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[Bruinaura]

My mom passed away yesterday afternoon. She battled dementia for the last couple years, and then the last two weeks she really started shutting down. So it wasn't unexpected, but that doesn't make it easier. Although in some ways I feel like I "lost" her a while ago. They don't call it the long goodbye for nothing. Stupid disease. It's horrible.

I took today off...wrote the obituary... not something I feel particularly suited for, but who is, I guess. I hope I did it justice. Now I'm looking at flower arrangements. My stepdad has met with the funeral home, picked out the casket, etc. She'll be buried at the naval base in Pensacola with my dad.

The service is next Thursday in Florida. Going to be a long week.

 

[Mione134]

My mom passed away yesterday afternoon. She battled dementia for the last couple years, and then the last two weeks she really started shutting down. So it wasn't unexpected, but that doesn't make it easier. Although in some ways I feel like I "lost" her a while ago. They don't call it the long goodbye for nothing. Stupid disease. It's horrible.

I took today off...wrote the obituary... not something I feel particularly suited for, but who is, I guess. I hope I did it justice. Now I'm looking at flower arrangements. My stepdad has met with the funeral home, picked out the casket, etc. She'll be buried at the naval base in Pensacola with my dad.

The service is next Thursday in Florida. Going to be a long week.

My sincere condolences on the loss of your mom. Sending you all my love and prayers.

 

[Mione134]

Y’all should just move to the 500 acres of land I plan to buy in northern Ontario, we can create a real HFBruins community

No analytics nerds permitted tho

Can I call it "The Land of Chibby" ?

Tranquility is what I require, so I'm going to need a koi pond outside of my residence.

 

[NeelyDan]

Can I call it "The Land of Chibby" ?

Tranquility is what I require, so I'm going to need a koi pond outside of my residence.

We shall call it:

Chibbatonia

 

[ProdigalFan]

My mom passed away yesterday afternoon. She battled dementia for the last couple years, and then the last two weeks she really started shutting down. So it wasn't unexpected, but that doesn't make it easier. Although in some ways I feel like I "lost" her a while ago. They don't call it the long goodbye for nothing. Stupid disease. It's horrible.

I took today off...wrote the obituary... not something I feel particularly suited for, but who is, I guess. I hope I did it justice. Now I'm looking at flower arrangements. My stepdad has met with the funeral home, picked out the casket, etc. She'll be buried at the naval base in Pensacola with my dad.

The service is next Thursday in Florida. Going to be a long week.

I'm so sorry. Wishing you and your family peace. It's so hard.

 

[NeelyDan]

My mom passed away yesterday afternoon. She battled dementia for the last couple years, and then the last two weeks she really started shutting down. So it wasn't unexpected, but that doesn't make it easier. Although in some ways I feel like I "lost" her a while ago. They don't call it the long goodbye for nothing. Stupid disease. It's horrible.

I took today off...wrote the obituary... not something I feel particularly suited for, but who is, I guess. I hope I did it justice. Now I'm looking at flower arrangements. My stepdad has met with the funeral home, picked out the casket, etc. She'll be buried at the naval base in Pensacola with my dad.

The service is next Thursday in Florida. Going to be a long week.

So, so sorry. My heart breaks for you.

 

[LSCII]

My mom passed away yesterday afternoon. She battled dementia for the last couple years, and then the last two weeks she really started shutting down. So it wasn't unexpected, but that doesn't make it easier. Although in some ways I feel like I "lost" her a while ago. They don't call it the long goodbye for nothing. Stupid disease. It's horrible.

I took today off...wrote the obituary... not something I feel particularly suited for, but who is, I guess. I hope I did it justice. Now I'm looking at flower arrangements. My stepdad has met with the funeral home, picked out the casket, etc. She'll be buried at the naval base in Pensacola with my dad.

The service is next Thursday in Florida. Going to be a long week.

I'm so sorry for your loss, even if she was struggling and you knew it was coming. It's always hard to lose a parent. My deepest condolences to you and your family.

 

[Ddawg]

Sorry for your loss. Prayers being sent.

 

[BMC]

My mom passed away yesterday afternoon. She battled dementia for the last couple years, and then the last two weeks she really started shutting down. So it wasn't unexpected, but that doesn't make it easier. Although in some ways I feel like I "lost" her a while ago. They don't call it the long goodbye for nothing. Stupid disease. It's horrible.

