Comments | aconsciousflow: an old friend

aconsciousflow

an old friend

Mar 07, 2005 00:49

i have a cousin who's a little handicapped, she's just a little off, slow. she wasn't blessed with the best looks either, so the family had all but assumed she would never marry or even date a guy. but about a year or so ago she managed to find someone who was almost a perfect match. i was one of the few in the family that sincerely thought it ( Read more... )

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ssspaceships March 7 2005, 14:41:32 UTC

aww that's too bad.

ex_sweetadel800 March 7 2005, 17:02:09 UTC

I'm almost glad I've never really known any of my extended family. Being a member of the smaller, The Black Sheep herd has it's advantages.

That's tragic and sad in a way that nothing ever should be.

aconsciousflow March 9 2005, 09:47:35 UTC

I'm not so big on the "blood" either. It's weird having a huge family on my mom's side - I feel like such an outsider, but it's necessary for me to be because I just don't feel like they should be a significant part of my life (just because).

justuptight March 8 2005, 02:46:28 UTC

That is a really vivid image.
I want everyone I know and love to die in front of me; the feeling of them already being gone is the worst. Being there you know everything, being away it's ripped away so violently.

heartbreaking... refinnej_7 March 8 2005, 05:52:32 UTC

This is certainly tragic, yet strangely hopeful. I wonder how many people aren't fortunate enough to find someone who is their "perfect match". Perhaps there is solace in that she had that experience, albeit for an all too brief while.

I must say...I find this story to be strangely beautiful.

aconsciousflow March 9 2005, 09:52:01 UTC

I've never thought about it like this. From the few deaths I've dealt with, I've always just "found out" after the fact, and never got to experience it in any ideal way. Gosh, having your own "death bed scene" has got to be something. If I were still young and that happened, I would try as hard as I could to make it a party.