and let the perpetual Light shine upon her

Apr 14, 2005 02:37

I saw Abby today. Sort of.

Lying there in the casket, her face swollen and caked in make-up, she might have been a stranger, save for the dress. Abby designed that dress. My eyes took in the sight with a gestalten flicker.

This isn't her.Thirty seconds, maybe less. I turned away and walked back to the collages at the front. Dozens of ( Read more... )

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baracchina April 15 2005, 01:28:57 UTC
::silence::

Le mie condoglianze.
Could it have been HPS?

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urbaneninja April 18 2005, 23:04:03 UTC
grazie, baracchina. i asked about it again, it was H.E.S.-- something that affects the eye...i can't remember what it stands for at the moment. rare, and apparently deadly.

a lot of filipinos are nurses, and they all seem to agree that no one really knows what happened.

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poppycat April 15 2005, 02:30:47 UTC
I will say a mantra for her. Anything else I could say would be meaningless. Your words touched me beyond reason.

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urbaneninja April 18 2005, 23:05:24 UTC
thanks, i'm sure she'd appreciate any positive energy anyone is willing to point in her direction.

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blinking_light April 15 2005, 03:02:37 UTC
*offers shoulder to lean on*

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urbaneninja April 18 2005, 23:05:57 UTC
*leans*

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nextexit April 15 2005, 03:05:43 UTC
I'm very sorry to read about your friend's death.

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urbaneninja April 18 2005, 23:11:56 UTC
thanks, nex

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