"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

Please pray for my grandmother. She's in hospice and is near the end. Getting ready to leave for Harrisburg today and forgot hiking boots. Went in to get them and my father was distraught. My mothers mother just went into hospice a couple days ago and the last coherent thing she said was her pain would be over now. She's been seeing all if the old people long gone. My fathers side too, of whom she was very close to. It was tough this afternoon but I am not as sad about the inevitable as I thought I would be. I am sad that we I didn't get to spend more time with her. I was very close to my fathers parents and my mothers grandmother but only became close to Mommom in the last ten years. She's had a good run at 87 yrs and is tougher than I thought. Scotch Irish Austrian, she liked her sangria with her girls and did what she wanted, but always put her grandchildren first. I didn't know until much later but she kept a roof over our heads when I was a kid, while my parents struggled. My oldest sister and I were angels at my fathers mothers house but we raised hell at my mothers mothers house. She put up with a lot. So did my great grandmother. My Austrian Czech great grandmother lived to 99 but my grandmother looks uncannily the same at the end. My great gran was a hundred pounds soaking wet, but my grandmother wasn't fat but not skinny since I've known her. It was tough seeing just skin and bones.

Life goes on, squeeze your loved ones and be thankful to have known them. I never got to know my mothers father, I take solace knowing I'll meet him when I make the trip.
 
Prayers sent to your direction, Dan!

Sorry to hear this. Thanks for your family history. All the best to you and your family.
 
Smoke sent, Dan for you and your family. May it be an easy passing for her.
 
Sorry to hear this Dan, my thoughts are with you and your family.

Jack
 
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, Dan.
 
Sad day here today. We made the decision to have our old dog Tanner put down this morning. We got him when Emily was 2, she will be 19 this month. He's had a great run and we are doing the right thing for him but still feel pretty low about it. Everyone with a dog give them a little extra petting today in honor of old Tanner please. He was is and will always be a good boy.

Jim
 
Dan, I'm very sorry to hear that. I don't know how much I can ask of the guy upstairs, but I'm going to put in a request for a favor for your grandmother. Smoke sent up as well!
 
Prayers and positive energy sent for Tanner and your family. He will be waiting for you at the pets Rainbow Bridge.
Bob
 
All I can say is that old age sucks. At 87, she had a good long run. But still it's hard on those that are watching and wanting to do something to fix it. Smoke signals sent.
 
My son called me from Jerusalem Friday morning our time. He left Jerusalem this morning his time to return to Tel Lashich, the site of the dig. Spent Thursday at the Valley of Elah "walking in the steps of David" as he put it. He told the professor from the Hebrew University (Yossi Garfinkel, IIRC), who escorted a few of them around, he was going to down to the stream bed to find a sling stone since they were in the vicinity of where David picked up his five. I thought it hilarious that the professor explained that the small stones in the stream bed had to be trucked in since tourists basically remove the river bed seeking sling stones. Zachary then decided he'd not make the trek to the stream bed. Zachary told me the last couple of days have been emotionally and spiritually overwhelming causing him to finally break down at the Wailing Wall when he realized he understood the prayer said for him there even though it was in Hebrew.

He's going to recall this trip for the rest of his life.

http://digs.bib-arch.org/digs/tel-lachish.asp

http://popular-archaeology.com/issu...haeologists-return-to-ancient-city-of-lachish


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Wow, Dan, sounds like your grandmother is going through and seeing the same thing my Dad did as I watched him die. For some reason I later found peace in that.

Condolences. May you, your family, and your grandmother find peace in your futures.
 
Thank you everyone. Prayers for Tanner, Jim. I have an old pup, about 14, I hate having to think about having to put him down, but every time I've resolved to do it, he gets a burst of energy. Best dog I've ever had, and I've had quite a few. When my great grandmother passed, one of my pups died about ten years old, and the following day, my great gran passed. I do believe old Beau will be my grandmothers escort to the other side.

Leghog, I have been praying for your sons safety over there. I am glad he is having a good trip, and a thought provoking one.
 
I had not seen the post about you Grandmother Dan when I posted about Tanner. I just posted and ran so to speak. I am very sorry to hear about her troubles. I guess dealing with loss and sadness is as much a part of the human experience as anything. I will say a prayer for her and you and your family.
Thanks to all who took a moment to think of my old dog or maybe one of their own.

Jim
 
You know, my Dad never had to threated to stop his car to take care of unruly kids. His arms were long enough and his aim true enough, he could reach back from the driver seat of that old Ford Falcon station wagon and knock the head(s) of his intended target(s) without taking either eye off the road in front of him. By the time you realized what hit you, both of his hands were on the steering wheel in front of him.

I watched that man die 14 years ago. I miss him, terribly sometimes.
 
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