Bugger.

[mad_andy]

Still no Rockfic - I suppose it'll be tomorrow at the earliest before it's back up. I've been mooching around LJ, leaving comments like small droppings in various journals...

Nice image there, Andy. Go you.

Anyway.

Got my cousin's funeral next Thursday. (Well, my mum's cousin really but we're a complicated clan, and she was closer in age to me, really.) Going to be a bugger sorting it out with work. *Meh* They can bite me if they don't like it.

She's had oesophageal cancer for about three years, gone through hell with chemo and passed away on thursday night. I'm going to miss her. Her husband is the chief engineer on a cruise ship; before she'd got sick she was starting to accompany him on trips, as their kids were old enough to make shift for themselves (what with university and whatnot).

Just beginning to enjoy a bit of freedom - and this happens. Jesus. How fair is that?

She'd arranged for the whole house to be redecorated and new furniture bought and delivered when she went into the hospice. She was dying and she made it so that the house was - as far as possible - fresh for her family; it wasn't the sofa she spent so long lying on, that sort of thing.

What sort of courage does it take to do that?

I need to write.

Comments

[dogologist.livejournal.com]

Really sorry to hear about your cousin. What she's done for the family - making the house fresh for them - she must have been an amazing person.

[feelforfaith.livejournal.com]

Andy, I'm sorry to hear about your cousin. *hugs*

[kraftpistole.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. [hug]

[kelpierocks.livejournal.com]

The sort of courage that gets you by the throat. And brings tears to your eyes. Hugs to you, Andy.

[arrys-girlie.livejournal.com]

Anything you can do to make it easier for them makes it better for the person who has to leave. :-) My mother spent Christmas eve with each of us, telling us this and that and just spending time, little things that seemed trivial then but now - damn what courage it took for her. Why? To make everything a little easier on us. My deepest admiration for your cousin. *hugs*

[silicondreams.livejournal.com]

*hugs* aw, I didn't know. Sorry to hear about your cousin. She must have been a very strong and brave woman. *hugs again*