I took today off...wrote the obituary... not something I feel particularly suited for, but who is, I guess. I hope I did it justice. Now I'm looking at flower arrangements. My stepdad has met with the funeral home, picked out the casket, etc. She'll be buried at the naval base in Pensacola with my dad.

The service is next Thursday in Florida. Going to be a long week.

I'm so sorry @Bruinaura (((Hugs)))

 

[BMC]

I'm so sorry for your loss, even if she was struggling and you knew it was coming. It's always hard to lose a parent. My deepest condolences to you and your family.

It took my father 3 years from diagnosis til death (eerie thing, his doctor was right on the money about how long he had left) I had plenty of time to get ready for it but it was still a shock when he died. My mother's death was very sudden, same thing. There is something about losing your parents, it just doesn't matter how long/how little time you have to prepare yourself for it. IMO.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

You guys would not like Texas. Not one bit.

When I was working out of IBEW Local 60 in 2009 during the recession, it got over 100 degrees every day for over three straight months. Aside from ice water provided in huge coolers and some massive fans in the unfinished building we were constructing, there was ZERO escape from the heat. At least we were shaded by the upper floors and roof from the sun.

Thankfully for me, one of the general foremen on the site noticed I had a 103 sticker on my lid and asked if I was from the Boston local (we often trade stickers, so it was a fair question). I told him I was, and then he told me about how the 103 guys took very good care of him when he was up here working on the Big Dig. He repaid their kindness by making sure I stayed out of the sun while I was on that site. I tan like an Irishman, so he did me a huge solid. Now don't think that my work wasn't hard - because I never worked so hard in my life. I just didn't need as much sunscreen as some of the other guys. It was still brutally hot.

I always tell my brother and sister electricians that if we ever have Travelers from other jurisdictions working here, for the love of God please treat them with respect. You never know how it will effect someone else down the road.

I do not miss living in Florida at all.


NOT AT ALL.

 

[Bruinaura]

It took my father 3 years from diagnosis til death (eerie thing, his doctor was right on the money about how long he had left) I had plenty of time to get ready for it but it was still a shock when he died. My mother's death was very sudden, same thing. There is something about losing your parents, it just doesn't matter how long/how little time you have to prepare yourself for it. IMO.

Yep. My dad died in May 2001 of a heart attack. Although he had a bad heart, the timing of the heart attack itself was out of the blue. He was gone very quickly.

Mom, on the other hand, suffered for a couple years with this. Multiple falls, broken bones, surgery, lengthy stays in rehab.... plus all the mental issues caused by dementia. I sometimes wondered what reality was like for her in her own mind and just thinking about it scares the daylights out of me. She is so much better off now.

 

[Ddawg]

My mom died when I was 23. She was 53 at the time, felt sick a week before she passed. She was a nurse and worked the night before she passed. Was taken to the hospital at 10:00 that morning and passed just after midnight. Dad on the other hand passed after years of being sick.

 

[Gee Wally]

My mom passed away yesterday afternoon. She battled dementia for the last couple years, and then the last two weeks she really started shutting down. So it wasn't unexpected, but that doesn't make it easier. Although in some ways I feel like I "lost" her a while ago. They don't call it the long goodbye for nothing. Stupid disease. It's horrible.

I took today off...wrote the obituary... not something I feel particularly suited for, but who is, I guess. I hope I did it justice. Now I'm looking at flower arrangements. My stepdad has met with the funeral home, picked out the casket, etc. She'll be buried at the naval base in Pensacola with my dad.

The service is next Thursday in Florida. Going to be a long week.

 

[Alicat]

My mom passed away yesterday afternoon. She battled dementia for the last couple years, and then the last two weeks she really started shutting down. So it wasn't unexpected, but that doesn't make it easier. Although in some ways I feel like I "lost" her a while ago. They don't call it the long goodbye for nothing. Stupid disease. It's horrible.

I took today off...wrote the obituary... not something I feel particularly suited for, but who is, I guess. I hope I did it justice. Now I'm looking at flower arrangements. My stepdad has met with the funeral home, picked out the casket, etc. She'll be buried at the naval base in Pensacola with my dad.

The service is next Thursday in Florida. Going to be a long week.

I am so sorry for your loss. Sending you love, hugs and cookies. Your HF Family is here for you

 

[sooshii]

My mom passed away yesterday afternoon. She battled dementia for the last couple years, and then the last two weeks she really started shutting down. So it wasn't unexpected, but that doesn't make it easier. Although in some ways I feel like I "lost" her a while ago. They don't call it the long goodbye for nothing. Stupid disease. It's horrible.

