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Hope22

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9. So many good reminders here.

Fri Dec 27, 2024, 01:40 AM

Dec 27

The words we say to the inconsolable matter. Sometimes the words we use and our need to sooth or save a loved one from pain get in the way. Also, at a time when we are consumed by the threats of he who shall not be named your words are a reminder that we have survived some unbelievable circumstances in life to end up here. When I look back at things that I have survived in the past I need to remind myself that I made it through challenges before. Just because I don’t want this monster screwing with our lives it doesn’t mean that I don’t have it in me to suck it up and do the best that I can to survive this. Thank you for sharing this post and if it’s OK I just want to say how sorry I am for the loss of your friend. You were very brave to carry on. Your momma was trying her best. I’m sure she too was frightened to the bone as well. Peace and love to you. Thank you again for this post. 💗💗🙏🏼💐

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in an attempt to soothe my soul (when i was a teenager) my mother used to say [View all] orleans Dec 26 OP

Definitely don't delete. Enjoyed reading and get it. Silent Type Dec 26 #1

100% ZDU Dec 29 #32

'It's always darkest before the dawn.' Dad elleng Dec 26 #2

I used to hear the same things from mother SheltieLover Dec 26 #3

question: in the fullness of your adult experience of life, (and lessons) stopdiggin Dec 26 #4

oh yes, of course i understand what she was trying to say orleans Dec 27 #5

and, as I said - you had EVERY right in the world .... stopdiggin Dec 27 #12

Oh my dear orleans . . . CaliforniaPeggy Dec 27 #6

Sometimes for no understandable reason StarryNite Dec 27 #7

yes. nt orleans Dec 27 #8

So many good reminders here. Hope22 Dec 27 #9

thank you for your lovely reply nt orleans Dec 27 #11

Your despair is part of a process nuxvomica Dec 27 #10

Every year in December I re-read a book by Terry Pratchett called Hogfather... Hekate Dec 27 #13

that's beautiful and very profound, hekate. thank you for that. nt orleans Dec 27 #18

You are most welcome. May the new year be gentle on you Hekate Monday #44

just put Hogfather on hold at library. there is a DVD of it as well. PUt it on hold too. Amaryllis Dec 27 #21

I also watch the movie once a year... Hekate Dec 28 #22

Never got into Discworld. Do you like it? Amaryllis Dec 29 #23

Very much, or I wouldn't recommend it. It took me awhile to "get" Pratchett back in the '90s... Hekate Dec 29 #24

Have you read Good Omens, Neil Gaiman? Amaryllis Dec 29 #25

Oh yes. I read it because Terry Pratchett was co-author, and after that I read more of Gaiman Hekate Dec 29 #28

Did you see the TV series they made of it? Cant remember if it was NEtflix.... Amaryllis Monday #34

It was on Amazon Prime, so I joined for a month (free) and binge-watched it twice through Hekate Monday #36

I liked it a lot. there is always the thing where the character look different than how you imagined, but it was very Amaryllis Monday #39

The first was just called Good Omens when it came out in 2018 or 2019. Now it's called ... Hekate Monday #42

Thank you for posting this reminder of how good an observer of humans Sir Terry was. GoneOffShore Monday #37

You are welcome Hekate Monday #43

"everything happens for a reason"--I think that's horseshit. raccoon Dec 27 #14

I dunno. no_hypocrisy Dec 27 #15

There is always a chain of events which amount to a "cause" of WHY something happened, but... Martin Eden Dec 27 #16

I applaud and agree wholeheartedly. vanlassie Dec 29 #27

God's will, everything happens for a reason, karma is a bitch, etc. ThreeNoSeep Dec 27 #17

cause and effect - yes, i get that. orleans Dec 27 #19

Thank you for starting this discussion. yellow dahlia Dec 27 #20

Agree Meowmee Dec 29 #26

"When one door closes another door opens mahina Dec 29 #29

Humans need a reboot. Take care. Joinfortmill Dec 29 #30

There IS a reason for a happening and sometimes, 'what goes around... Septua Dec 29 #31

Few things make me angrier that the sanctimonious empty bullshit of that "everything... 3catwoman3 Monday #33

It's what i needed right now. DiverDave Monday #35

serendipity i guess. please take care. nt orleans Monday #38

You are very fortunate to have had a good Mom like her. Your Mom. Your friend Clouds Passing Monday #40

No reasons, no meaning ismnotwasm Monday #41