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Yesterday afternoon, the mother of a good friend died. This afternoon, the husband of another friend died. I had met the friend’s mother several times, but not the other friend’s husband. Nonetheless…I’m in need of a little distance and silence. I won’t be around for a day; my heart is with my grieving friends.
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Comment by Susan — August 11, 2013 @ 11:26 pm
I’m so sorry, Elizabeth! Our hearts and prayers will be with you.
Comment by Chris in South Jersey — August 12, 2013 @ 5:54 pm
I’m sorry for your troubles.
Comment by Martin LaBar — August 12, 2013 @ 8:09 pm
Sorry. These things are never easy.
Comment by Mary Elmore Kellogg Cowart — August 12, 2013 @ 11:43 pm
Take care of your grieving and that of your friends. It is important to live in this world and care for yourself and others.
Will be praying for you and your friends.
God bless you.
Comment by Sharidann — August 13, 2013 @ 12:24 am
What Susan and Martin said.
Comment by Annabel — August 13, 2013 @ 6:44 am
Yes, there is a time to grieve, and for you that time is now. I am so sorry.
Comment by GinnyW — August 15, 2013 @ 2:55 pm
Please give all of our sympathy to your friends for their losses. I hope you have the space you need, and so do they.
I find that such losses remind me of other, closer ones. And that I then need space/time/and a listening ear.
God bless you and them at this time.
Comment by elizabeth — August 16, 2013 @ 10:32 am
So, well, the funerals are past. One friend is still sitting shiva until Sunday. Another friend I was worried about had his medical procedure on Thursday and is doing fine–did not need stents.
And that brings me to the medical stuff. This blog isn’t about me, exactly, but sometimes the writer becomes a story, sort of. The lumps in the neck, actually in the thyroid, which were found by an MRI initially, refined by the ultrasounds into two lumps, are being investigated for any malignant tendencies. The needle biopsies will be done right before WorldCon. I won’t know the results for some undetermined time after that. Other medical appointments (for the MRI, the ultrasound, the blood test, the endocrinologist consult) have cluttered my days, so to speak, but except for the MRI, nothing was particularly difficult or unpleasant. Chances of thyroid cancer are low–most such lumps in people my age are benign–but it’s not wise to ignore them, once they’re found. Should I be in the small percentage that has a malignant lump, there will be surgery.
When I know anything, I’ll say so. In the meantime, I’m ignoring it, because that works for me. Data hogs that we are, husband and I have already been into the current literature, and I’ve reached my saturation point. Good wishes are always appreciated.
And I rode 10 miles this morning on the bike, a little faster than the first time. Second time to do that (missed yesterday–doctor visit.) This is supposed to result in an idea for another Paksworld story, by way of running more oxygenated blood through the brain. Or something. But there’s laundry to deal with at the moment. I need to go up to town and buy some dryer sheets–it’s threatening (er, PROMISING) rain, so not hanging stuff on the line.
Comment by GinnyW — August 16, 2013 @ 1:40 pm
Rain is wonderful for the ground, but I hung clothes out, under a clear blue Colorado sky, after days of heat and no rain, and went off to enjoy the mountains. That turned out to be the day that monsoon season rolled in. It rained for two solid days, which made the clothes soft, eventually, but we had to do without for alot longer than planned. Rain-so-soft is effective, but not as efficient as dryer sheets.
Comment by GinnyW — August 16, 2013 @ 1:42 pm
Our prayers are with you for the medical and other crises.
God bless,you and all your kin.
Comment by Linda — August 16, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
Glad to hear you’re getting rain, even if it is inconvenient. I hope that it will help some flowers bloom to get you through rough times. There’s a fresh flush of roses and the peaches are ripening here and they almost make up for summer’s waning. I wish I could share them.
Blessed be.
Comment by elizabeth — August 16, 2013 @ 9:16 pm
We have green grass in the yard. In August. Even with the water restrictions. Amazing. Still no water in the creek, and lake levels falling, though. All we got today was a sprinkle; the rain broke up and vanished, but it’s cooler. Hurray for that.
E.
Comment by GinnyW — August 17, 2013 @ 10:00 am
Green is refreshing. I hope the drought conditions continue to lessen, if not break entirely.