Friday, December 16, 2011

The Passing

I'm going to write my own post instead of a suggestion today. The passing of a family friend recently has got me thinking about grief and mourning. It has reminded me of a year ago when a personal friend of mine who I looked up to passed suddenly at an all too young age.

It's interesting to see how people deal with it when tragedy strikes. Personally I always feel like I should feel more until it hits me and I start bawling my eyes out. In the case of last year I was a proper wreck at the funeral. So much so that people saw the need to comfort me when I wasn't the one that really needed comforting.

Yesterday was the funeral of the family friend and, although I unfortunately couldn't attend -though I really wish I could have- the first thing I asked was about how the family were. I was told that they seemed strong yet calm. I was actually told that it seemed like someone had been forcefully sedated.

I doubt this was really the case but my reply was simply, "Sometimes trauma can be a great sedative." I don't know whether this is true or not, but at the time I felt that it was. Some people lash out and go mad while others seem to struggle with it to the point of seeming like a lost, broken soul.

I think that the closer the pain hits, the stranger people seem to react. Strange to all those who do not understand yet overwhelmingly understandable to those who do, even if not initially. What do you think? How would you react to the passing of a loved one?

My belief is that we should not leave things unsaid. We don't know when this cruel world will snatch up people we care about. Mortality is a bitch.

R.I.P. Tessie Attard

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Oh hai ...

Ok so I apologise for the long hiatus, even though you don't care. I went abroad and took a break from it and I've had a hard time getting back into the writing thing. I'll start the requests again shortly, I hope.

I have quite a few titles ranging from 'Beauty' to 'Politics' to 'Airline Food' so look forward to those. I just need the little drive to write. Perhaps I should watch a couple episodes of Californication again; that always helps.

Basically this post is just to let you know that I'm still moderately alive and I shall be back writing at some point in the future. Tackling personal demons meanwhile might also be a reason why I've taken this forced break.

Until I'm back here, feel free to keep suggesting titles and, more importantly, take it easy.

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