Shitty, shitty end to the year.

Schlegel · Post by **Schlegel** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:29 pm

Some of you might remember I mentioned the family next door who were having an even rougher time than me.
Their little girl died this morning. She was ten. I always knew she had even worse odds than me, but I had been hoping so hard that things would break her way.

hideouse · Post by **hideouse** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:51 pm

Sad news.

syaigh · Post by **syaigh** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:55 pm

I'm so sorry.

judobrian · Post by **judobrian** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:58 pm

Sorry to hear that, Schlegel.

DrDonkeyLove · Post by **DrDonkeyLove** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:08 pm

So sad.

Condolences to all and good luck to you.

Hebrew Hammer · Post by **Hebrew Hammer** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:22 pm

Sorry to hear. It's just devastating to see a child die.

Schlegel · Post by **Schlegel** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:24 pm

We're trying to figure out if there's anything we can do for them, I don't know what besides the usual offer of some food, which feels pretty inadequate.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:39 pm

Devastating

Gav · Post by **Gav** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:42 pm

That's just not right. Lost my Father in law a few days before Christmas, cancer is a fuckin' bitch.

rjudo · Post by **rjudo** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:00 pm

That sucks so bad, I'm very sorry to hear. My sympathies for all.

seeahill · Post by **seeahill** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:15 pm

So sorry for that family. Food is about the only thing you can do. A card.

These gestures won't do anything to ease the pain, but they will be appreciated.

DrDonkeyLove · Post by **DrDonkeyLove** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:01 pm

Schlegel wrote:We're trying to figure out if there's anything we can do for them, I don't know what besides the usual offer of some food, which feels pretty inadequate.

Be present, go to the services, bring some food, and be there for them when the hoopla of death is over and they're still grieving but 99% of everybody else has moved on - especially when they want to talk. I never thought that stuff mattered but have seen over the years that it does and tiny acts of kindness might be remembered for years.

clutch · Post by **clutch** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:16 pm

My condolences.

Echoing DrLove: there will an initial outpouring of support from all their friends and family, and then a lot of those people will withdraw so that their ongoing involvement is less than it ever was. Don't be one of them; continue to make yourself available, let the family know that they can share their grief with you.

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:22 pm

Saddest possible news, I know it hurts everyone around the family too. Best advice I heard is actions over words, listen rather than talk, and be in it for the long run.

Two best things I read following Newtown...

http://www.ctpost.com/opinion/article/C ... 139072.php

http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opin ... 012/12/28/

___________ · Post by **___________** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:25 pm

Bobby · Post by **Bobby** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:26 pm

Sorry to hear that.Good advice,that about being for them in the long run.

Crust Bucket · Post by **Crust Bucket** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:37 pm

Sorry to hear this sadness condolences to all.
RIP little one.

tough old man · Post by **tough old man** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:55 pm

We're trying to figure out if there's anything we can do for them, I don't know what besides the usual offer of some food, which feels pretty inadequate.

Support Brother, do what you can. So sorry foreveryone.

Abandoned by Wolves · Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:55 pm

DrDonkeyLove wrote:
Schlegel wrote:We're trying to figure out if there's anything we can do for them, I don't know what besides the usual offer of some food, which feels pretty inadequate.
Be present, go to the services, bring some food, and be there for them when the hoopla of death is over and they're still grieving but 99% of everybody else has moved on - especially when they want to talk. I never thought that stuff mattered but have seen over the years that it does and tiny acts of kindness might be remembered for years.

What he said. Lost both parents to old age/cancer and a cousin to a prison brawl and a niece to an overdose and an aunt to heart failure, and it's always these things that make the difference, both at the time and in recollection years later.

My condolences.

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:56 pm

Maybe I"m just a dick, but what is the point of a thread like this?

Something awful happens to a child. Tell everyone about it? Why?

___________ · Post by **___________** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:59 pm

protobuilder wrote:Maybe I"m just a dick, but what is the point of a thread like this?

Something awful happens to a child. Tell everyone about it? Why?

Fuck you.
It helps to discuss a tragedy.
Bitch.

Dux · Post by **Dux** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:12 pm

protobuilder wrote:Maybe I"m just a dick, but what is the point of a thread like this?

Something awful happens to a child. Tell everyone about it? Why?

Confirmed. You're a dick.

seeahill · Post by **seeahill** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:59 pm

MarcoFP wrote:
protobuilder wrote:Maybe I"m just a dick, but what is the point of a thread like this?

Something awful happens to a child. Tell everyone about it? Why?

Fuck you.
It helps to discuss a tragedy.
Bitch.

Yes.

Schlegel · Post by **Schlegel** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:25 am

protobuilder wrote: what is the point of a thread like this?

We're trying to figure out if there's anything we can do for them

Andy83 · Post by **Andy83** » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:49 am

Proto. The point of threads like this if for no other reason than to bring out total assholes like you. About time you disappeared, you dumb, ignorant, stupid fuck.

Sorry to hear aboutt all your losses this past year, Schlegel.

IGX

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