Community Chat

[celeste27]

On 9/4/2014 hyacinth003 said:

When someone famous has something happen in their lives, it is reported like it's something different than many of the rest of us have been through.

A current example is reporting how difficult it is for Melissa Rivers having to make decisions about her mother. YES, it is very difficult. Ask the rest of us who have had to agonize over what to do! And I am not sure Melissa Rivers has even talked publicly about it!! I remember like it was yesterday sitting the the ICU waiting room having the discussion about my mother with my dad and brother. I remember telling the doctor when he came in. Since I am an RN, I have been the spokesperson for all this. It was HE LL.

I remember years ago a well known person turning 50 - like it was the first time it happened. Menopause, anyone?

How about when a famous person has a baby? It is the first time someone experienced childbirth and caring for a baby, right?

Wonder if others have felt this way too!!

Hyacinth

Totally agree. People should get a grip! The woman was 81 and died an easy death without lying around like a vegetable! We can feel kind thoughts for the survivors and what not---but come on, it's not an early tragic death11

[NoelSeven]

Why do some people get uptight when others see the sadness of a loss? Is it because they are not able to feel compassion?

[cody2]

On 9/4/2014 NoelSeven said: Why do some people get uptight when others see the sadness of a loss? Is it because they are not able to feel compassion?

I was just sitting here trying to figure out how I was going to say the same thing in a kind way. Thank you for doing it for me.

[NoelSeven]

On 9/4/2014 cody said:

On 9/4/2014 NoelSeven said: Why do some people get uptight when others see the sadness of a loss? Is it because they are not able to feel compassion?

I was just sitting here trying to figure out how I was going to say the same thing in a kind way. Thank you for doing it for me.

Cody

[sylviahomeatlast]

blessings and grace to all of you and you deep losses--------I think celebrity deaths and troubles, played out in the spotlight are so visible and find these griefs of ours into the light again----------------as for the. Ebola survivors, I take hope that the cure for this devastating disease might be available to all the sufferers

[qualitygal]

I think the thing to remember too, is that the news people bring us the info. They are just trying to do their jobs. It doesn't mean a star's pain is worse than ours, it just means since so many more people know of the stars, that's why we hear about them.

[MikafromTopeka]

On 9/4/2014 cody said:

Kaybee, many of us here know what you are going through. As I tried to deal with the loss I kept wondering when I would "get over it". Finally, years later, a very close friend who had lost her mom years before I lost mine shared her wisdom with me when I asked her when SHE got over it. Her reply was very simple. I haven't gotten over it, I have just learned to live with it. That hit me like a ton of bricks because I finally realized...I will just have to learn to live with it. And I have.

You will too.

Thank you Cody. I think when you are a late life baby as I was you begin mentally preparing for the loss of your parents during childhood in small ways in your mind then if you are fortunate enough to still have them in their 80's you are grateful.

Initially I was angry that she didn't tell me she was sick again but logically I knew and know that she did it for me in her mind and I accept that. I don't think of it as something to get over but something to get through and I was there for her in that and that satisfies me. For a lung cancer patient she had a very easy death with never any pain or struggle breathing so I'm also grateful for that.

As far as I know there isn't any PROOF of negligence in Joan's case with her doctors during her final procedure YET and until there is I hope Melissa doesn't hold onto regret about it.

*I was really sad on the first day of school the other day after I dropped my youngest off at the high school because there was no Mom to call and let her know how the morning went. She also lived across the street from the school so I had to drive by her apartment building.

[colliegirls]

On 9/4/2014 hyacinth003 said:

Rest in peace, Joan.

She was someone who seemed as if she would be here forever.

Hyacinth

Yes, we expected her to live for many more years, she was so active and healthy.

[Puzzle Piece]

It doesn't make me crazy. I just can see how gullible people really are and it's no mystery as to how celebs can demand so much money - they can get it when others get fleeced for their interest.

To me, a fallen soldier is worth more fan fare than many of those celebs in the news, tabloids, etc.

[CouponQueen]

What amazes me was not long ago Joan was being torn to shreds on these boards for something she said..it was a lynch mob scene...people don't get she was a COMEDIAN..funny was funny to her..nobody was sacred.