Nightly Gathering
Open Thread Post 11
I still can’t believe I’m hearing from friends that I had back in high school and earlier. I knew my town of Maumee, OH was a great place, especially for me the classes of ‘80-84. A card from a friend I knew starting back in elementary school arrived a couple days ago. I love the poem cutout and taped it to my monitor. We once watched the Brady Bunch at her house! She also showed up at my mother’s viewing to offer her condolences in 2016. Thank you S.H.C.
Today a card from MM. Wow, thank you for thinking of me and praying for me. I know we saw each other in your stomping grounds probably 10-12 years ago when you came to watch Mo play court volleyball when I was in the area. See, with the Maumee friends, you can get together even if decades passed since the last time you saw each other and it doesn’t feel weird.
CR, all I can say is WOW. You and I were in the same friend group, but never exactly close friends ourselves. Your letter means a lot to me. I’m sorry you know about this kind of loss yourself.
It was this Maumee group who helped me keep my sanity Tuesday Dec. 27th, when after a great friend posted about my loss on FB and say for people to DM her to get my number, so many people cared! I was losing faith in my own sanity due to the incredible insensitivity of some people, and these people revived it.
Friends are a blessing that we sometimes take for granted. No longer. Never again. I hope we have a 40th reunion this summer.
Were others as blessed as me? Did you/do you have friends (silver and gold - the brownie song?) come to your side during your worst moments of life? I pray you did! Do you know what I’m talking about when I say silver and gold/the brownie song?
Sleep for more than 3 hours at a time is still elusive. I may be here again later… take care.
Yes, friends from school are awesome. My graduation date was ‘63. In 2003 we convened for a reunion and the “girls” of the group vowed to have one every year, since time passes and friends are lost. We missed 2020 and by 2021 -2022 a lot of us had our own health issues and “life” to deal with. We have lost 2 of our group to heart issues and ALS and one spouse to covid early on. Undaunted, we plan to reconvene in May of 2023. These are the friends that know my history and love me, warts and all. I hope everyone has at least one friend like this. May you be blessed.
Yup, here I am. I just ate two granola bars in hopes the blood sugar thing will make me crash soon again. It seems to work, but I always feel guilty. Most of the time, I do rebrush my teeth.
I know Morgan is gone, but sometimes I still can't even believe it. She will perpetually be a gorgeous 24 year old woman. We had a really good relationship most of the time, too good sometimes. TMI. I know I annoyed her when she had problems and wanted to vent or get advice, because I had no better answer for her than to turn it over to God. I always said pray and I prayed for her continually. Not what she wanted to hear, but that's what I knew helped.