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DesertFlower

DesertFlower's Journal
DesertFlower's Journal
May 19, 2013

"if ya dun't gut your health, you gut nuthin".

i always remember those words. they were said by an elderly gentlemen in '81 who lived in my building. he and his wife were retired and they used to walk together holding hands. then she died. i tried to copy his yiddish accent.

last year my husband passed and i have health problems. even though i've always repeated those words over the years they mean much more to me now.

May 13, 2013

how would you feel if

your husband/wife had died a month ago and when you called your sister to talk she said "i can only talk to you for 5 minutes -- the bachelorette is going on". i said "can you call me when it's over"? she said "it's a 2 hour special -- i'll be too tired".

your thoughts. i posted this in the lounge -- wasn't sure if it was appropriate for GD, but i'm giving it a shot.

May 13, 2013

i just started a thread in the lounge.

would it have been inappropriate to put it in general discussion?

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Gender: Female
Hometown: queens, new york
Home country: USA
Current location: phoenix, az
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