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My grandmother died last night. This wasn't a shock or a surprise. Her health has been on the decline, and she's been in hospice for the last month. She lived a long life, and in her final days she was surrounded by her three adult children.
My grandma was a kind woman. She wasn't perfect, but I always felt loved in her presence. She was a retired kindergarten teacher, and was still working when I was a kid. I have so many happy memories sitting at her kitchen table, and I'm going to carry those with me for the rest of my life. She was also proof that anyone who claims that you get more conservative as you get older is full of shit, because she certainly didn't.
I think it's interesting how the body processes grief sometimes. I don't know that I'll cry, but over the past month, knowing this was coming, I've felt a tension in my gut. Now that she's passed, instead of relief that tension is replaced by a sense of emptiness. That something is missing that should still be there. Something has been taken away, and I feel it.
Of course, as I wrote that, I immediately started crying... so I guess my body processes grief in pretty ordinary ways too.
I wanted to come up with something profound linking this to Beltane, which we sit in the middle of right now, but it just seemed hackneyed. Like I was trying to dig out some greater significance when the truth is death comes whenever it wants. The only predictable thing about it is that it's the end of all of our journeys. I hope that when I pass I'm so lucky to have lived such a long life with people that I love around me in my final days.
For the record, I will be fine. I just needed to get these words out while they were still in my head. I don't have some rousing conclusion or deep insight to tack on here at the end, just that gut feeling that something is missing.
Because it is.
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Burn.
Not really a burn, just a “Nope, I am not interested, do not ask again”. Ruth has a history of being hit on by everyone, she’s probably fairly tired of it.
Kind of glad to not see this stretch out for 13 episodes over one stupid misunderstanding.
I can reference anime here, people at anime cons still watch anime right?
Yes… But not like they use to. Nobrandcon is down to one viewing room and I cannot really fault them. Their just aren’t the numbers to justify the space. That said my nephew spent half his time in the anime room this year.
Good lord calvsie drink some coffee and use a computer next time! Typos and bad auto correct through out, not to mention the grammar!
Really! The anime cons in my area are still going strong. The main difference is the higher grade of cosplay, which seems to be on the upswing.
What I’m not seeing is anime fans at more general conventions.
Anyway, I assumed the slow “no” was the wheels turning in her head after looking at the cover image on the comic. I mean, it’s got a strong resemblance to her, with reversed hair combing…
I’m sure that’s a coincidence. The proper response in that case would not be “No.”, it would be *runs away, screaming*.
I’m sure that’s a coincidence. The proper response in that case would not be “No.”, it would be *runs away, screaming*.
Eh, I think there’s room for followup here. The questions is ‘-do- you date other people’, not ‘would you given the opportunity?’ Which is very likely to have the same answer. There’s also something to be said for the tone in which the answer was given, which we can’t strictly tell via text based medium.