My leukemia's back.

[Alaskan]

Just... a bit down.

Hard to get up

My dad's been gone 6 months now.

Just kind of hit me.

 

[N F C]

Just... a bit down.

Hard to get up

My dad's been gone 6 months now.

Just kind of hit me.

Al

Sometimes it hits us all of a sudden. Try to remember the happy times.

 

[Blooie]

Just... a bit down.

Hard to get up

My dad's been gone 6 months now.

Just kind of hit me.

My heart just breaks for you, my friend! We buried my beloved Ma on Christmas Eve so I feel her loss even more strongly during the holidays, too, even 27 years later. Oh, how she loved Christmas! And although last Christmas was technically our first without Linda, I think I was still too numb from her death to really feel it like I do this year. Then there’s my special grandson Austin. It still feels odd to fill Christmas boxes and mail them off for Jamie’s family and Little Diane, but not have one for him. There’s always a Christmas box missing.

Grief doesn’t have a timetable, and it doesn’t have an expiration date stamped on it. It doesn’t have a set pattern, either. It just is. We can’t fight it because we’ll never win. Some days we march on, others we can barely crawl. It’s okay, Al. We’re here for you.

 

[ronott1]

Just... a bit down.

Hard to get up

My dad's been gone 6 months now.

Just kind of hit me.

I am sorry!

The Holidays do that to a lot of people.

 

[bruceha2000]

@Alaskan

Good morning team Rachel. Happy Christmas eve eve.

Or if you are in New Zealand, Happy Christmas Eve!!

Me: With the “ewwwww” look again.

Now @Blooie, you know you should not project your culinary dislikes on others, especially the grandkids! Not that I personally want to find out what RMO taste like.

And @oldrooster Asparagus are good

 

[bobbi-j]

It tastes okay to me, but then again I had a couple in their 60's make gagging and puking sounds because I had ordered liver and onions for dinner at a restaurant, I ordered it because 1) I was short on cash and it was cheap, and 2) I knew it was healthier than most of the stuff on the menu. It is not something I eat on a regular bases but still I can eat occasionally. I think Jello (esp. "whipped" or other mixed jello desserts) is garbage, along with asparagus. I can't get passed the thought of eating brains or rocky mountain oysters (either beef or pork versions).

Can't choke down liver in any way, shape or form. When our boys were growing up, DH would cook it for them for supper whenever I wasn't home. He'd just tell them, "We're having meat for supper." They ate it for a few years, but lost their taste for it as they got older.

Just... a bit down.

Hard to get up

My dad's been gone 6 months now.

Just kind of hit me.

Al...

Grief doesn’t have a timetable, and it doesn’t have an expiration date stamped on it. It doesn’t have a set pattern, either. It just is. We can’t fight it because we’ll never win. Some days we march on, others we can barely crawl. It’s okay, Al. We’re here for you.

This. All of this.

 

[Alaskan]

Al

Sometimes it hits us all of a sudden. Try to remember the happy times.

My heart just breaks for you, my friend! We buried my beloved Ma on Christmas Eve so I feel her loss even more strongly during the holidays, too, even 27 years later. Oh, how she loved Christmas! And although last Christmas was technically our first without Linda, I think I was still too numb from her death to really feel it like I do this year. Then there’s my special grandson Austin. It still feels odd to fill Christmas boxes and mail them off for Jamie’s family and Little Diane, but not have one for him. There’s always a Christmas box missing.

Grief doesn’t have a timetable, and it doesn’t have an expiration date stamped on it. It doesn’t have a set pattern, either. It just is. We can’t fight it because we’ll never win. Some days we march on, others we can barely crawl. It’s okay, Al. We’re here for you.

I am sorry!

The Holidays do that to a lot of people.

@Alaskan

Al...

Thanks all.

He used to spend Christmas with us until he got sick.

So that is I think 5 Christmases that he missed. But if course this is the first time that he missed because he was dead.

And I guess I thought that my mom would start coming up for Christmas.... now that she is "free" to do whatever.

But she has decided that she doesn't want to do Alaska in the snow any more.

So no mom either.

 

[getaclue]

I actually like good fried liver, and onions. I just won't cook it at home, because I don't like the smell of it cooking. There is another dish, called codfish fritters that I love, but won't cook inside the house, because of the smell.

I HATE canned asparagus. For years I didn't like asparagus. I don't remember seeing fresh asparagus in the stores back then. More recently, now that they carry a good supply of fresh asparagus in the stores, I get it, and cook it frequently. I don't mind the fresh stuff at all. I still hate the canned stuff.

 

[ronott1]

I actually like good fried liver, and onions. I just won't cook it at home, because I don't like the smell of it cooking. There is another dish, called codfish fritters that I love, but won't cook inside the house, because of the smell.

I HATE canned asparagus. For years I didn't like asparagus. I don't remember seeing fresh asparagus in the stores back then. More recently, now that they carry a good supply of fresh asparagus in the stores, I get it, and cook it frequently. I don't mind the fresh stuff at all. I still hate the canned stuff.

Fresh asparagus and mushrooms are very good. I agree that the canned is not good though!

 

[sourland]

Just... a bit down.

Hard to get up

My dad's been gone 6 months now.

Just kind of hit me.

'Al', bro hug.