone as her in like 20 years so…surely I just haven’t called recently?)
Laura - Dec 30, 2025 7:42:22 am PST #10826 of 11179
Our wings are not tired.
You were your father's daughter your entire life, this is a couple of days. You'll do the things you need to do and all the decisions you make are the correct ones.
Very true. I'm so sorry, meara.
-t - Dec 30, 2025 8:35:01 am PST #10827 of 11179
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
{{{meara}}} It is super weird that the world just keeps happening
msbelle - Dec 30, 2025 8:51:47 am PST #10828 of 11179
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am so sorry meara.
dcp - Dec 30, 2025 8:57:11 am PST #10829 of 11179
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Condolences, meara. It's always sudden.
Hil R. - Dec 30, 2025 9:01:18 am PST #10830 of 11179
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm so sorry, meara.
erikaj - Dec 30, 2025 9:29:54 am PST #10831 of 11179
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
My condolences, Meara. And I'd say don't feel bad that you have to do things today. I could picture that, when it happens with my father that I might not know for a while...we're kind of not talking.(We had Divorce Christmas, though, but months go by routinely.)
Steph L. - Dec 30, 2025 9:31:31 am PST #10832 of 11179
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
meara, I'm so sorry.