Cellar Scribblings

[CellarDweller]

Hiya BetterMost friends!

Happy Thursday everyone!

No plans for the weekend here, I'm hoping for a nice, quiet two days.  The only thing I need to do is some light cleaning around the aparatment, and take down the Valentine's Day stuff.

[CellarDweller]

Yes, and then they made me watch really violent movies while also taking a drug that made me sick, and now I've totally lost the urge to beat people up.

 

[CellarDweller]

Somebody died?   

Well, without putting too much family business out there.....

I have a cousin who is living with his girlfriend, they had twins less than two years ago.  During the weeked we got word that one of the twins had died, unknown causes.

Wake was on Tuesday, we got word on Monday the cause was SIDS.

Apparently some people in the family were not happy with how the news was spread, things were taken personally, and someone decided that the appropriate time to bring this up with my cousin was during the wake.



Things have smoothed over now, but causing a scene at the wake of a child was uncalled for.

[serious crayons]

My family is so devoid of drama, both nuclear family of origin and extended. We never have big conflicts over anything. Not even little conflicts, not since I was 20 or so (over stuff like grades or, let's say, my youthful adventures). Everybody just politely gets along. Which is good, I guess, if a little boring.

Now the part of my family that includes me, my ex and my kids, that's another story ... 

[Jeff Wrangler]

I'm very sorry to hear about the death of the baby. I can't even begin to imagine what that must be like for a parent. 

[Front-Ranger]

This reminds me of the story of Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. Don't ever read that unless you like really sad stories.

[CellarDweller]

I'm very sorry to hear about the death of the baby. I can't even begin to imagine what that must be like for a parent. 

I can't imagine either, and I didn't even get to say anything to my cousin, the drama happened soon after I got there,  and I was one of the people who stayed outside to make sure that the person causing the drama couldn't get back into the funeral home once he was outside.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I was one of the people who stayed outside to make sure that the person causing the drama couldn't get back into the funeral home once he was outside.

Good for you! 

This all just reminds me of the first funeral I attended, for my uncle, my mother's oldest brother. Mother was one of eight children. After the funeral, we all went back to the home of one of my aunts, one of my mother's older sisters, and all they did was argue about things that had happened 30 and 40 years previously. 

[CellarDweller]

death brings out the  strange in  some people.

I remember going to a funeral when I was very young, maybe single digits....some relative in Pennsylvania had passed, and we had to trek there and show our respects.

It was the first time I saw people wailing at a funeral, and passing out.   While  people were trying to help her, I could hear my grandmother's shrill voice saying:  "Slap her, someone just slap her!"

[Jeff Wrangler]

death brings out the  strange in  some people.

I remember going to a funeral when I was very young, maybe single digits....some relative in Pennsylvania had passed, and we had to trek there and show our respects.

It was the first time I saw people wailing at a funeral, and passing out.   While  people were trying to help her, I could hear my grandmother's shrill voice saying:  "Slap her, someone just slap her!"

 

"Half of Chinquapin Parish would give their eye teeth to take a whack at Ouiser!"