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hooleydooley said:
Just saying that a loved one, seems to be there even if we cannot understand Death ......... I just read Shadees Post after you posted Trala ..... and that is sad :( Love sent xxxx
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We really can't.

And we torture ourselves trying to find them, whether it be in our dreams, or in our home or work, like you experienced, or where ever that beyond is.
 
hooleydooley said:
No I have never done Acid or hard drugs - only a Bong ot two - maybe a Drink consisting of a few beers ....... IT WAS REAL!!!
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I remember doing acid as a young teen. And one of the boys who was also tripping off his head was saying "I'm a monkey! I'm a monkey!!".

Well he climbed this huge gum tree like a super monkey on acid. Sadly once getting to the top, he fell out of it like a stone.

The moral of the story: no matter how much acid you take, you can never truly be a monkey.
 
Trala said:
Oh turn that frown upside down and stop taking yourself so seriously.

Humour can be found in every situation, if you let it.
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Well, I find it really hard when I tell something true to my heart and share and then get a comment like that. It was real time and well, I thought it was pretty strange to have it happen, but after 20 years I know it was real. I understand your Joking post, but I cannot see the homour in the situation, at all. It was real and all - I tried to look at the joke of my Dad wanting to be in my Life, which he could not be at the time - and well, I suppose not being there and whatever ....... crying now and I am out of here ....... PS Love your Dads
 
hooleydooley said:
Well, I find it really hard when I tell something true to my heart and share and then get a comment like that. It was real time and well, I thought it was pretty strange to have it happen, but after 20 years I know it was real. I understand your Joking post, but I cannot see the homour in the situation, at all. It was real and all - I tried to look at the joke of my Dad wanting to be in my Life, which he could not be at the time - and well, I suppose not being there and whatever ....... crying now and I am out of here ....... PS Love your Dads
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I am sorry I hurt your feelings and I am sorry you didn't take my joke in the good humour in which it was intended.

Death is as normal as life to me, and I see humour in both.

I can find humour in every situation. I need to remember that many others can't.
 
shaydee said:
I get that. I remember having to go to the newsagents the day after my boy died and these two women were stood talking about something, I can't remember what & it was almost like I was looking around & watching a movie. I just wanted to scream out "DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT'S JUST HAPPENED!!!" People just going about their daily business while my world had fallen apart. Such a bizarre time.
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;( my heart breaks reading this. Sending you my love xxx
 
I never get over how on facebook, which is the main source of info from friend, real or fb only sometimes, life goes on while you are struggling with whatever is troubling you, whether that be illness, death or something else. It's as if you're in a vortex or time warp and everything else is just wandering by.
 
Khun Khun said:
I never get over how on facebook, which is the main source of info from friend, real or fb only sometimes, life goes on while you are struggling with whatever is troubling you, whether that be illness, death or something else. It's as if you're in a vortex or time warp and everything else is just wandering by.
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Hello KK. Yes. It's interesting what perspective does with time. On a much more mundane level it's like Xmas just didn't really happen this year. I was in a bronchitis fug. Hopefully gone by tomorrow. Antibiotics kicking in. So... I won't make the beverages at Vic Gardens this year... (Maybe in a few months. I am wondering what to do.... ) but anyway, how IS Vic Gardens?? Are there new shops/businesses?! I read The Age every day so I am always seeing about some exciting new eating spot in Richmond. But strangely they don't seem to be in Vic Gardens...
 
Mooseface said:
Hello KK. Yes. It's interesting what perspective does with time. On a much more mundane level it's like Xmas just didn't really happen this year. I was in a bronchitis fug. Hopefully gone by tomorrow. Antibiotics kicking in. So... I won't make the beverages at Vic Gardens this year... (Maybe in a few months. I am wondering what to do.... ) but anyway, how IS Vic Gardens?? Are there new shops/businesses?! I read The Age every day so I am always seeing about some exciting new eating spot in Richmond. But strangely they don't seem to be in Vic Gardens...
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I've always liked VG but lately it's sadly lacking. There's a Bed, Bath and Table just down from Gloria Jean's, the newsagent has moved and another homewares shop has opened up and a new chicken place has replaced Lenards. It sells cooked chicken, (bad) chips and salads. Everything else is much of a muchness. There are many vacant shops along Bridge Rd on the hill, eating places are still plentiful whereas Swan St has lifted in that regard. Yay Richmond.
 
shaydee said:
I get that. I remember having to go to the newsagents the day after my boy died and these two women were stood talking about something, I can't remember what & it was almost like I was looking around & watching a movie. I just wanted to scream out "DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT'S JUST HAPPENED!!!" People just going about their daily business while my world had fallen apart. Such a bizarre time.
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:( I'm so sorry you went through that.

