thanks, there really isn't much to say; I probably shouldn't post about it on my lj...except that I was upset last night and had no one to talk to about it. That is when you wish you could go to the hospital and just be there.
That's a lovely poem. It's still startling, isn't it? No matter how many people you lose, it's still hard to believe that a person can disappear from your world so easily, so quickly. We really don't have any hold on this world, obviously, but we try awfully hard to ignore that.
When my maternal grandmother passed away and we were cleaning out her suitcases -- she kept all sorts of clothes she hadn't worn in years, but I guess we're all like that -- I found a couple of pairs of short summer pants that fit me and so I wore them for years afterwards, even when they were falling apart and barely fit anymore. It felt as if I still had some part of her with me as long as I had those pants, which I imagined she wore during hot summers in Hong Kong, buying groceries, meeting friends for dimsum, shopping, and so on. I think I still have them in a bag somewhere. Maybe I'll ask my friend Shin to make some little pants out of them for the baby.
Diana is hanging on, and was even able to talk to Billy for a moment last night. I don't know if this means she will be able to rally her strength and get better or not. I can definitely understand about your Grandmother's pants, and I think that Talia would look totally adorable in them! Didn't you talk about a baby clothes quilt (like Lorelai made?) that would make a doublely special addition... My treasures have been photographs which bring back rich wonderful memories of so many of my friends and family. It is so great to be able to look at a picture, which recalls the happy moment of friendship, when someone is gone from your life forever.
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And yes, I totally understand about the feeling of wanting to be there.
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Losing someone you care about is never easy.
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That's a lovely poem. It's still startling, isn't it? No matter how many people you lose, it's still hard to believe that a person can disappear from your world so easily, so quickly. We really don't have any hold on this world, obviously, but we try awfully hard to ignore that.
When my maternal grandmother passed away and we were cleaning out her suitcases -- she kept all sorts of clothes she hadn't worn in years, but I guess we're all like that -- I found a couple of pairs of short summer pants that fit me and so I wore them for years afterwards, even when they were falling apart and barely fit anymore. It felt as if I still had some part of her with me as long as I had those pants, which I imagined she wore during hot summers in Hong Kong, buying groceries, meeting friends for dimsum, shopping, and so on. I think I still have them in a bag somewhere. Maybe I'll ask my friend Shin to make some little pants out of them for the baby.
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I can definitely understand about your Grandmother's pants, and I think that Talia would look totally adorable in them! Didn't you talk about a baby clothes quilt (like Lorelai made?) that would make a doublely special addition...
My treasures have been photographs which bring back rich wonderful memories of so many of my friends and family. It is so great to be able to look at a picture, which recalls the happy moment of friendship, when someone is gone from your life forever.
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