Room For All
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chansen
Had a point all along
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Damn you. You got the name right and I got it wrong.
Mendalla
Happy headbanging ape!!
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Sounds fun. We headed up to Elora. Little M has never seen the gorge nor have Liwen's cousins in Richmond Hill so we met them there. To top it off, it was Little M's first long distance drive (we took a back route since he is still on a G1 and can't drive on controlled access highways) and he did very well. A bit heavy on the gas but he's hardly the only family member with that issue.
I've always been considered damned by many people's gods ... thinking demons are like that ... they haunt an emotional order!
Although come to think of it ... it may be a metaphor for an different fecund mound ... unspeakable! Ineffable ... all the less very cunning ... small thought?
Tabitha
journeying
sad today. Just found out via facebook that friend is battling cancer. It feels like someone I have grown up with. Met him in young adults at church. (remember those days? when single young adults were at the united Church in such numbers that we had our own groups?). Our children went to school together. He was at Naramata every summer. Feeling sad today.
Sorry to hear Tabitha. Will pray for him.
Seeler
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Tabitha - I'm sorry about your friend. It's sad when those people we care about grow old and/or get sick. Things change. Nothing lasts forever.
I just try to grab what blessings I can each day.
Today, with Seelerman's help, I got out my sewing machine and shortened a shower curtain and liner. Simple task a few years ago. A morning''s effort now. But we did it!
My lilacs are in full bloom - one lilac-coloured bush; one white. And my wild apple tree, that grew up on the property line beside my driveway, that I've nourished since it was a bush - it's covered in pink and white like a bridal gown. Beautiful. (the apples tend to be soft and mushy, and full of worms).
This afternoon we go bowling. Life is good to me today.
I just try to grab what blessings I can each day.
Today, with Seelerman's help, I got out my sewing machine and shortened a shower curtain and liner. Simple task a few years ago. A morning''s effort now. But we did it!
My lilacs are in full bloom - one lilac-coloured bush; one white. And my wild apple tree, that grew up on the property line beside my driveway, that I've nourished since it was a bush - it's covered in pink and white like a bridal gown. Beautiful. (the apples tend to be soft and mushy, and full of worms).
This afternoon we go bowling. Life is good to me today.
crazyheart
Rest In Peace: tomorrow,tomorrow
So sorry Tab.
Pinga
Room for All
Sorry, Tabitha. It is hard to hear of someone who is suffering, and also a recognition that the frequency increases as we age. Gone are the days when it was rare for a friend's parents to die. Now it is common, and soon it will be rare to have a friend with a parent that is alive. Now are the days for me of my friends retiring, transitioning, grandkids. Some day, it will be selling off homes, or spouses passing.
Life is a series of transitions, isn't it. Some are easier to take than others. Some get to those points earlier than others.
Peace be to you, and all others who face those transitions today.
Life is a series of transitions, isn't it. Some are easier to take than others. Some get to those points earlier than others.
Peace be to you, and all others who face those transitions today.
Seeler
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Been there; done that. Both my parents died young. But when we returned to NB 40 years ago I still had aunts and uncles, former neighbours, friends' parents, former teachers - the older generation. Every so often I would go to a funeral - Mom's older sister and brothers. Friend's father. Grade five school teacher that I had been fond of. Then Dad's brother. Mom's younger sister. Older cousins (mom came from a big family - some of my cousins were 20 years older than me). I thought of funerals as being for older people. Then all my aunts and uncles and their spouses were gone. So were my friend's parents (although Marion's mother lived to be 99); my teachers.
Now I can think of only one of those from my parent's generation who is still living, and active at 94. And I go to more funerals - but now its Seelerman's brothers, my friends (or their spouses), the people I worked with, volunteered with, bowled with, dance with. My two sisters both have health problems. It's sad. We've lived our three score years and ten; some of us have made it to four score. But it won't go on forever.
I guess I just have to be grateful for each day. My younger sister had good news after a double masectomy. And I bowled above my average today. 74, 89, 75 in candlepin bowling. (my average is 74)
Hilary
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I wanted to "like" just the last portion of your post. You seem to be mastering the ability to age gracefully and gratefully.
BetteTheRed
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Tab, cancer sucks. Absolute respect to seeler's post above, but I think our generation is going to be the one that watches too many of us succumb to this shitty, shitty, life-sucking disease.
Pinga
Room for All
On a more pleasant note, the plans are coming together well for the party tomorrow. Now, hoping it doesn't rain.
We gardened and did lawns most of Thursday, then did crafts until midnight - so much fun.
Today, we did our salads and prepping of appetisers. My niece and her friend worked on the cutlery and other items to set out. So many cute things.
My nephew and brother-in-law setup tables, moved the popcorn maker, and just did a ton of items to get the place ready, including getting the grill ready.
Tomorrow's the big day.
We gardened and did lawns most of Thursday, then did crafts until midnight - so much fun.
Today, we did our salads and prepping of appetisers. My niece and her friend worked on the cutlery and other items to set out. So many cute things.
My nephew and brother-in-law setup tables, moved the popcorn maker, and just did a ton of items to get the place ready, including getting the grill ready.
Tomorrow's the big day.
One must boule along with the roué ... as the roles go ... if you behave different than the leaders ... you could be considered crazy ... a reciprocal thing from that held in the abstract ...
Tabitha
journeying
Quick trip to nearby city last night with youngest. Oldest was available so we went to a grocery store and stopped by with dinner. Then off to a park where the guys played frisbee and I got my 30 minute walk in by the lake. Life is good.
My youngest is cracking me up these days. His new medicine increases his impulsivity. I asked about laundry. He washed his clothes in the bathtub as he didn't have correct change for both the washer and dryer in his building. He says it wasn't worth it. He let clothes dry overnight and then finished them off in the dryer.
I suggested a drying rack for the clothes-and using the washer next time and letting them air dry. Again a happy moment of amusement and no harm done to hm or his clothes.
My youngest is cracking me up these days. His new medicine increases his impulsivity. I asked about laundry. He washed his clothes in the bathtub as he didn't have correct change for both the washer and dryer in his building. He says it wasn't worth it. He let clothes dry overnight and then finished them off in the dryer.
I suggested a drying rack for the clothes-and using the washer next time and letting them air dry. Again a happy moment of amusement and no harm done to hm or his clothes.
ChemGal
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I've used the bathtub before for hand wash only.