That ^^^^^.

Having one of my two remaining uncles pass away. Then speaking on the phone with the uncle still living...either he's very hard of hearing, or maybe the first stage of Alzheimer's, either way, I was sending, but he wasn't receiving too well...

Bugger.

You said it.

Memories of the past - the what ifs and the regrets

:console:

My kitty had been battling a vomiting problem. We tried a lot of things to help her but nothing seemed to help. I wasn't surprised when she threw up again last night...I WAS surprised by the blood in it.

Kitty was put to sleep today....RIP Julia :(

The death of our former pastor (retired). He was helping a lady and slipped on the ice the other day and suffered a severe concussion. He died yesterday.

He married two of our children and baptized four. A wonderful administrator, he eliminated the parish debt and did much to help the parish to grow from just a few hundred to over 1100 families. He will be missed.

:(

(((AngelicVampires))) Sorry to hear about your kitty :(

Dicksbro, how awful :(

The two last posts made me sad, as did some of the latest PostSecret entries.

Reading the news that John Travolta's son, Jett has died :(

Thank you, FWM. The visitation was yesterday. They planned for it to last from 2PM until 7PM with a short service afterwards. People started showing up at 10AM and it didn't stop until about 7:30PM last night. Then the service to a packed church. Our pastor had been Irish and his family were very uplifting as they remembered our pastor (and their loved one). A sad ... but somehow joyful service as we believe he's in a wonderful place now with none of the trials of this life. The funeral service will be later this morning and, again, it's expected that the church will be filled to capacity with an overflow into our parish hall where closed circuit TV will allow them to witness and be a part of the service.

Thank you for the update, dicksbro. It sounds like he was an enormously popular man and did great things for your community.

You will be in my thoughts this morning.

:console:

Some news from a very dear friend.

More news, from a different source :(

The buffalo plane crash

Mrs OF and I flew into (and out of) Buffalo for PAGAN06.

Knowing that two friends I love and respect are not happy, for different reasons, and I am too far away from either of them to give any hugs :(

Watching my father-in-law in the hospital bed, & seeing the barely-masked pain on the faces of my wife & sister-in-law. :tear:

It shouldn't be so hard getting into this world and out too. :(

I was trying to think of something profound to say over "in Miracle Land..."

I think you just said it for me.

One of my best friends from elementary and high school buried his dad today. :(

George dying

Her^^^ news.

Reading the article about Wendy Richard's funeral :(

I never watched EastEnders but I loved her as Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served?. I was saddened to hear of her death.

Hearing that a friend has lost her baby :tear:

Vinci has passed away. :(

See the Ark 2

Listening to a drunken DEA lieutenant babble nonsense for an hour.

:console:

Learning that a coworker passed away over the weekend. :(

Major bummer.

Reminders of your own mortality just aren't fun.

Depends on how you use it OldFart. If you dwell on your mortality it's a bummer, if you use it to spur you into something you've always dreamed of doing then it's a great thing. Same thing with remembrance. If you remember how they lived and loved vs. how they died.

sad.... work... boss.... i dont know how, just sad....

I was supposed to meet an old classmate from high school yesterday evening. It has been over 25 years since we'd seen each other and just got in contact again. She didn't show, and she had a good reason, I'm sure. The fact is I was really looking forward to seeing her again. I'm sad she didn't show, and here it is almost 5 in the morning and I've been up all night thinking about it.

: (

Don't sweat it, you'll find out why all in good time.

Same stuff like every other day. Money, daughter, work and life.

my boss. again!!!! he made me crazy............

Chatting to my grandmother who is not well on her birthday.