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gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 11:54 PM Jan 2021

My sister died of Covid this morning.

She did not survive the Trump administration. This motherfucker's lack of everything on Covid killed my favorite sister. She was 72, in good health otherwise with two children and three grandchildren. She got sick around Christmas and was sick in varying degrees until she went on a ventilator and never came off.

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My sister died of Covid this morning. (Original Post) gldstwmn Jan 2021 OP
I'm so sorry soothsayer Jan 2021 #1
I'm very sorry to hear this. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2021 #2
So sorry Stinky The Clown Jan 2021 #3
So sorry to hear this. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #4
I'm so sorry BainsBane Jan 2021 #5
So sorry to hear of your loss. CatMor Jan 2021 #6
So very sorry! nocoincidences Jan 2021 #7
So very sorry for your profound lost. Zoonart Jan 2021 #8
So sorry for your loss. Sending vibes to you and your loved ones. applegrove Jan 2021 #9
So sorry forevrl8 Jan 2021 #10
Welcome to our DU family. niyad Jan 2021 #82
So sorry for you and your family riverbendviewgal Jan 2021 #11
I am so sorry for you. It is heartbreaking to hear this. tblue37 Jan 2021 #12
My deepest sympathy Rorey Jan 2021 #13
I am so, so sorry. TDale313 Jan 2021 #14
so sorry for your loss.. stillcool Jan 2021 #15
OMG, I am so sorry. Ilsa Jan 2021 #16
So sorry. My heart goes out to you. TigressDem Jan 2021 #17
Very sorry to hear this ... mr_lebowski Jan 2021 #18
I am so sorry blogslut Jan 2021 #19
Condolences to your family..... Heartstrings Jan 2021 #20
So sorry for your loss. kaycee22 Jan 2021 #21
omg, I am so very sorry-I will never stop loathing him babylonsister Jan 2021 #22
That really sucks. Kittycow Jan 2021 #23
I can't imagine what you are going through. My sincere condolences. chowder66 Jan 2021 #24
So sorry peggysue2 Jan 2021 #25
Condolences to you and yours, truly sorry to hear it Blue Owl Jan 2021 #26
Condolences to you and your family Bayard Jan 2021 #27
I am so sorry UpInArms Jan 2021 #28
I'm so sorry wryter2000 Jan 2021 #29
Hugs sakabatou Jan 2021 #30
I'm so very sorry. phylny Jan 2021 #31
Love to you and yours. sheshe2 Jan 2021 #32
🕯 blm Jan 2021 #33
I'm sorry MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #34
So sorry, gldstwmn. littlemissmartypants Jan 2021 #35
I am so sorry. Demsrule86 Jan 2021 #36
🕯️Iam so sorry for your loss. irisblue Jan 2021 #37
I am sorry gldstwmn, peacebuzzard Jan 2021 #38
Add my condolences to the list. That is horrible. TreasonousBastard Jan 2021 #39
Sincere condolences to you and your family. pazzyanne Jan 2021 #40
You and your family are in my heart, and in my prayers. So sorry for your pain... n/t TygrBright Jan 2021 #41
. struggle4progress Jan 2021 #42
I am so very sorry for your loss. onecaliberal Jan 2021 #43
My sympathies to you at this time Generic Other Jan 2021 #44
I am so sorry. barbtries Jan 2021 #45
I am so so very sorry demtenjeep Jan 2021 #46
