Have three DUers ever died in such a short space of time?

[malaise]

I don't remember such an occasion.

[In_The_Wind]

1. ~

[WilliamPitt]

2. Not that I'm aware of.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Three? Not sure about that many at once.

[malaise]

4. Never seen this before

GratefulforHope, SmileyRose & BeHereNow - peace to their family and friends

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Wait...whut??????

I have managed to miss announcements of the first 2, jsut heard about BeHereNow yesterday...
what happened with the other 2 and when?

[malaise]

7. Here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024593177

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024590750

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024579623

This is real sad

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Oh jeez.....

thank you for links....

I am still bruised from MFM's passing.

[Phentex]

9. Me, too...

still very recent in my mind.

[malaise]

11. Yep - his death was hard enough to accept

Sadly death is a real part of life.

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. Yeah, I don't think so. My swiss cheese brain is telling me that we lost

Kephra and Nostamj close together, but I really can't remember for sure.

[Le Taz Hot]

6. Not that I can remember.

[randome]

10. It's a harsh winter. Maybe that has something to do with it?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

[haele]

12. Winter, and loss of motivation.

I've found I'm developing a particular type of physical depression the older I get - the realization that I'm not immortal, and the fact the more I try to get to the "finish line", the ability to retire in dignity and to be able to take care of myself and the hostages to fate I call my loved ones, the harder it is to keep getting out of bed each morning.
I've got a pile of "must do's" in life that are greater than they were twenty years ago, and I have very few resources left. I keep thinking I have the stamina and drive I did back then, when it was easy. Now it's hard and getting harder.

There's still hope, still some brightness to life, but the future is not clear.
Frankly,it's starting to seem like the future going to get much worse before society in general gets it collective head out of it's collective asses, and the increasingly few privileged "leaders" stop throwing their massive temper-tantrum before it starts getting better - and not all of us are warriors.
Thanks a bunch Walton Family, Brothers Koch, and all you other narcissistic fellow travelers, insecure power-brokers, and sycophants! The figurative "room" still needs to be cleaned up, and should have been before you assholes decided to take just take the all resources available that everyone was supposed to share, and buy your toys. I'm sure all those toys will be of great help when you can't get out as the house burns down around you.

Sigh - Add a hard winter, a chronic health condition, and a few emotional body blows, and it might just be easier to let whatever take one off that wheel that is going faster and faster the older one gets. Not everyone is a warrior, and even the strong can't continue to fight when their body starts to betray them.

Haele

[malaise]

13. Continue to fight

Maybe we're lucky with non-stop sunshine but then we face hurricanes six months a year. They say winter really leads to depression.

Aging isn't easy but I am a warrior - I am looking forward to retirement in a few years.

[haele]

17. I know - I'm a mule hauling the caisson into battle. I'll do what needs to be done until I drop.

It's just that when there are periods of pauses, waiting for something to either break or go forward in the battle, it's hard not to reflect on what lies ahead and that can get very depressing.
Especially when there's people who depend on you, and they don't seem to be able to either get their acts together or get off the ground.

Haele

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Not that I can think off

[hrmjustin]

16. I still can't believe Ellen is gone.