Community Chat

[cowboy sam]

dear preds and friends

Thinking about @Mj12   and hope her test results were good.🤗

also 

Missing our @Bri369  and hope she can get back in to post here again.🤗

lubs ya!

[SouthernBee]

@cowboy sam : I always give my DH the black jelly beans.🤗

[dooBdoo]

@SouthernBee,  A while back you mentioned that your husband starting ordering from Boxed.com -- they specialize in bulk orders and I've been a customer for several years. 

I thought, if y'all still order from them, you might want to know they ran into major financial difficulties in the past few months and unfortunately have filed for bankruptcy. 

I only realized the problem with my last order (on 3/21) -- they usually ship really quickly, so when a week had passed with no activity, I emailed them and then started looking online.   They're only fulfilling a portion of their existing orders and in general completely stopped taking new orders.  I am so disappointed since this was one of my favorites! 😕

[dooBdoo]

---

@Drythe wrote:

Hello Everyone,

I hope y'all are all well and safe.

Offering my apologies for vanishing, I should have done better.

My dear. loved, and admired, friend, mentor, supporter, guide, and Papa

died on July 16.  He was 95, a traveler, teacher, animal lover, animal protector, seeker, guide, writer, WWII vet, good friend, to so many.  His friends contact list was 9 pages long.  He was a long time member of a local poetry group who did a reading in his memory. The outpouring of love for him has been a true gift.

At his age, death was not a surprise, one can prepare for the event, but

Nothing can prepare for the steering pain and loss.

He left me his home which DH and I have almost finished repairing and renovating.  He also asked that we care for his dog, Ruby.  She stayed 

with us many times when he traveled, and so, seems to be settled in.

In addition to his loss, during this time two of our cats, 14 and 17, passed away, as did three very close first cousins, and one cousin-in-law.

It has been a sad time, and a long hard winter.  The week Papa died DH 

and I both got COVID, likely from spending so much time in the hospital

with him.  He did Not have it, and was allowed no visitors, all Doctors, and 

we were masked, and gowned, I guess it was just our time.  We've had every vaccination and booster.  Thankfully DH was pretty much OK in two

weeks.  I being immunosuppressed, was down for 7 weeks. I developed 

irregular heart rhythms, and BP drop on standing. But, good news,

the Cardologist who took care of me ran my bi-weekly EKG yesterday,

guess what?  

                      Absolutely Normal Synus Rhyrham!  
I am so grateful, especially to my wonderful Spouse who took great care of me, watched over me, drove me to appointments, AND STAYED WITH ME 8 loved me even though I've been a sad, pretty helpless, mess. 

I missed you all, and will be peering in once in a while as I work to catch up.

Love, Drythe

♥️♥️♥️

---

Dear @Drythe,  I'm sorry to be so late in seeing your post.   Your tribute to your Papa brought tears to my eyes.   His story is carried forward and is continued in your spirit, and we "know" him through you and are blessed.   Thank you for that.

You've had so many losses, all stacked up on your heart and soul, so you need time to process it all and move through the emotions.  I can't even comprehend how you managed to sort it all out and move forward...  but you did and are continuing to do so. 

Through it all you've been strong and although your kind and tender heart was broken it's getting stronger, and I'm so relieved to hear the good news about the cardiologist's report.

You said "I should have done better."  Actually, you're doing beautifully as you always have done all the time I've known you.   I hope you're continuing to heal.   Thank you for sharing with us.  (((gentle hugs))) and much love to you.❤️

[SouthernBee]

@dooBdoo : Thank you for posting this. I will tell DH.So sad.

[Yahooey]

---

@SouthernBee wrote:

@dooBdoo : That was beautiful. Thank you.🤗

---

@dooBdoo wrote:

---

@SouthernBee wrote:

@Yahooey : Your scar can help start conversations. My first scar on my left foot in 1966 from the top of my foot to almost to my knee. Plus included scars on both sides of the ankle and from the back of my heel and up 6 inches. The cast was all the way up my leg and stopped 3 inches below the top of my leg. I was so little and under weight and the cast was big and thick.  I struggle walking with crutches. I stayed tired and hungry and Mom said that I was eating more than my brother and couldn't gain weight.

Growing up the scar is still visible but doesn't look as long. Always a lot of questions if I went to see any other doctors.😃

---

@SouthernBee and @Yahooey,  Scars are evidence of courageous survival, evidence that you were/are stronger than whatever tried to hurt you. Reading this post I couldn't help but think of an ancient Japanese art called "Kintsukuroi" or "Kintsugi" which involves mending broken pottery with precious, gleaming, lustrous, and beautiful gold, silver, or platinum.   This comes from the philosophy of "wabi-sabi," seeing the beauty and magnificence in what others might call flawed or imperfect.   They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.❤️🤗❤️

😑 

---

@dooBdoo is our laureate  on this thread @SouthernBee 

she has such a way of words - 

powerful, compelling, tender,

beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

ai lubs when the silly wabbit visits us

[SouthernBee]

@Yahooey : Good Morning.. Totally agree we love @dooBdoo .

🤗

[loveschocolate]

@SouthernBee , my favorite Easter treat.... Reese's peanut butter cups and malted milk balls.

Favorite side for dinner...deviled eggs 🥚!

[SouthernBee]

@loveschocolate : Yum. Groceries just delivered. I love fresh green beans and red potato . I will cook that and my squash today . Tomorrow will make the potato salad and deviled eggs and cook the ham.

---

@loveschocolate wrote:

@SouthernBee , my favorite Easter treat.... Reese's peanut butter cups and malted milk balls.

Favorite side for dinner...deviled eggs 🥚!

---

[Yahooey]

@loveschocolate 

i lubs malted milk balls - bought a box - and ate the whole thing a week ago 😳