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The Worst Thing Today

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fljustice
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Re: The Worst Thing Today

Post by fljustice » Sun January 10th, 2016, 9:14 pm

So sorry for your loss, MLE. It's always hard losing our pet and working animal friends. Hugs!
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Lisa
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Favourite HF book: Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
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Re: The Worst Thing Today

Post by Lisa » Mon January 11th, 2016, 9:26 am

I'm sorry to hear about your loss MLE. The loss of friends - human or animal - is always hard, and it sounds like he was very special to you.

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Re: The Worst Thing Today

Post by Lisa » Thu January 14th, 2016, 12:48 pm

My favourite tea shop closed. Also, Alan Rickman :(

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Madeleine
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Preferred HF: Plantagenets, Victorian, crime, dual time-frame
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Re: The Worst Thing Today

Post by Madeleine » Thu January 14th, 2016, 3:45 pm

Yes very sad about Alan Rickman, and David Bowie earlier this week too.
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Re: The Worst Thing Today

Post by Nefret » Thu January 14th, 2016, 8:48 pm

Madeleine wrote:Yes very sad about Alan Rickman, and David Bowie earlier this week too.
Me too. I like both their work.
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}

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Re: The Worst Thing Today

Post by DianeL » Sun January 17th, 2016, 1:29 am

MLE, I am late to offer my condolences, but you gave Josh the kindest goodbye. We all should be so fortunate.

My stepfather has been enduring an extremely slow and hideous decline; it feels like he has been dying for a very long time now. Yesterday, having been in bed for four and a half days, he not only got up and got dressed, but he decided to drive. In the dark. In the rain. This is NOT a "good sign"; it is terrifying in the extreme. This is such a difficult time, and I am worried to death about my mom. I have been praying that the best may come for them both.
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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
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Re: The Worst Thing Today

Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Sun January 17th, 2016, 4:23 am

I feel for your Mom, Diane. My dear friend's husband has Huntington's disease, and her life gets more difficult every month.

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Re: The Worst Thing Today

Post by DianeL » Sun January 17th, 2016, 4:12 pm

Thank you, MLE. My stepfather has become so dear to me, and he suffers so bitterly. He has shown immense grace, it's been a lesson to me. Mom, dealing with the onset of widowhood for a second time - just harrowing.
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