Those American Robin chicks fledged in the final hour before the helicopter crash. It was our first successful nest fledging of the Robins on the porch (after three failed years). Somehow it comforts me a bit that they made it while he was still alive. He knew there were 4 eggs and he scrutinised a photo of the chicks all hatched and was able to count all four in the nest. I wish I could have told him they made it. But I mostly wish he had made it.
Thanks, Renee. I'm so impressed with our granddaughter's friends for sending it to her and surrounding her with love. It's nearly perfect...except perhaps that it suggests one will eventually no longer be grieving. The truth is you can be happy again, but you never fully stop grieving.
Demetrius and I sang karaoke last night for the first time in months. Almost didn't go, as I was feeling a bit spent after we took Archer to agility class and then went shopping. Glad we did. Also (somewhat selfishly, I guess) glad we didn't learn about the bombing of Iran until after we'd had our evening out together. That whole situation is all kinds of f*cked up.
I have been quiet because I have no words of comfort for the pain you and Wil, his wife, children and siblings are feeling. It is a dark chasm, and I know from the experience of friends who have lost adult children that it will be with you forever. Know that I am thinking of all of you every day. So, I will still probably be quiet, but I am here.~Susan
Thank you, sweetly, Susan. It's incredibly difficult. Today we hit a low-point emotionally. In our 51 (as of next Saturday) years of marriage, I have never seen Wil absolutely sob, until today. Dads have a built in feeling that they ought to be able to protect their children from anything. He was so sad, saying if he'd been there he would have stopped the flight. I hope it will help us to get the preliminary report. If the crash was caused by something organic...like a bird strike or sudden downpour of freezing rain, that might be easier to take than it being pilot error or mechanical failure...which could have been preventable.
Those American Robin chicks fledged in the final hour before the helicopter crash. It was our first successful nest fledging of the Robins on the porch (after three failed years). Somehow it comforts me a bit that they made it while he was still alive. He knew there were 4 eggs and he scrutinised a photo of the chicks all hatched and was able to count all four in the nest. I wish I could have told him they made it. But I mostly wish he had made it.
ReplyDeleteThose were beautiful lyrics that Eldest*Grand shared, and especially fitting for this context.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Renee. I'm so impressed with our granddaughter's friends for sending it to her and surrounding her with love. It's nearly perfect...except perhaps that it suggests one will eventually no longer be grieving. The truth is you can be happy again, but you never fully stop grieving.
DeleteDemetrius and I sang karaoke last night for the first time in months. Almost didn't go, as I was feeling a bit spent after we took Archer to agility class and then went shopping. Glad we did. Also (somewhat selfishly, I guess) glad we didn't learn about the bombing of Iran until after we'd had our evening out together. That whole situation is all kinds of f*cked up.
ReplyDeleteNothing good can ever come of destruction.
DeleteI have been quiet because I have no words of comfort for the pain you and Wil, his wife, children and siblings are feeling. It is a dark chasm, and I know from the experience of friends who have lost adult children that it will be with you forever. Know that I am thinking of all of you every day. So, I will still probably be quiet, but I am here.~Susan
ReplyDeleteThank you, sweetly, Susan. It's incredibly difficult. Today we hit a low-point emotionally. In our 51 (as of next Saturday) years of marriage, I have never seen Wil absolutely sob, until today. Dads have a built in feeling that they ought to be able to protect their children from anything. He was so sad, saying if he'd been there he would have stopped the flight. I hope it will help us to get the preliminary report. If the crash was caused by something organic...like a bird strike or sudden downpour of freezing rain, that might be easier to take than it being pilot error or mechanical failure...which could have been preventable.
DeleteThere is a saying, "To have a child is to have your heart walking around outside your body". And we know the truth of it. ~Susan
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ReplyDelete---Alan