Oh I am so sorry for your loss! AwakeAtLast Jan 2021 #47
How awful for you and your family pacheen Jan 2021 #48
Sympathy to you and all those who knew and loved her. 💔 Raine Jan 2021 #49
My heart is with you. Silver Gaia Jan 2021 #50
So sorry. c-rational Jan 2021 #51
Very sorry to hear this. BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #52
I'm so sorry. LuckyCharms Jan 2021 #53
Deepest condolences dlk Jan 2021 #54
Oh, the sadness of losing a dear sister! FakeNoose Jan 2021 #55
I am 7 months in to losing a loved one, my dad, to covid Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2021 #56
Thank you. gldstwmn Jan 2021 #90
I am sorry to hear of your loss. marble falls Jan 2021 #57
Peace world wide wally Jan 2021 #58
So sorry... PutGramaOnThePhone Jan 2021 #59
Holding you cilla4progress Jan 2021 #60
I'm sorry for your loss Bluethroughu Jan 2021 #61
So sorry ... nt bluecollar2 Jan 2021 #62
So very sorry. RexLipton Jan 2021 #63
Deepest sympathy. orangecrush Jan 2021 #64
I'm so very sorry. catbyte Jan 2021 #65
I'm so sorry canetoad Jan 2021 #66
My condolences Ohio Joe Jan 2021 #67
So sorry for your loss redstateblues Jan 2021 #68
💔 Traildogbob Jan 2021 #69
Thank you everyone. gldstwmn Jan 2021 #70
A terrible loss. I'm so sorry. ancianita Jan 2021 #74
Oh I am so deeply sorry for your loss Tumbulu Jan 2021 #71
❤️✿❧🌿❧✿❤️ Lucinda Jan 2021 #72
I am so very sorry. sdfernando Jan 2021 #73
I'm sorry for your loss. nt Progressive Jones Jan 2021 #75
My condolences. SunSeeker Jan 2021 #76
My condolences. May your sister rest in peace, oasis Jan 2021 #77
I'm so very sorry stage left Jan 2021 #78
I am sorry. murielm99 Jan 2021 #79
I am so very sorry for your heartbreaking loss.Your DU family is here for you.@ niyad Jan 2021 #80
I'm so sorry happy feet Jan 2021 #81
... Nevilledog Jan 2021 #83
Once more, I am broken by another person having to join this unholy fraternity of misery and loss... Moostache Jan 2021 #84
Thank you Moostache. gldstwmn Jan 2021 #88
So sorry! Akacia Jan 2021 #85
I am so sorry for your loss, gldstwmn. smirkymonkey Jan 2021 #86
I'm so sorry. We have COVID now in our household, and I'm scared and angry, like you. Liberty Belle Jan 2021 #87
Thank you Liberty Belle. gldstwmn Jan 2021 #89
I am sorry for your loss. Gore1FL Jan 2021 #91
I'm very sorry you've had to endure this. Old Crow Jan 2021 #92
I am sorry for your loss. nt BrightKnight Jan 2021 #93
I'm very sorry for your loss. PatrickforO Jan 2021 #94
I'm so sorry to hear that. My condolences to you and your family during this trying time. TheBlackAdder Jan 2021 #95
I am so sorry. crickets Jan 2021 #96
So sorry to hear of your loss. StocktonNative Jan 2021 #97
I am so sorry for your loss Gothmog Jan 2021 #98
Deepest condolences to you. LuvLoogie Jan 2021 #99
So sorry. healthnut7 Jan 2021 #100
I just TexasLefty29 Jan 2021 #101
Thank you. gldstwmn Jan 2021 #102
My deepest condolences on your loss. sinkingfeeling Jan 2021 #103
Too sad malaise Jan 2021 #104
I'm sorry! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #105
Horrible hearing this. So very sorry about your sister, gldstwmn. Judi Lynn Jan 2021 #106
