Comments | wendolen: Catching people up

wendolen

Catching people up

Oct 29, 2009 22:42

Most of the people who read this journal also follow me on either Twitter or Facebook, so most of you have seen choppy, miserable mini-updates. The short form is that my mom, who on Sunday seemed to be feeling kind of lousy but otherwise okay, is dying pretty quickly of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Yesterday it felt pessimistic but realistic to ( Read more... )

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marzipan_pig October 30 2009, 06:33:51 UTC

I'm so sorry.

sallysimpleton October 30 2009, 06:59:06 UTC

Oh, no, I am so sorry Wendolen ( ... )

sallysimpleton October 30 2009, 07:00:40 UTC

Oh goodness, I just realized I was supposed to comment on dreamwidth. Sorry about that.

wendolen October 30 2009, 07:05:14 UTC

No, I enabled comments here on purpose. I am getting both emailed to me. I've basically stopped using either one, but this seemed like the best way to explain what these cryptic, miserable twitter posts were about. You did fine. :)

sallysimpleton October 30 2009, 07:07:26 UTC

Cool, whew! :)

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webcowgirl October 30 2009, 07:22:38 UTC

I am really sorry to hear this but relieved that it's not you or Shawn.

I think withdrawing is a good plan. Time with your mom can't be replaced but you can go back to school later.

Thank you for the update. Spend your birthday with your mom; it's a special day on her calendar, I promise, even if this won't be a joyous day, it's one you mark together.

wendolen October 30 2009, 07:35:14 UTC

Oh gosh, it hadn't even occurred to me that the tweets might be construed as being about me or Shawn -- of course, I've been in such a haze that I was waiting on 1st for a bus that runs on 3rd, yesterday, so I guess I'm not surprised to find out other stuff I wasn't aware of. :) Sorry to confuse!

And you are right about my birthday -- I actually hadn't thought about it that way, although I have mostly been doing pretty good at not wallowing too much in self-pity ... or at least, not letting it blind me to the fact that this is plenty bad for lots of people, and worse for some than it is for me... oh, my poor dad. :(

greytweed October 30 2009, 07:44:51 UTC

I am so sorry. I wish for you and your family many good times in the coming months.

m_cobweb October 30 2009, 08:51:40 UTC

I absolutely think that withdrawing from school is the right choice. I don't think you'll ever regret it.

I can only imagine how awful this is for you. Do take care.