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Bereavement

47of74

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8. My maternal grandma's birthday was on Sep 18.

Reply to auntAgonist (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2013, 10:39 PM

Oct 2013

We still go up to our favorite park and still celebrate her birthday. She would have been 102 this year. I feel she's with us in spirit as she drinks beer up in heaven with Grandpa and plays Euchre with him, their parents, and all their siblings. Some years there's more energy for that than other years on the part of my family.

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Summer's gone and Autumn has arrived and along with that a great longing ... [View all] auntAgonist Oct 2013 OP

I love KC Oct 2013 #1

i miss so many things that were a part of my life too orleans Oct 2013 #2

"perpetually depressed state of mind" Please know that you're NEVER tiresome. auntAgonist Oct 2013 #3

thanks kesha. you're so sweet. n/t orleans Oct 2013 #4

lost kanda Oct 2013 #5

Kanda, what can I say... sorry doesn't really do it. auntAgonist Oct 2013 #6

thank you kanda Oct 2013 #7

kanda orleans Oct 2013 #9

thank you kanda Oct 2013 #10

just wanted to let you know about a book i ran across last night orleans Oct 2013 #11

I am so very sorry. I have two boys a bit younger than that. I can't even imagine how GreenPartyVoter Oct 2013 #12

My maternal grandma's birthday was on Sep 18. 47of74 Oct 2013 #8

I am doing all right. I find myself having to count to see how GreenPartyVoter Oct 2013 #13