May her memory be a blessing Laurelin Jan 2021 #107
My condolences. Liberal In Texas Jan 2021 #108
Oh, no EndlessWire Jan 2021 #109
Sorry for your loss Bettie Jan 2021 #110
My deepest sympathies Peacetrain Jan 2021 #111
Deepest Sympathy. NNadir Jan 2021 #112
Her love will be with you always. So sorry for your loss. shrike3 Jan 2021 #113
so sorry for your loss bdamomma Jan 2021 #114
I'm so sorry you lost your very special sister. 🕯 SaveOurDemocracy Jan 2021 #115
I am sorry for your loss. I know it must be hard on her children as well. 58Sunliner Jan 2021 #116
My deepest sympathies leighbythesea2 Jan 2021 #117
May she rest in peace cry baby Jan 2021 #118
I'm so sorry 😢 nt live love laugh Jan 2021 #119
God Dammit!!! I am so sorry. I hope you and her family can find peace. Fla Dem Jan 2021 #120
My heartfelt condolences to you and your family. Digger Jan 2021 #121
Such a rotten, terrible loss for you all. I'm so sorry, Gldstwmn. Hortensis Jan 2021 #122
My heart is with you. Collimator Jan 2021 #123
I am so sorry. Your grief must be immeasurable. NoSheep Jan 2021 #124
So sorry for your loss. Alacritous Crier Jan 2021 #125
I'm so very sorry cate94 Jan 2021 #126
That's terrible and so sad wendyb-NC Jan 2021 #127
So very sorry. colorado_ufo Jan 2021 #128
I am very sorry for your sister. onecent Jan 2021 #129
Hugs to you and to your sister's children lunatica Jan 2021 #130
... NurseJackie Jan 2021 #131
Tragic and unnecessary lillypaddle Jan 2021 #132
I'm so sorry... CaptainTruth Jan 2021 #133
My condolences to you and yours. Doreen Jan 2021 #134
So sorry. This is heartbreaking news. FuzzyRabbit Jan 2021 #135
I am so sorry. I would be devastated to lose a sibling. Lonestarblue Jan 2021 #136
Sincerest sympathy... but I have to add, this just makes me spitting mad!!!! Love to the family! Karadeniz Jan 2021 #137
Peace and condolences. Montauk6 Jan 2021 #138
My sincere sympathies, gldstwmn Metatron Jan 2021 #139
How horrible. I am so sorry for your loss Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #140
Sorry for your loss. Jay25 Jan 2021 #141
Your rage is perfectly appropriate. tavernier Jan 2021 #142
That is exactly what happened to my friend. nt leftyladyfrommo Jan 2021 #143
I am so sorry for your loss, and these MF'ers need to be held accountable for this. Take care. n/t Evolve Dammit Jan 2021 #144
Your OP saddens me very much, and I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #145
Thank you. gldstwmn Jan 2021 #147
... spanone Jan 2021 #146
I am so sorry for your loss. Maraya1969 Jan 2021 #148
I'm so sorry for your loss. yardwork Jan 2021 #149
I'm so sorry mzmolly Jan 2021 #150
Deepest condolences SheltieLover Jan 2021 #151
🙏🙏🙏 flying-skeleton Jan 2021 #152
💕💕💕💞💞💖💖 MLAA Jan 2021 #153
I'm so sorry for your loss, gldstwmn. area51 Jan 2021 #154
One of those lights by the reflecting pool is for her. nolabear Jan 2021 #155
Thank you. I could not stop looking at those. gldstwmn Jan 2021 #156
Oh, that is so sad gldstwmn. I am so sorry for your loss. thecrow Jan 2021 #157
Thank you. gldstwmn Jan 2021 #158

