What's messing with your Groove?

[Angel_Mapper]

Mom passed away last night. Two freaking months after we found out she had cancer and she's gone. At least she's not suffering anymore.

[evenstar]

I'm sorry for your loss, Angel. Two months is really fast. It can be a blessing, because they don't suffer as long, but it also sucks because you don't get enough time with them. (Is there ever enough time?)

When my mother died, somebody posted this for me:

"You can shed tears that she is gone,
or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see her,
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her only that she is gone,
or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what she'd want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on."
- David Harkin

Of course it made me cry, but I found it very fitting and it meant a lot to me. I hope it can do the same for you.

[Timbuk2]

Sorry for your loss Angel.

[termite]

[Flixy]

Sorry for your loss

[Catgrrl]

I'm so sorry Angel.

[GGT]

Condolences to you and your family, Angel.

[oldmunchkin]

I'm so sorry, Angel!

[GGT]

I'm gonna breach Angel's sadness with something really trivial.

I'm tired of winter, tired of snow storms that delay or cancel school, tired of wet melting snowboots and mittens, tired of snow plows burying my mailbox and closing off my driveway, tired of shoveling snow, fed up with shoveling. At this point, we're well past the first week of June as the end of the school year, adding on the half days and full days closed for snow.

[GGT]

The New Zealand earthquake looks bad. I hope Spawnie wasn't involved or knew anyone involved in that......

[GGT]

We had a great moderator at the "other place", who loved Queen. But I can't remember his name! Can anyone help me? He was Canadian.....dammit it's on the tip of my tongue.

[RandBlade]

Sorry to hear of your loss Angel

[Ominous Gamer]

Damn angel that sucks. I know your family didnt have a lot of time, but let me tell you, having it draw out into a prolonged event, like with my dad, it doesn't make it any better

We had a great moderator at the "other place", who loved Queen. But I can't remember his name! Can anyone help me? He was Canadian.....dammit it's on the tip of my tongue.

Bigjimdavis?

[GGT]

No, not Captain Jim....gosh this is bad, why can't I remember?

[BalticSailor]

Sorry for your loss Angel.

[Angel_Mapper]

Thanks everyone. We had the memorial today, she wanted to be cremated so there was no coffin or burial or anything. It's crazy that as far as possessions the little things end up being most important. Byron (her soulmate, they never married because both of them had enough of that) asked if I wanted anything to remember her, and all I wanted was her fridge magnet collection that I kept adding to every time I went overseas, and two seashells from the bathroom that we'd had since I was little.

One thing that made me smile was when we were looking for pictures for the memorial, we couldn't find any where she was by herself.

[GGT]

Sounds like a nice memorial, Angel. Those fridge magnets sound like a nice way to remember your mom every day. The seashells must have special meaning from your childhood, and also your time in the Navy.



BTW.....it was Pyros! Took me days to think of his name.

[oldmunchkin]

What about Pyros? He was a mod when I first joined that other forum! I always got along well with him.

[Aimless]

So I had to re-sit an exam. I had to rearrange my schedule for the next course so that I could be in town for the exam. So I had to move an important doctor's appointment. That apparently broke the entire university, so they simply forgot to book housing, supervisors etc for my clinical rotations. Okay, it happens. But then they moved the date for the re-exam. I had to postpone my doctor's appointment again. My missed clinical weeks were for naught, and of course I have to make up for those over easter, but all right, sometimes these things happen.

Now today after the exam I find that I've either lost my phone or had it stolen. Because of the exam it's turned off. Because of my cleverness it's of course sim-locked with a pin-code. So I can't call it. Because they changed the exam-hall, I have nfi which half dozen courses had their exams in the same hall. Now I'm trying to figure out how well my job-hunting can be expected to go without a phone.

This is the worst day.

[Nessus]

We struggle to find meaning in the senseless miseries that form the fabric of our daily lives.

[littlelolligagged]

I'd be happy to breathe, no meaning required.

[oldmunchkin]

I have had this nagging goddamned headache for 3 days now! It's not severe, but it's there. I just want it to go away!

[Bitter Jeweler]

Lightning struck my godmothers house. Through the roof and through the livingroom ceiling. Happened at 4am. She's shaken up a bit. The fire department arrived quickly to put out the attic fire. I asked her what she did to piss god off. She laughed, and said "I'll never tell".

[Lor]

Argh, thick people at work .... christ almighty, if i wanted a conversation at 7:30am then I'd have one, being i've kept my mouth shut means I don't want to participate. It's 7:30am, I'm fine, I just want to get bits done. Until then, zip it!

[termite]

Argh, thick people at work .... christ almighty, if i wanted a conversation at 7:30am then I'd have one, being i've kept my mouth shut means I don't want to participate. It's 7:30am, I'm fine, I just want to get bits done. Until then, zip it!

Not a morning person then Lor?

[Lor]

Oh I normally am, but the conversation is dumb and not worth my attention.

[Hazir]

Just got a memo telling me we'll get new hardware (printers, screens, PC's) next month. In the memo it also says that all of the new shiny equipment will be running on XP pending a decision on platforms.

[Hazir]

Thanks everyone. We had the memorial today, she wanted to be cremated so there was no coffin or burial or anything. It's crazy that as far as possessions the little things end up being most important. Byron (her soulmate, they never married because both of them had enough of that) asked if I wanted anything to remember her, and all I wanted was her fridge magnet collection that I kept adding to every time I went overseas, and two seashells from the bathroom that we'd had since I was little.

One thing that made me smile was when we were looking for pictures for the memorial, we couldn't find any where she was by herself.

Hey Angel, I missed this news. Sorry for your loss, but I understand she had a good life and it was her time. It also makes me smile if I think she did get to know you for who you really are. That's definately a good thing.

[Bitter Jeweler]

Like Hazir I missed that too. I guess it pays to scroll up.

Angel, sorry for your loss.
I agree that sometimes it is some of the little things (posessions) that you can hold on to, that you can see everyday, as a reminder to hold onto memories so dear. Through that, she will always be with you.

[oldmunchkin]

It finally gets nice outside and what happens? I am fucking melting! The older people in this building keep their heat turned up really high, and I get the "benefit". It was kinda nice when it was below zero, but since it is warming up, it's like an oven in here! I may melt before the first part of June when we are finally allowed to put in our air conditioners!