Comments on: Church Thoughts

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:13:31 +0000

Mine also died April 30 — in 2007. She was my first relative that I knew well enough, and was old enough, to really understand the loss. My birthday is at the end of May, and I always got a birthday card from her. It was really hard not getting that card. I’m sorry for your loss.

By: Kaybea

Kaybea — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:11:22 +0000

So, my Poppy passed last year and we had a VERY Irish Catholic mass. Well, the priest went to give himself communion during said mass, forgot to turn his microphone off and proceeded to “om nom nom nom” over the church speaker system. I busted out laughing, I couldn’t have cared less everyone was staring at me, it was great.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:04:27 +0000

Don’t let a little (fun) inappropriate behavior keep you from doing things like that. :)

By: Shirneen

Shirneen — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:58:00 +0000

OMG you are too funny! Maybe it is just a defense mechanism so you don’t let the grief take you over. Nothing would be worse than going into the “ugly cry” right there in the church. I will bet that your Grandmother was looking down from Heaven and just enjoying every minute of it…..really!

By: Kerosena

Kerosena — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:25:40 +0000

I’m sorry for your loss. It sounds like your grandma was truly loved.

I’m also a victim of overactive brain, but mine occurs whenever I try to get a massage. It’s impossible for me to relax when I have to think about the crappy “whale song” music, and wonder if the massage therapist just recently got out of massage school, and if it was everything she’d hoped it would be, and if she gets tired of touching strangers, and how many massages a day does she give anyway, and how much does she make an hour, and is it enough to live on, and what is the average career span of a massage therapist-because I’d imagine anyone would get sick of that job in less than a year…and on and on.

By: Casey

Casey — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:03:54 +0000

I do this too! Which is why I don’t want a “funeral”. I want a big party where people can tell each other stories about me and laugh and not feel like they’re doing anything wrong by celebrating. It’s still ok to cry and look forlorn but you try being all serious when my last wishes state that party hats and noise makers are NOT optional.

By: Carlene

Carlene — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:19:30 +0000

@el – Thank you! Glad to hear we have another rider on the Crazy Train.

By: el

el — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:17:23 +0000

Carlene, I love your posts! This one and the African studies post… couldn’t stop laughing. I will now be a regular reader!