Ilsa

(61,692 posts)
16. OMG, I am so sorry.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 11:58 PM
Jan 2021

I feel your anger and pain. I lost a favorite relative right after Christmas. It didn't have to go this way.

I'll be thinking about you and her family, and hoping the mf'er gets his due, although I don't see how it's possible - he only loves himself, and he can only die once.

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
17. So sorry. My heart goes out to you.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 11:58 PM
Jan 2021

Her spirit lives on because you loved her so much.

Just think how happy she would be to see this day with you.

She has moved on from her suffering and he has had to move out.

NOT a fair exchange, I am sure she was worth a dozen of his kind.


Kittycow

(2,396 posts)
23. That really sucks.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 12:01 AM
Jan 2021

I imagine you're having a day of mixed emotions. The world is celebrating but yours stopped.




pazzyanne

(6,546 posts)
40. Sincere condolences to you and your family.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 12:13 AM
Jan 2021

This year has left families grieving for their loved ones because of the hate and neglect by the former pResident. My hope your grieves and then recovers due to the care and support of friends and family. May your loved one rest in peace !

pacheen

(58 posts)
48. How awful for you and your family
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 12:20 AM
Jan 2021

My deepest sympathy.

Trump and his administration bungled this so badly. There was Operation Warp Speed, but too late for your poor sister.

FakeNoose

(32,620 posts)
55. Oh, the sadness of losing a dear sister!
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 12:31 AM
Jan 2021


I'm sorry for your loss and I know the pain will never subside. She will always be in your thoughts. I have found that meditation and prayer help, but everyone grieves at their own pace. I have 6 wonderful sisters and I can't imagine losing even one of them.


 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
56. I am 7 months in to losing a loved one, my dad, to covid
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 12:33 AM
Jan 2021

Nothing makes you feel better. Except...Temporarily when trump lost in November and today with the hope that Joe Biden brings.

But nothing fills the hole.

Liken to people who lost someone to uncontrollable forces. Advise said to:
1. Stop watching news.
2. Do things your loved one would have done. Say what they would say.
3. Find people who have it worse than you.

No forum for those of us who lost someone to grieve together. PM me anytime.

Bluethroughu

(5,148 posts)
61. I'm sorry for your loss
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 12:43 AM
Jan 2021

He and all the other people in his administration that lied about this should be held accountable.

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
70. Thank you everyone.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 01:07 AM
Jan 2021

You had to be 75 to get the vaccine where she lived. I pray that President Biden is able to accelerate the roll out and help us get this under control. I will forever hold Trump and his negligent administration in some way responsible for the death of my sister. She was literally gone in three weeks.

niyad

(113,232 posts)
80. I am so very sorry for your heartbreaking loss.Your DU family is here for you.@
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 01:31 AM
Jan 2021

One of my wishes for that murdering, orange traitor is that the spirits of all who died on his watch haunt him without end. May he never know a moment of peace or rest.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
84. Once more, I am broken by another person having to join this unholy fraternity of misery and loss...
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 01:36 AM
Jan 2021

My mother was taken in November, and my father is lost without her after 54 years of marriage, after raising my brother, sister and myself through 9 grandchildren from age 6 to 23 - to have their planned retirement struck down and stolen when they should have been enjoying the twilight years together and with the family. Mom was the center of our family, the glue that held it all together and since we lost her I have a sucking chest wound that could not seem to heal or lessen because we have yet to be able to adequately grieve the loss or comfort each other in person.

The hideous nature of what you are going through; and what so many millions of Americans - the loved ones of the 400,000 plus we have collectively lost - are going through as well, is truly heart breaking. I pray that you find peace and support and purpose in this time of strife and loss and betrayal by our own government and leadership. My anger has shifted a bit today, my burden and loss remain too heavy to bear at times, but today I finally see a light at the end of the tunnel and am not afraid it is simply an oncoming train. I rejoice at new leadership, new empathy and a caring soul in the Oval Office at long last.

May the memories of your lost sister find you, and embrace you in those moments when you are alone. Recently, I have repaired a night-light that my mother had brought to my home to use in the poorly lit basement hallway from our guest room to the bathroom. She is with me in that light now...I feel her presence and I am not ashamed to admit that this avowed atheist and non-believer talks to his lost mother through that light. It has brought peace and comfort to me and I don't care if its all in my head or real or somewhere in between....simply does not matter. I have gone through the anger and rage and hate that nearly burned me out - especially towards that monster that is now gone. I'll never get that final vigil and goodbye with mom, it will haunt me the rest of my days, but having found mom in that silly little night light, and talking to her and feeling her loving presence one last time, things are bearable now, my soul feels less ripped and torn, less hate and more of a deep breathe. Mom's memory tells me "not like this Bubba...not like this...get up, keep going, I love you!" And so tomorrow is again a new day...

May you find (or already have) your own night light with all speed.

