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47of74

(18,470 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 11:56 PM Mar 2020

Today would have been my Uncle's 70th birthday.

He passed unexpectedly in 2014. Just went to bed one night and that was it. Likely a stroke.

When my turn to go upstairs comes he'll never let me live it down in the hereafter but yeah I miss him.

That said I'm glad he didn't live long enough to see that orange pile of feces move in to the White House. I'm glad he didn't have to celebrate his 70th in quarantine. It would have killed him to not be able to be with his family on that day.

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Today would have been my Uncle's 70th birthday. (Original Post) 47of74 Mar 2020 OP
My dad's 90th is this week. My brother flew from Japan for his birthday applegrove Mar 2020 #1
snail mail? pansypoo53219 Mar 2020 #2
We are getting birthday cards for him. They are turning off the news applegrove Mar 2020 #3

applegrove

(118,009 posts)
1. My dad's 90th is this week. My brother flew from Japan for his birthday
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 12:23 AM
Mar 2020

Last edited Mon Mar 23, 2020, 03:32 AM - Edit history (1)

and will not get to see him. Dad can't pick up the phone. Our private healthcare angels, some of whom are friends of the family, got pulled from the nursing home laas week. We are all devastated. Dad will be all alone save for meals and getting changed. We have a call in with the social worker to see if she can organize calls with us. But we don't want to be a burden and take up staff time and/or break the chain of hygene in the nursing home. Dad is a sweatheart and always backed us up with support for our dreams and needs. He mothered us with ample compassion and was fun as dads go. He gave us all a love of history and politics. He doesn't deserve this crisis. He would be the first to say nobody does and would have tried to mitigate this crisis for all. When he was 60 he split the wood with a wedge and an axe from his half of a huge maple that he and the neighbour had paid someone to cut down. He built rock gardens. He was a swimmer. He was a family person. I feel so guilty we can't be there for him for god knows how long.He mostly voted Liberal and worked for the Party for a while. He was in charge of having teas with rich old Liberal women to raise money for the party in the early 70s. He was perfect for that role. He bought into the conservative lies about debt in the late 80s and early 90s but got over it soon. He's still the same guy though his memory is not good. That is my only hope for now that he will not understand what is going on. Vibes to him. Vibes to them all. Vibes to everyone.

applegrove

(118,009 posts)
3. We are getting birthday cards for him. They are turning off the news
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 04:45 PM
Mar 2020

Last edited Mon Mar 23, 2020, 09:03 PM - Edit history (1)

in his room that he is addicted to. He has lots of books. Recreation department is going to set up Skype in the nursing home.

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