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Permalink Reply by Mel Pierce on September 20, 2012 at 12:54pm

Hi Becky, 

I think we may all have done this at one time or another, identified with someone's pain or fixated on things like this. On the other hand, it would not hurt to get a checkup you know and talk about your concerns with a dr. I know I had this place on my leg once and was sure it was skin cancer it was well a very common thing people get that is not in the least bad. But I did fixate on it for a while before I went to the dr about it. 

Yeah, when someone close dies or even when a famous person dies it certainly does make us realize how fragile life can be. And often times we do ponder about our own limited time here on earth.  I can relate to that totally. 

Death is well a normal thing to think about.I know most people don't but one does as they get older. It does make you get real about life (maybe depends on the person) and realize that this is not all there is.... or maybe some people think this is all there is but I don't. I just kind of rambled here but anyway.....  mfrancis

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Permalink Reply by dream moon JO B on September 21, 2012 at 3:16pm

iv had 1 of them days today i thnk i shud of stopet on bed all day it mite hav bean beter for me i missit 3 bus but the 3rd bus woz my own falt i woz day dreaming in 1 off those stareing in to spase i relized that the 3rd bus went past went to the shop fogot wot i went in for i woz giving a cat treat sum tuna sum of that landrd on the tabel just as well i havent got kids 

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Permalink Reply by Kathy S McBee on September 29, 2012 at 8:50pm

This isn't a stupid day. A stupid day is thinking you - and those you love - will always be there. (In other words, a 'normal' day.) We don't last forever. In time, the physical symptoms will probably pass (getting a check-up by a doc isn't a bad idea if you keep putting it off), but you've been confronted by a fact of life - we just don't last forever.

Give yourself a break. You're normal. Sometimes we just get hit with the fact that we are 'dust in the wind' and we need to deal with it. A loss does that to us. And every one of us, prepared as we might be, will leave behind something that needs attention - dogs, a house, or whatever. Someone will be hurt by the loss - if we're lucky. And the survivors go on.

As a survivor, I'm familiar with crazy thoughts. I am their queen. Imagination and reality blend - in part because we don't see the whole picture while we're here. I've dealt with death from the time I was in first grade until now - at 55 - and I still get hit on my 'blind side' by it. 

All that, I suppose, to say that I hope you give yourself a break. As far as I can see, you're normal.

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