And so it goes
Today I bury my sole remaining maternal uncle.
Not personally, mind you, I will not be tamping down the dirt with a spade. Just figuratively. I loved Uncle Frank, but after the other deaths I’ve endured recently I’m kind of numb to the pain.
Here’s the good news: Frank had a long healthy retirement. He got to enjoy his grandchildren. He had alzheimers toward the end and finally, his body failed him. He had no awareness of what was happening. I hope I have that much luck.
God hold Frank Fairchild in the palm of his hand.
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My condolences, og, and Godspeed.
From “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant
So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
I’m saddened for your loss.
Jenny
your humble TubaDiva
Please accept my condolences,also.
Thanks for the good thoughts.
It was a bummer but I coped. More when I’m more rested.
Sorry to hear the news, Og. My condolences to you and yours as well.
I know how you are feeling.
Honor.Duty.Love.
Lean on them…
Amen.
You’re right, Chris, and you rock.
Ditto.
Og,
I know that work and life have piled up on you of late. And now this adds to it. Ain’t fair, but that’s life. And so your posts have understandably gotten a little more world-weary.
Yet as always, your love of family comes through in your words. It’s a tribute to those of whom you write. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
And I look forward to when the wheel turns, and something makes you laugh and just have to share it with us, or sticks in your craw until you have to write it out, or outrages you so that you have to mock it online. For your sake, I hope that’s soon.
Thanks, uml, and all who have left kind words.
I’m back, and I’m mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take it anymore. (grin!)