My donor would have been seventeen. This is the year he’d have gone to the prom. This is the year he’d have graduated high school. This is the year that adulthood would start knocking on the door.
My thoughts are with his family this day.
By coincidence, this is also the 30th anniversary of the release of “Star Wars” (back before it mysteriously transmogrified into “A New Hope”).
I’m sure that there’s signficance in there somewhere.
Yesterday morning the sun was out full and was streaming in the bedroom window. The cats like to bask on top of the dresser at the window, and it’s become prime territory to have spats over during peak sunning periods. The Warrior Princess usually wins this prized location, but yesterday she temporarily abdicated it to…
Got home slightly before the Professor this afternoon. I was greeted by: Two Piles of Kitten from Hell Vomit My favorite ear cuff on the carpet in the hallway The ribbons from my college diploma taken off their display in the bedroom and left under the dining room desk One of the Professor’s socks under…
often go astray. No, I did not take myself out to dinner last night. When I got home after work, The Prof was unhappy that he wasn’t going to be spending the evening with me. He knows how important yesterday was to me, but duty called and there was no way for him to be…
Gotta love it. Here’s a real whisper down the lane: I got this from Fury22’s Diary, who got it from Butterfly1980’s diary, who got it from Nicole80’s diary. I feel like I ought to be Salamander666 or some such name, just to fit in here. Name one person you regret dating/liking: That’s easy. That jackass…
There once was a kitten with wings Who did many kitten-like things. She tangled with kites, And took long lazy flights After anything airborne that sings. ~Lawrence J. Levine, from “Kitten With Wings” AQuietEvening’s entry put the yen in my zen to go out and get myself a kite. This is not a brand new…
D’uh? I chose my favorite color as grass green, my favorite container was a keg, and I noted that caffeine is necessary, and I get this?: Made by many not-so-well-known companies you really don’t get the praise or popularity you deserve. Fruit, refreshing, and orange. Now if you weren’t caffeine-free I might drink more of…
Hugs
every memorial day, i think about you. hope you are well and i hope that the donor’s family is at peace.
I hope your donor’s family takes comfort in knowing that while he may be gone, parts of him are going on to enable others to do wonderful things in the world.
(((Hugs)))
I’ve been thinking about you today. I don’t have any words of wisdom. All I can do is send you a mental hug across the miles.
{{{Even more hugs}}}. And prayers for the donor’s family.
I was thinking about you too. ((HUGS))
One of my best friends recently got the eye of a 16 year old girl. In her honor she tries to see things differently, through the eyes of a teen girl not that of a sometimes judgemental adult. I hope your using whatever organ you got to the fullest!