Have you noticed the lack of posting here as of late? I'm sure you have ( Read more... )

My mother doesn't remember my uncle's ex-wife at all, or even the fact that he was even married. Even though she was a regular part of family life for three years, and my mother was at the wedding.

I'm deeply concerned about this.

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E-fucking-gad, my sister was hit by a car! Not even while she was in her car, but in while she was a pedestrian! Her arm is in a sling and she has a few broken bones, but that could have been far worse! The guy hit her and then sped off.

... and I just find out three days after it happened. Oy.

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Thanks to nytemarewulf's dad, we actually finally have a nice overstuffed chair and love seat. We ended up meeting up with Carl's dad at K's Merchandise (which is going out of business here -- oh so many cute cuddly bearded woofy yet tragically straight men all searching for discounts!), and we showed him furniture we liked (which wasn't easy -- unfortunately ( Read more... )

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Last night my sister called me with a grave tone in her voice. I was afraid, at first, that it would be bad news about Mom. Rather, she told me that my cousin's daughter had died ( Read more... )

This weekend I was finally able to see my father in the hospital. Egad, so much has happened since I saw him after Grandpa's funeral. My brother tried to prepare me for what I was going to see when he showed me a picture he took with his cell phone of my father having a tube down his throat and about a million machines hooked to him. That right ( Read more... )