Saturday Crumbs

Someone from Ontario, Canada, of all places wrote to me last night asking why I don't talk more about me; the more salacious personal details of my life. I don't know. My first "blog" contained all that stuff, but it was private and anonymous. Now, I'm out in the open with friends and family looking at this mess almost daily. Trust me, those aren't always the people you'd want knowing the most salacious details of your everyday life. There's a whole lot to be said for anonymity on the web. I fI began laying out details, it might turn your ears purple, but I'll try harder. Thanks for noticing Michael. And no, the shirt isn't necessary.

This has been a bad year for parents apparently. My own mother being lost suddenly and without warning, one good friend's mother having some very serious problems which seemed to come out of the vapor. My Boston neighbor's dad dieing suddenly, though he'd had health issues for a while and now my best friend's mother, diagnosed in the last two weeks with stage-4 cancer. Again, no warning there. I've learned more about life in the last four months than I have in all the rest of my years; mainly that we aren't always given amply warning. Loved ones don't fade away like we anticipate. Sometimes, many times in fact, they simply go. *poof*, no warning or reason. Life is cruel and God needs to work on that, it simply isn't very nice. My sweet friend is grieving quietly over the inevitable loss of his mother and it makes me realize while mine was taken in a way I would not have chosen, maybe there was grace and mercy in it after all. At least that's how I've been looking at it the last few days.

New York is beautiful today, that's where I am. I'm in the last stages of the horrible crud I've been suffering from going on two weeks now. Lots of respiratory issues and a constant hacking cough and fatigue and headaches, UGH! Won't somebody please come along and take care of me? Anyway, it's almost gone, thank Zod.

Posted by JD on May 17, 2008 1:03 PM