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[dsqard]

Those of us up north are already thinking about winter. Don't laugh at us. The snowblowers were out at Sears at the end of August. Our predicted low tonight is 38.

Anyone want to bet on our first snowfall? Last year it was early October.

SCG I have been thinking of that four letter word for a month already. We haven't been getting as chilly as you at night yet but I have been dreading it since the first morning when I could feel fall coming. Fall is probably showing up here this week and I am hoping we don't get the kind of winter the "old timers" are predicting.

 

[ozexpat]

SCG I have been thinking of that four letter word for a month already. We haven't been getting as chilly as you at night yet but I have been dreading it since the first morning when I could feel fall coming. Fall is probably showing up here this week and I am hoping we don't get the kind of winter the "old timers" are predicting.

Some have snow. Others..................

 

[dsqard]

OK Oz, the next time you invite us all to your slice of Heaven, I am going! That is a GORGEOUS view!

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

Heck..I'd take Guam too!! It's a little bit closer to the USA.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: will do.

Quote: Death is never fair. YOu get to feel mad and upset all at once. ANd cry and pray. ANd then feel better. My youngest gets wrried when I cry. SO I try to not let him see when I have lost it . . .again.

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Ferals have very hard lives. very sad. YOu did it a favor. Poor kitty. WE took in ferals for years .BC. Before Chickens!!lol

 

[Arielle]

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Hey, no discussion of snow!! If you want a four letter word-- try Fall.

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

We only have token snow here. Most of the time, it forgets to ...uhm....s*n*o*w*

 

[Bunnylady]

I cry on my way to school. I have not cried in front of my kids because it makes them upset. I need to show them that it is ok to grieve and be sad but that is so hard for me. Thank you so much Wisher for the advice. I will for sure be taking it. I think it is hardest on my oldest son who knows what is going on. I right now am in the mode of "No 25 year old should loose their 50 year old mother" I feel mad and upset all at once. But after a good cry and prayer session I am feeling better. Ok I am done with my soap box.

Moms are so important to us, losing them at any age is exquisitely painful. My grandmother died at the age of 95. My mother, who was in her 70's at the time, said, "I'm an orphan. It sounds ridiculous to say it at my age, but that's how it feels." And yes, children do get upset when adults cry. To a small child, crying feels like/represents a loss of control, and it's scary to them to see the ones they look to for control, "losing it." I don't know that I'd let small children see melodramatic screaming and wailing like there's no tomorrow, but seeing Mommy be sad and in control at the same time isn't a bad thing.

You can't help it; a certain amount of grief is self-pity. It's normal to be angry, too. But it's also OK to laugh, and with Oz taking a shot at being a sit-down comedian, who can resist?

 

[ronott1]

Hey, no discussion of snow!! If you want a four letter word-- try Fall.

We only have token snow here. Most of the time, it forgets to ...uhm....s*n*o*w*

Fall and Spring are very nice here. We have Rain and sometimes more Rain here in the winter but no snow unless we go to the Mountains.

 

[Arielle]

I actually enjoy snow-- it is the frozen water buckets that get to me by late FEbruary. BUt I like the NEw ENgland Fall better!!