And then suddenly the world turns upside down

[golden0monkey]

You can live your life quite normally and then find something out. Perhaps even something that happened years ago, and you never knew about it, and it never affected you and your life. And yet, when you find out, your perspective suddenly changes and your life will never be the same. Most of us were not touched personally by September 11, and yet

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[brighthibiscus]

josy josy josy josy
that is so intense. I don't even know what to say. Your life has always been so crazy.

anyway i love you bosom buddy!! let's try and keep in touch.

[carnivalus]

I don't believe that anyone ever knows what ought to be said, just that there are many people who love and care for you.

Tom Disch

[anonymous]

Hi. My name is Nancy and I am Tom Disch's sister. I read your comment on Tom's blog and went to your LiveJournal blog and read your entry of Sept. 19. If you would like to talk about Tom and Charlie, please feel free to contact me with any questions you have. I don't if I'll be able to answer them, but I'll provide you with any information I can. I am sorry you never got to meet Charlie; he was a very sweet and caring man (but also unforgiving to those who hurt him). My e-mail address is dischn@unitedwaytwincities.org.

lost relatives

[dalaruan]

I experienced something quite similar: My father had a brother he never spoke of. I wouldn't been able to recognize my uncle if I had met him in the streets of the small town where I grew up and where he lived too. This uncle had a son, some years older than me, how many years exactly I didn't know, I only know his name. Just a fortnight ago I surfed a website for former classmates and found a man with his name, born in 1962, living near Munich. He grew up in my hometown & so I wrote him some lines. He was appalled: He didn't knew that he had cousins, our part of his family was totally hushed up. We wrote daily now and it turned out that this unfamiliar, yet familiar man is not only a near relative but a kind of soul mate, the brother I never had and always missed.

I can feel your loss deeply & wish you the best. Talk to Nancy Disch, talk to the people who knew your uncle and by this give him and yourself a live you never share.