tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1675400520594554334..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Only The Story RemainsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-2219874122597455652012-06-16T19:07:21.587-04:002012-06-16T19:07:21.587-04:00I bet you a dollar I could still make the trek thr...I bet you a dollar I could still make the trek through the cemetery to lay those flowers by heart, even without the guide I made and printed out on the IIGS.Ben Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491745981357751416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-50548416557810710222012-06-11T18:55:58.699-04:002012-06-11T18:55:58.699-04:00My aunt lost a child to SIDS (Christmas Eve, as ab...My aunt lost a child to SIDS (Christmas Eve, as above), and her mother did also. Both were emotionally reserved in the extreme, and may not have talked about it more than once. But really - your oldest daughter loses a child and you have gone through it yourself - how can you not offer your heart, and weep?<br /><br />Yet I cannot even imagine the conversation.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-18348280538625031662012-06-11T14:46:54.705-04:002012-06-11T14:46:54.705-04:00My grandmother was the fourth of five children and...My grandmother was the fourth of five children and only survivor. The others all died young: 12, 20, and 18, then one who was institutionalized at birth and didn't make it to his/her first birthday. We don't even know the gender, and it was only family hearsay that there was one at all. Then after my grandmother died we got a copy of her birth certificate and it listed her mother's live births and there was one extra. We still haven't been able to track it down. After losing all of her siblings, she lost one of her own children and her mother only a month or two apart. My mother was the only surviving one. Having lost my own brother and knowing how that hurt, I can't fathom how my grandmother managed to make it through it all. We have plenty of pictures of her brothers and sister, and my mom's sister, but that's all. I'm supposed to be a lot like my mom's sister, and I really wish I could have known her.Janhttp://cascadeexposures.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-21323685606268707302012-06-09T22:04:02.655-04:002012-06-09T22:04:02.655-04:00And not even most of the story--just fragments.And not even most of the story--just fragments.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com