02-03-2016, 01:19 AM
And it never gets easier.
Not to make a downer post, or one of those things where people say RIP, condolences etc etc.
Some of my friends have lost their parents this year. I think we are at that age where this will be happening more and more.
In 2014 I said goodbye to 4 friends or family members who went to the other side. (No I didn't put them to sleep Duchess!)
It was a tough year. 2015 was pretty mild with a friend of mine losing her mom and her mom's significant other in the same year, also a close friend to my mom.
And then this year 2 friends already have lost a parent, one being close neighbors that we grew up with-and who also lost a son-my close friend when I was 14.
In 2014 I lost a friend just before my birthday, a cousin who was also close to my age, a friend from college who burned in a fire and a friend on line.
The family I worked for before coming to the mountains lost their 22 year old son in 2011 when I had just worked for them for just a couple of months. I helped with the cremation arrangements, calling family, whatever they needed.
The owner of the business later became ill. I beileve due to the stress of losing his son. It was a lot more than I could handle and one of the reasons for going away for a while.
I realize I cannot escape death, mine or others. Heck, I have almost become fascinated with it, having another friend who has been given 6 months.
I swear I am not one of those people who seek the dying-or who have a cousin's aunt's mother's neighbor cat who died yesterday. I swear! That is not me!
Death is just part of the life cycle and it happens, lately it is happening quit a bit more than I am used to.
I know others have lost loved ones here, and are in mourning for different things, I feel like a heel sharing about this, but it just hit me tonight as I found out about my friends father yesterday before returning to work, and I don't think it has set in yet.
Not to make a downer post, or one of those things where people say RIP, condolences etc etc.
Some of my friends have lost their parents this year. I think we are at that age where this will be happening more and more.
In 2014 I said goodbye to 4 friends or family members who went to the other side. (No I didn't put them to sleep Duchess!)
It was a tough year. 2015 was pretty mild with a friend of mine losing her mom and her mom's significant other in the same year, also a close friend to my mom.
And then this year 2 friends already have lost a parent, one being close neighbors that we grew up with-and who also lost a son-my close friend when I was 14.
In 2014 I lost a friend just before my birthday, a cousin who was also close to my age, a friend from college who burned in a fire and a friend on line.
The family I worked for before coming to the mountains lost their 22 year old son in 2011 when I had just worked for them for just a couple of months. I helped with the cremation arrangements, calling family, whatever they needed.
The owner of the business later became ill. I beileve due to the stress of losing his son. It was a lot more than I could handle and one of the reasons for going away for a while.
I realize I cannot escape death, mine or others. Heck, I have almost become fascinated with it, having another friend who has been given 6 months.
I swear I am not one of those people who seek the dying-or who have a cousin's aunt's mother's neighbor cat who died yesterday. I swear! That is not me!
Death is just part of the life cycle and it happens, lately it is happening quit a bit more than I am used to.
I know others have lost loved ones here, and are in mourning for different things, I feel like a heel sharing about this, but it just hit me tonight as I found out about my friends father yesterday before returning to work, and I don't think it has set in yet.