when it knocks

[elisem]

 The problem with grief is that when it knocks, you're always home.

If you are going through grief too, I send you love and an autumn Minneapolis sunbeam.

Comments

[jenett]

So many hugs.

[pameladean]

I was reading a discussion in the comments of a blog, about how transplant patients, because of the immuno-suppressing meds they take, don't get much if any benefit from the COVID vaccine. Some out-of-synch portion of my brain immediately caused me to think, "Oh, Mike will have to be so careful!" and I even said the first two words aloud.

I bought a pair of shoes especially for Mike's memorial; they have since worn out and I got an identical pair to replace them. But all the edges can still be very sharp. Grief shoes are never actually broken in. You just think that they are.

Of course, it is that time of the year, and that very day. So many hugs.

P.

[yhlee]

Thinking of you.

[ckd]

Thanks. Last month was not kind to my family, and gathering to mourn our two most recent losses also resurfaced a lot of feelings about my uncle Jared - who I wish I could have introduced to Mike when they were both with us.

Holding you in my heart too.

[sine_nomine]

Oof. So right.

Sending love back. May I quote you elseplace? And do you want accreditation and if so how?

[elisem]

You may quote me wherever you like, dear heart. Credit as LionessElise if you're being formal, Elise Matthesen if not. Or was that the other way around? :-)

[azurelunatic]

<3

[mrissa]

So much of it. Yeah. Thanks.

My aunt Ellen once made my uncle Phil drive me behind the movie theater in...I think it was White Bear? "There, you see," she said triumphantly. I did see. It was the most perfect combination of fall colors she had found in one tiny cluster of trees. We sat in the car and contemplated it. Then we drove on.

We buried her on Friday.

September takes a lot from us.