The Grieving Room: Happy Anniversary

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Monday February 22, 2010 · 5:53 PM PST

2010/02/22 · 17:53

This month will be my parent’s anniversary. They were married 2 days before my birthday – many years before I was born – but I used to call them up every year and ask – that wasn’t it lucky that they got married just before I was born? I know a corny inside family joke... It has been three years since I have been able to have that joke with them. My father passed three and 1/2 years ago and my mother three and 1/4 years ago.

A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the person you are "mourning" is still alive ("pre-grief" can be a very lonely and confusing time) you can come to this diary and process your grieving in whatever way works for you. Share whatever you need to share. We can't solve each other's problems, but we can be a sounding board and a place of connection.

mollyk

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Monday December 07, 2009 · 5:59 PM PST

2009/12/07 · 17:59

Today is my mother's birthday and today is the day we buried her 3 years ago. She was rather sensitive that her birthday was Pearl Harbor day, so one year I called her up and asked her what did it feel like to share her birthday with Larry Bird - she replied - who is Larry Bird? Just a little back drop - my mother lived in Boston and at the time I asked her - the Boston Celtics were very, very hot and one of the reasons was because of Larry Bird. But my mother always true to form was just a little different from the rest of us and did not know who Larry Bird was.

A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the person you are "mourning" is still alive ("pre-grief" can be a very lonely and confusing time) you can come to this diary and process your grieving in whatever way works for you. Share whatever you need to share. We can't solve each other's problems, but we can be a sounding board and a place of connection.

mollyk

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Monday September 28, 2009 · 5:27 PM PDT

2009/09/28 · 17:27

A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the person you are "mourning" is still alive ("pre-grief" can be a very lonely and confusing time) you can come to this diary and process your grieving in whatever way works for you. Share whatever you need to share. We can't solve each other's problems, but we can be a sounding board and a place of connection.

The phone rang just after midnight on August 26th, 2006. The woman on the phone was looking for a number to reach my mother. I knew then - I asked her if my father was okay.

mollyk

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Thursday March 12, 2009 · 12:41 AM PDT

2009/03/12 · 00:41

There have been much discussion about earmarks - which is a good thing just because more discussion - more transparency. All earmarks are not created equal, all earmarks are not bad, curiously earmarks have decreased as the more public they have become. I do not know if we should altogether remove earmarks - my guess is that they were created because something was not working and earmarks appeared to solve the problem.

But I have been pretty peeved that the members of congress that did not vote for the bill - complaining about wasteful earmarks - which they themselves had earmarks in.... follow me after the fold for my rant and my proposed solution, maybe?.

mollyk

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Wednesday September 17, 2008 · 9:39 AM PDT

2008/09/17 · 09:39

Today the NYTimes ran an article: Abortion Issue Again Dividing Catholic Votes - that I feel oversimplied the Catholic vote. I makes us appear that how we vote is a simple binary choice - abortion. What also distressed me was the 'incomplete' information that was provided about each presidential candidates stands on abortion. So I actually wrote a letter to the NYT.

mollyk

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Saturday September 13, 2008 · 7:10 PM PDT

2008/09/13 · 19:10

I had amazing mother - she was gifted, impulsive, artistic, intuitive - drove me crazy and I miss her terribly. She passed in November of 2006. One of the last things we did together - she bought Obama's book 'Audacity of Hope'. We debated both Hillary Clinton versus Obama. She really identified with Hillary - and that it was her turn - but she was beginning to swayed by the brilliance and hopefulness of Obama. She would have so enjoyed the primaries - we would have had some heated discussions.

And she had Alzheimer's disease.

mollyk

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 12:35 AM PDT

2008/09/04 · 00:35

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright campaigned for Barack in Pennsylvania, yesterday. I have respected Albright for many years - as the first female Secretary of State, I have always found her views of the world forthright and informative. Speaking today before a packed hall at Bryn Mawr college in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Secretary Albright laid out an outline of the issues that will need to be addressed in the world today. She left no doubt about how she felt about Barack being up to these challenges.

mollyk

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Monday July 07, 2008 · 4:52 PM PDT

2008/07/07 · 16:52

Okay I first must admit - I listen to talk radio when I am driving - I think it is a genetic thing my grandmother did (she actually listened to Larry King). Anyway during the day my only choice is Rush Limbaugh and Neal Boortz- AirAmerica had a short stint in my area - but disappeared - but that is another diary.

So about 2 weeks ago a caller called in to Neal Boortz’s show to discuss the economics of Oil. The caller told Boortz that he was not supplying the public the complete information about Oil and the prices. He started out with the comment that Oil companies like Chevron, Exxon, etc buy oil on 5 year contracts. Then he started to explain what he meant by that. What caught my attention beyond the content was how FAST Boortz started shutting him down and then hung up on him - before the caller could explain and further. Okay, I was curious but not enough to motivate me to research what the caller was discussing. And from listening the Boortz - the nature of his show he will hang up on a caller - if they do not follow his lead.

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