Grief is such a profound experience and the loss is so significant, I've been surprised each time to find it's more like a physical pain for how consuming it is, but losing a child must be the worst thing in this world. Well not that there is a comparison with suffering of course, but yes, so sorry you had to experience that. :inlove:
 
Khun Khun said:
I've always liked VG but lately it's sadly lacking. There's a Bed, Bath and Table just down from Gloria Jean's, the newsagent has moved and another homewares shop has opened up and a new chicken place has replaced Lenards. It sells cooked chicken, (bad) chips and salads. Everything else is much of a muchness. There are many vacant shops along Bridge Rd on the hill, eating places are still plentiful whereas Swan St has lifted in that regard. Yay Richmond.
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Oh. I didn't mind Leonards. I bought stuff there sometimes. Where is the newsagent now then? I don't quite get the Bridge road empty shop scenario. It seems as though there is enough people to support the economy there, it's a bit odd. And yes Swan Street is becoming trendy, not just semi-seedy-trendy it seems. Bridge Road needs some sort of reboot.
 
The newsagency is over where the picture shop was. That's gone for good. I wonder if the rents are too high along Bridge Rd. No idea really. I live at the Hawthorn end, opposite Uncle Dan's. I almost read it as saying it needs a reepbot. noooo. lol
 
Khun Khun said:
The newsagency is over where the picture shop was. That's gone for good. I wonder if the rents are too high along Bridge Rd. No idea really. I live at the Hawthorn end, opposite Uncle Dan's. I almost read it as saying it needs a reepbot. noooo. lol
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Haha. Well Richmond (Bridge Road anyway) - and possibly Reepbot - might need a reboot but I'm not sure Richmond needs a Reepbot.
 
Hi Everyone, Thankyou all for your kind words, and thoughts, @Trala ,@Insomniac ,@Isee ,@Meglos ,@Affable ,@shaydee ,@Inigo Montoya ,@qtkt ,@jessy_girl ,@bleachy_dude ,@mutleyp ,@Tuttle ,@hooleydooley ,@crimmy ,@Mooseface ,@Khun Khun ,@el'coopo & @Mr Stickyfingers . Hope I havent forgotten anyone. @shaydee, I cannot imagine how hard that was for you losing your child, and I felt the same as you, next day I thought how can people just go on as if everything is fine, when my world has stopped. @hooleydooley , I believe some of us have that gift, and it sounds like you have. I was asleep when I got the call in the morning. I felt it too before I was told. I dreamt about my dad the sunday night. I have never felt this grief before. This is the first death of someone truly close to me, (other than a miscarriage) someone that I loved deeply, he was such a kind hearted man, who was so selfless. Its going to be hard. I know I am not the only one to go through a loss, but right now, I am just so incredibly sad.I thought he would have a few months more. And I am so angry also with how the last month he was treated by some drs. And I am so sad that he suffered in the last few weeks. I was trying so hard to get him in to see a Palliative care specialist, but I kept getting vetoed by his specialists. I feel like I have let him down. Im sorry, blubbering my personal thoughts,
 
shadow2 said:
Hi Everyone, Thankyou all for your kind words, and thoughts, @Trala ,@Insomniac ,@Isee ,@Meglos ,@Affable ,@shaydee ,@Inigo Montoya ,@qtkt ,@jessy_girl ,@bleachy_dude ,@mutleyp ,@Tuttle ,@hooleydooley ,@crimmy ,@Mooseface ,@Khun Khun ,@el'coopo & @Mr Stickyfingers . Hope I havent forgotten anyone. @shaydee, I cannot imagine how hard that was for you losing your child, and I felt the same as you, next day I thought how can people just go on as if everything is fine, when my world has stopped. @hooleydooley , I believe some of us have that gift, and it sounds like you have. I was asleep when I got the call in the morning. I felt it too before I was told. I dreamt about my dad the sunday night. I have never felt this grief before. This is the first death of someone truly close to me, (other than a miscarriage) someone that I loved deeply, he was such a kind hearted man, who was so selfless. Its going to be hard. I know I am not the only one to go through a loss, but right now, I am just so incredibly sad.I thought he would have a few months more. And I am so angry also with how the last month he was treated by some drs. And I am so sad that he suffered in the last few weeks. I was trying so hard to get him in to see a Palliative care specialist, but I kept getting vetoed by his specialists. I feel like I have let him down. Im sorry, blubbering my personal thoughts,
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You haven't let him down. Make sure you get support around you. (You are allowed to say personal thoughts!)
 
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