Comments on: The Man In The Red Dress

By: Ftk - Private Eye « UDreamOfJanie

Ftk - Private Eye « UDreamOfJanie — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:55:50 +0000

[...] just jealous that The Boy has a better figure than you (I think he looks great, and he wore it for a damned good reason full backstory here). Also, you’re just mad because the UD boys were all swooning over me [...]

By: Lou FCD

Lou FCD — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:03:53 +0000

Thank you Dame.

She’d be proud because I only spent $6.50 on it, and I make that dress look good.

*hugs back*

By: damewiggy

damewiggy — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:25:44 +0000

I had to reach for tissues.

My heart really goes out to you.

And here’s to you for holding a promise so close to your heart.

*hugs*

By: Crowded Head, Cozy Bed Family Updates «

Crowded Head, Cozy Bed Family Updates « — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:24:34 +0000

[...] will in all probability never leave there. Her lucidity is intermittent. It is very nearly time for The Red Dress. The family is coping as well as they can, each member in his/her own [...]

By: Lou FCD

Lou FCD — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:32:29 +0000

P.P.S. Big kisses to your Mama!

By: Lou FCD

Lou FCD — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:31:02 +0000

Thank you for your kind thoughts, Elizabeth.

My wife and I stopped by the hospital for a while tonight, and it was not at all a good visit. We apparently timed our visit rather poorly, after the morphine was in full force I think.

There were powerful resemblances to my mother-in-law in Aunt Helen’s behaviors, and it was too much for either of us to bear for long.

Thank you to both you and Will for your kindness.
L.

P.S. I also grew up just outside the city limits, Abington, Warminster, Hatboro/Horsham area, and I loves me some Flyboys now! I’ll root for the ‘Canes if they’re not playing the Flyers, but I bleed Orange And Black, and I worship at the altar of Lord Stanley’s visit to the City of Brotherly Shove.

Bernie, Bobby, Rick, and Reggie,
Hallowed be thy names.
Bill’s kingdom come,
Fred’s will be done,
The Russians left the game.

(I just wrote that, I claim CC license!)

By: Elizabeth Wood

Elizabeth Wood — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:09:45 +0000

Fear of the unknown is a large part of the awfulness and anxiety and it’s good to have that out of the way. The sense of loss itself and the grief that goes with it, of course, is intensely personal and different each time I’d imagine. My father was relocated to California when I was a kid, and that felt entirely different from when my grandfather’s each went to California many years apart from one another, and quite different from when Will’s dad went this March. Yet each time someone has gone the anxiety and fear part has been lessened even if the grief part has not. At least that’s something.
Thinking of you,
E.
Ps: Nonsequitor: My “leave a comment” window is jut opposite your “Philadelphia Flyers News” stream. I mostly grew up in a suburb of Philly and my mom lives in the city now and is an avid sports fan. Made me smile to see that!

By: Lou FCD

Lou FCD — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:18:28 +0000

Thank you, Elizabeth. You’re right of course. It never gets easier, it’s always different, and always painful.

At least we know what to expect though, which reduces the fear of the unknown a little, and helps us to help other family members.

It’s good to see you here.

By: Elizabeth Wood

Elizabeth Wood — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:11:45 +0000

Much sympathy coming your way Lou. Will and I are thinking of you. It sounds like you’ve got practice at this, but I’m not sure that ever really makes it easier. Each trip to California is different somehow. Anyway, you and your family are in our thoughts.

By: Lou FCD

Lou FCD — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:38:29 +0000

*e-accepts e-hug*

Thanks, Infophile.

As it happens this is additionally painful for us as we lost my mother-in-law just a few years ago to a very similar type of cancer, and just a few years before that we lost Aunt Helen’s oldest sibling, Aunt Cass, to breast cancer.

We are all-too-familiar with this scenario.