Hello, my friends.  (tired wave)

It's been a truly gruelling week and a half, and I've rarely been so torn apart, physically and emotionally.  The loss of my uncle Ron last week has hit me hard - I can't believe how much I miss him!

My grandad is now out of the hospital, still weak and shaky, but lucky to be alive, and very fortunate that the ( Read more... )

My Uncle Ron died on Wednesday morning.

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:-(

I'm still in a little bit of shock - his end came so much more quickly than we had anticipated, and I'm having a little trouble processing it, accepting the reality of his death.  I'm gtold that is perhaps normal.  I guess it's also because I'd grown quite close to him over the past couple of years, and ( Read more... )

Hello, all,  Pax here.  :-)

Happy Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, Last Hurrah Before Lent and all that.

It's been a little while since I was last able to get online, and last able to update.  And as one of my Resolutions at New Year's was to make a greater attempt to journal more, (both on my personal handwritten journal and here on LJ) I figured I'm ( Read more... )