Oct 26, 2006 12:26
I'm sorry. My heart and my thoughts go out to you. I love you. And please get ahold of me if you need anything at all. Any of you. I can be a really great listener.
Andy, whom I've never met, is an employee of Zumiez in MOA. I don't know him, but I feel like I did. And now I'm scrambling trying to get my employees to cover shifts at the MOA so his friends and co-workers have time to grieve and be sad...cause we all know...Zumiez employees can never be sad. Ever. My condolences to his friends, family, and anybody who met him. He sounds like a great kid.
I didn't know Shamus that well...aquaintences, if that. But he's always been nice to me and other people around him. I remember him as an amazing musician - Playing in bands I couldn't wait to see again and again. He's left great memories with his friends and family, and even people like me, who sit in the dark and just admired his talent.
My aunt is dying of lymphoma cancer. She was diagnosed in August, and has two weeks, tops, to live. As the doctor put it, "Her kidneys have shut down, and its just a matter of time until her other organs do the same." Wow. No sugar-coating there. Its all been very sudden and none of my family, inlcuding myself, has had time to deal with this, or grieve, or really spend time with eachother. She is the matriarch of my family, and one of the strongest, most giving people I've ever met.
I guess things happen in threes.