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
88. Thank you Moostache.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 01:48 AM
Jan 2021

What a beautiful post. I am so sorry for the loss of your dear mother.
I hope I find a night light or photograph or something that helps me keep going.
I do have a sense of hope that things will get better.
But she was robbed and Trump has the blood of every soul that died from this on his hands. There were no monoclonal antibodies or Remdesivir for them.
Somehow, some way he must be held accountable.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
86. I am so sorry for your loss, gldstwmn.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 01:44 AM
Jan 2021

My sincere condolences to you and your family. I wish she could have survived to see a Trump-free nation again. How very sad.

May she rest in peace.

Liberty Belle

(9,533 posts)
87. I'm so sorry. We have COVID now in our household, and I'm scared and angry, like you.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 01:45 AM
Jan 2021

My son has it. So far, not a bad case but I worry my husband, who has a heart condition, could catch it, or me. Or that our son could take a turn for the worse.

We have a close relative by marriage who is on a ventilator with COVID and the family has been advised he cannot survive.

The heartlessness of the Trump administration is a crime against humanity. May he rot in prison and eventually in hell for this.

My heart goes out to you over the loss of your beloved sister. Hold fast to your memories.

PatrickforO

(14,570 posts)
94. I'm very sorry for your loss.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 02:06 AM
Jan 2021

Eternal rest grant unto her, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul rest in peace.

TexasLefty29

(190 posts)
101. I just
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 02:53 AM
Jan 2021

Asked my partner this morning how many people wouldn’t make it to see Biden try to save our country; made us both cry to acknowledge the fact that someone wouldn’t. Crying now again at the confirmation. Sincerest condolences. Your emotions are our emotions, friend.

Judi Lynn

(160,515 posts)
106. Horrible hearing this. So very sorry about your sister, gldstwmn.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 05:41 AM
Jan 2021

May she rest in peace.

Hope you will find peace and healing.

Please take care of yourself during this painful experience.

Fla Dem

(23,637 posts)
120. God Dammit!!! I am so sorry. I hope you and her family can find peace.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 01:51 PM
Jan 2021

So many families suffering. It's wrong, just wrong.

Collimator

(1,639 posts)
123. My heart is with you.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 02:06 PM
Jan 2021

January 12th was the anniversary of my brother's death, just two days before his 53rd birthday.

The pain will soften and change in time. Your choice now--the choice everyone has in moments like this--is to decide if something in you dies with her, or if something of her will live on with you.

lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)
132. Tragic and unnecessary
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 04:43 PM
Jan 2021

that makes it even more painful than usual. So sorry for the loss of you sister, gldstwmn.

Take care of yourself.

Lonestarblue

(9,963 posts)
136. I am so sorry. I would be devastated to lose a sibling.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 05:56 PM
Jan 2021

I hope you can find some peace with your family.

tavernier

(12,375 posts)
142. Your rage is perfectly appropriate.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 07:32 PM
Jan 2021

Take care of your health, though.
Her family needs you right now.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,562 posts)
145. Your OP saddens me very much, and I'm so sorry to hear about your loss.
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 08:33 PM
Jan 2021

The experience you are all having south of the 49th really IS nothing short of criminal. What these SOBs have done to their fellow citizens is mind-boggling, and no family should have to go through what you are.

Nothing I can say will make this better for you, but know at least that I really, really want to.

thecrow

(5,519 posts)
157. Oh, that is so sad gldstwmn. I am so sorry for your loss.
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 12:53 AM
Jan 2021

It’s hard to know what to say in times like this.
Words cannot describe or comfort such a loss.
They say in time it will get better. It really doesn’t.
Remembering her and rejoicing for being blessed by her
will help. The loss remains. But you are here and can help
her children remember her. I’d like to say here “after your
mourning is over”, but that sense of loss will be a part of
you and your days.

It’s going on six years since I lost my beloved.
The shock of it has subsided a little, but the deep yawning loss still
has me crying every day in spurts. Then I remember something
that I loved about him. His laugh, his wit, his voice, his hands...
And somehow I am able to get through another day.
Hopefully, you will remember your love for your sister and find
those little things that will help you, too.

Again, I’m so sorry for your loss.
I know your heart is breaking right now.
So sorry.

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