I keep thinking I should post about the covid (as Bobby and I call it at home), but honestly, feel like everyone would be fatigued about hearing the particulars of one more person's lockdown. Still, I know I should, for posterity, right? As a primary document for future historians ( Read more... )

I have been putting off writing this entry because I was honestly exhausted by the whole situation. Going back to work, everyone wanted to console me about it, which is thoughtful but means I had to have the same conversation as I'm about to type here about twenty times, plus people wanting updates while he was sick. I just wasn't up to writing it ( Read more... )

Bobby's great aunt, Aunt Lil, died on Tuesday at the age of 86. It was one of those long-time-coming and almost merciful deaths: She had been suffering from severe dementia for the past few years and had recently broken her hip. I've known Aunt Lil (and her husband Uncle Frank--he died back in '08) since Bobby and I started dating. Without children ( Read more... )

All day, I've known that I should write this post, but I didn't want to. I knew I should because I want this journal to represent my life and times, so to speak, and how could I just ignore a day like today?

I honestly find myself without much to say today. ( But I'll Cut What Relatively Little I Have to Say for the Sake of Ye Olde Flist )

These are my personal musings on the recent loss of my friend and SWG member lady_roisin. Her loss is still very raw for me and many others, I know. I am putting the rest beneath a cut out of respect for those who aren't ready or comfortable talking about it yet.

( Goodbye, Roisin )

A Quick Introductory Note:I have written this post for myself because I want most of all for my journal to be just that: a journal that I can look upon in a few--or many--years time. I am leaving it unlocked, however, because I think [hope?] that discussing and thinking about these things will help us in the end, whether in the practical sense of ( Read more... )

Talking in a comment to digdigil about the song "You Are My Sunshine" made me think about my uncle Wodie. And thinking about my uncle Wodie made me realize that he's been gone for ten years, yesterday.

( In Memory of Uncle Wodie )