grief

Losing a Friend (With Pictures)

A while back I wrote a diary asking for help with litter box trouble. Well, after years and years of trying everything we could think of, we can't think of any other choice than to re-home the little guy. I guess I should have expected this after we moved into a condo with carpet a couple years ago and have had to spend a fortune dealing with that and the stress that came with it.

Too soon?

What a crazy few weeks we've had since the CA primary. It's seemed like our political world has collapsed around us. The urgency of politically based solutions to so many dire problems like climate change, energy independence, financial industry instability throughout the US and the world, endless war in our name, jobs or rather the lack of stable, adequately paying ones, feeding and housing everyone, and on and on hasn't lessened. The problems are still there.

Wanted:

Yesterday was the start of the Stanley Cup Finals. It was also the day, 3 years ago, we lost our Shinobi (Shi-No-Be) to very old age. I shared about our loss and I shared about what a good girl Shinobi was. I hadn't been able to do that in so long, mostly because we had been inundated with so many other deaths. 10 in 8 years. So we are healing. Yesterday was healing.

And I wanted to test out my home here on CC99%. I feel like a bit of a rescue pup here myself.

A tribute to those who grieve today

I am the father of three beautiful children, two young adults and a teen. One of them is LGBTQ with a beautiful partner. Mrs. Clinton's appalling comment yesterday made me stop and reflect. My condolences go to every person hurt by her comment; especially to those who lost loved ones and friends. She callously raked open barely healed wounds for millions of folks. My well wishes and prayers go out to you for healing. And justice.