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[xerozen]

My uncle is dying.  he's certainly not young, its not sudden, and it isn't sad.  Well, it is sad when someone who you've known your whole life passes on... but what has me up late at night isn't my memories of him... but the things I don't know...  Not in the sense of, what secrets could he be hiding, but who was the man before he was the man I

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[poeticloner]

I know this was just to write and get thoughts out, and I don't want to feel like I'm intruding (as your last friend that's still on LJ) but I've had so many of these same feelings. My grandpap isn't doing well and usually just talks about aches and pains but sometimes tells these great stories and I think...I'd love to know more! And my dad, who is the most laid-back video-game-playing guy now, was a marine in Vietnam and that's just a side of my dad I have no freaking clue about. I'd love to just pour him a beer, sit down with him, and listen to him talk about it. Why he enlisted, things like that.

But it feels...intrusive, somehow. They're my parents, but those aren't my memories to share and I feel weird asking. Almost like you're saying "well, I realize we're all getting older so tell me more before something bad happens."

I want to connect, but just don't know how to breach the subject.

Tell me if you have any success, please!

[xerozen]

Hello my everlasting friend. A friendship relic of things past. A deep thinker, introspective shining light

[poeticloner]

Hello dear friend of mine, from one year after you posted this comment! I meant to reply in January 2022, but, alas. I'm here now though