The Grieving Room: no host bar (updated)

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Monday October 25, 2010 · 6:49 PM PDT

2010/10/25 · 18:49

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A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the person you are "mourning" is still alive ("pre-grief" can be a very lonely and confusing time) you can come to this diary and process your grieving in whatever way works for you. Share whatever you need to share. We can't solve each other's problems, but we can be a sounding board and a place of connection.

Dem in the heart of Texas

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Monday September 13, 2010 · 4:43 PM PDT

2010/09/13 · 16:43

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Welcome to a substitute diarist edition of The Grieving Room. The wonderful noweasels was on the docket, but some unexpected work duties precluded her hosting this evening. The latest exmearden health update can be found at the end of the diary.

A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the person you are "mourning" is still alive ("pre-grief" can be a very lonely and confusing time) you can come to this diary and process your grieving in whatever way works for you. Share whatever you need to share. We can't solve each other's problems, but we can be a sounding board and a place of connection.

Click here to view previous The Grieving Room diaries.

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Monday July 19, 2010 · 8:58 PM PDT

2010/07/19 · 20:58

Greetings, all - and welcome to the Grieving Room.

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Monday July 05, 2010 · 5:58 PM PDT

2010/07/05 · 17:58

Greetings, regulars and newer readers -

Tonight's host, desmoinesdem, had to post the regular TGR diary a bit early, so I am providing this mirror diary to help you find hers more easily.

PLEASE GO HERE.

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Monday April 26, 2010 · 10:32 PM PDT

2010/04/26 · 22:32

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This isn't the diary you're supposed to be reading.

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Monday April 12, 2010 · 6:58 PM PDT

2010/04/12 · 18:58

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This diary is the work of shanikka. She didn't realize that she would still be on an airplane during hosting time. She'll be joining the thread later, so feel free to leave your comments as usual.

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How many mothers can one lose in one lifetime? As many as one embraces, I guess. As many as you let love you as a mother, probably. Since death, a natural human condition that itself is part of life, eventually comes to claim us all.

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Monday April 05, 2010 · 7:42 PM PDT

2010/04/05 · 19:42

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A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the person you are mourning is still alive ("pre-grief" can be a very lonely and confusing time) you can come to this diary and process your grieving in whatever way works for you. Share whatever you need to share. We can't solve each other's problems, but we can be a sounding board and a place of connection.

Tomorrow will be three years since my mama left me.

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Ugandan anti-gay law: more on the three Americans connected

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Monday January 04, 2010 · 10:26 AM PST

2010/01/04 · 10:26

Like many of you, I have been following (with horror) the proposed anti-gay legislation in Uganda. If it is ratified, HIV+ gays will face capital punishment for having sex, basically.

an anti-homosexuality bill that would introduce some of the world's toughest punishments for gays, with a minimum life sentence for anyone convicted of having gay sex and a mandatory death penalty if the person is HIV-positive.

Rumors have been flying and diaries have been written for weeks now about this being a secret plan by C Street-type conservative Christians, though proof has been scant. Now, however, Jeffrey Gettelman of the New York Times has finally connected the dots to three Americans who are directly involved.

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Monday December 21, 2009 · 6:26 PM PST

2009/12/21 · 18:26

It's "that" time of year again.

When I reserved this date, my plan to write about the holidays, which are always difficult for people who are grieving. Remembering our departed loved ones always puts the bitter in "bittersweet" at this crazy, stressful, celebratory time.

I decided to take a different route this week, however. Instead of the holiday memories, what I have been thinking about are those times with grandparents and my mom, hearing the stories of crazy things they did, or amazing things that happened to them or to their parents and grandparents. Who can remember them all? How can we know if the version we pass down is in any way similar to what actually happened? Why are the stories what we remember, when the memory of faces or voices fades over the years?

I went to a funeral recently, and while there were the usual tearful eulogies, eventually the three brothers of the deceased got up to speak, each in his turn. What made their words so much more poignant for me is that they didn't just talk about what a great guy my friend was. Instead, they each told a funny story or two from their childhood. For me, the sharing of these memories were the absolute best way they could have celebrated my friend's life.

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Monday December 14, 2009 · 7:54 PM PST

2009/12/14 · 19:54

Sorry for the late posting, folks...

I am on a business trip, and just got back to my home-away-from-home to discover an email from tonight's scheduled diarist, spedwybabs. She's requesting a reprieve tonight to be with a friend whose husband died suddenly.

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Tuesday November 03, 2009 · 8:10 PM PST

2009/11/03 · 20:10

As I write this, Annise Parker has captured the most votes of any of the four candidates for Mayor of our nation's fourth largest city, Houston TX.

As of 10 PM, Central, with 75% of the precincts reporting:

Annise Parker: 30.3%
Gene Locke: 24.5%
Peter Brown: 22.6%
Roy Morales: 19.7%

For those outside of Houston, this is important because Annise Parker is poised to become the first openly gay Mayor of a major American city.

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Monday October 26, 2009 · 8:31 PM PDT

2009/10/26 · 20:31

I like Patrick Murphy, D-PA.

You may remember him as one of the Iraq War vets who came home and decided to make a difference by running for Congress as a Democrat.

You may have even written a diary about his campaign, or donated to it.

But unless you're a reader of the Advocate (a LGBT periodical) or an active duty soldier, or one of Congressman Murphy's constituents, you may not know that he's one of the leaders in the fight to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

Are you wondering why? Why would a straight freshman Congressman who is an armed-forces veteran fight to get rid of DADT?

I’m in this to make public policy to make our military stronger and keep our families safe at home. We have paratroopers going down in Baghdad who do not have Arabic translators to back them up because Congress 16 years ago didn’t have the guts to do what’s right. You can’t tell me that’s a peripheral fuckin’ issue.

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