Posted by Racer on September 12, 2008, at 12:19:30
In reply to Re: I know that it's quiet here, posted by Partlycloudy on September 12, 2008, at 8:50:41
> >> > So your birthday was 9/11, PC?
> >
> > A happy one anyway.
> Thanks, Dec. It's become a very Zen experience.
>
>I don't think I ever knew that. I will always remember your birthday now, because 25 years ago, at 8:10AM, my beloved grandmother was pronounced dead. That's the time the doctor came in and signed the form, because she'd died a few minutes earlier, and I'd had time to come back a little by the time he came in. He said something nice about her, but I don't remember what it was anymore -- what I remember clearly, though, is watching him gently pat her hands while he said it and thinking to myself, "I wonder why he's touching that and talking about it as though it was my grandmother? Grandma's not here anymore, that's just dead meat." I don't think there was anything in my beyond that innermost core that could watch him. I have no clue what I said or did beyond that. It felt as though I'd taken some sort of hallucinogenic drug.
Sorry, anniversary grief, you know?
But it's not a bad thing, mostly -- and my best friend at the time it happened shared your birthday. When I had gotten myself under control, I called and wished her a happy birthday. I called two days later to tell her that Grandma had died -- didn't want to dilute her birthday, you know?
Sorry, again, for the OT nature of this post.
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