It was exactly one year ago today that my dad plowed his airplane into the side of a mountain. On Thursday, it'll be one year since I found out about his death. I had a much harder time with it this morning than I expected, but I imagine that's just because I've been suffering more than my share of general malaise anyway. After a particularly ( Read more... )

And, to make matters even more... uh, 'interesting', I also cc'd the coroner on the email that I posted here a few days ago. And he's decided to take my message personally (telling me that I was wrong to say that the timing of his notification had anything to do with the news-worthiness of my father's death) and has made what looks like a veiled ( Read more... )

I've been swamped at work, so I haven't had as much time as I'd like to process this weekend, but I'm generally still feeling glad that I went (and glad that - for the most part - I will probably never see most of those people ever again). The friend that escorted me was so exquisitely the perfect companion for this. I've known Jay since 4th ( Read more... )

My sister has kind of cooled her jets. We've had a brief email exchange and she took the time to go into depth about why she doesn't feel like it fits her process to attend this weekend's ceremony. I responded by letting her know that I didn't feel any judgment about her choice to go or not. She's considering doing her own ceremony and she's ( Read more... )

And... as predicted... my father's will did not include either me or my sister. I know it's petty to be angry about that, but I am angry about it. Though it kind of validates my decision to stay away. If I had talked to him before he died, he wouldn't have said that he was sorry. It wouldn't have been a good thing for me. If he'd had any ( Read more... )

Well. I've always wondered how I would feel, how I would even hear about my father dying. I had fears that he would die alone at home and no one would know about it until the neighbors complained about the stench. So at least that's not what happened ( Read more... )