I took today off...wrote the obituary... not something I feel particularly suited for, but who is, I guess. I hope I did it justice. Now I'm looking at flower arrangements. My stepdad has met with the funeral home, picked out the casket, etc. She'll be buried at the naval base in Pensacola with my dad.

The service is next Thursday in Florida. Going to be a long week.

I’m so sorry Bruinaura. I lost my mom the same way. May your happy memories of your mother bring you comfort.

 

[Kate08]

So sorry for your loss, @Bruinaura . May her memory be a blessing.

And may you be blessed with all the cookies and daisy love you can handle as you work through this!

 

[quietbruinfan]

My mom passed away yesterday afternoon. She battled dementia for the last couple years, and then the last two weeks she really started shutting down. So it wasn't unexpected, but that doesn't make it easier. Although in some ways I feel like I "lost" her a while ago. They don't call it the long goodbye for nothing. Stupid disease. It's horrible.

I took today off...wrote the obituary... not something I feel particularly suited for, but who is, I guess. I hope I did it justice. Now I'm looking at flower arrangements. My stepdad has met with the funeral home, picked out the casket, etc. She'll be buried at the naval base in Pensacola with my dad.

The service is next Thursday in Florida. Going to be a long week.

Condolences, my half-sister is going through the same thing with her mom. It is a terrible drain on everyone.

 

[caz16]

My mom passed away yesterday afternoon. She battled dementia for the last couple years, and then the last two weeks she really started shutting down. So it wasn't unexpected, but that doesn't make it easier. Although in some ways I feel like I "lost" her a while ago. They don't call it the long goodbye for nothing. Stupid disease. It's horrible.

I took today off...wrote the obituary... not something I feel particularly suited for, but who is, I guess. I hope I did it justice. Now I'm looking at flower arrangements. My stepdad has met with the funeral home, picked out the casket, etc. She'll be buried at the naval base in Pensacola with my dad.

The service is next Thursday in Florida. Going to be a long week.

I am so sorry, I really feel for you and your family. While it is a relief, it brings many different emotions. Losing my Dad in February the same way, I truly understand. Cherish your memories of the good times. May she RIP.

 

[caz16]

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I love this, I read it at my Mom's funeral, it is beautiful.

 

[Fenway]

A popular Boston sports bar that has served Celtics and Bruins fans for three decades will be catering to another sports clientele very soon.

The Harp, which has been a Causeway Street fixture since 1993, will open a second location at Patriots Place outside of Gillette Stadium later this year, providing Patriots and New England Revolution fans another pre-game option for food and drinks.

Operated by Briar Group — which also runs Hurricane’s at the Garden, Ned Devine’s, and Patriot Place bar and live music venue Six String Grill & Stage — The Harp will debut a sleek new look when it opens in the space previously occupied by CBS Sporting Club.

 

[Olden McGroin]

A ham and cheese sandwich at Eli Zabar’s E.A.T. on the Upper East Side now costs $31.57 — $29 plus tax — and Gothamites are experiencing intense sticker shock over the cost of what was once a working-class staple.

$29 ham and cheese sandwich a total rip-off — so why are NYers eating it up?

 

[Bruinaura]

A ham and cheese sandwich at Eli Zabar’s E.A.T. on the Upper East Side now costs $31.57 — $29 plus tax — and Gothamites are experiencing intense sticker shock over the cost of what was once a working-class staple.

$29 ham and cheese sandwich a total rip-off — so why are NYers eating it up?

 

[Mione134]

A ham and cheese sandwich at Eli Zabar’s E.A.T. on the Upper East Side now costs $31.57 — $29 plus tax — and Gothamites are experiencing intense sticker shock over the cost of what was once a working-class staple.

$29 ham and cheese sandwich a total rip-off — so why are NYers eating it up?

Wtf is "health bread"

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Anyone else have the unique pleasure of having to inspire a division of people when you are not feeling “on”

It’s a particular kind of hell lol

I learned early on in my career that I'm just not a good manager of people. Partly because I want them to give the same amount of F's that I do, and I'm sort of a perfectionist. I'm much happier finding solutions and being able to test and implement them. Plus being a consultant means I have a looser relationship with the managers of the teams I support, and my experience allows me to be more of a support than a minion.

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You know what's crazy? I've been much more prone to allergies here in AZ then I ever was in MA.