Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
I think I would have nightmares!
Re: Clergy
The term for the clergy that you have described is called:
They are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.
Ever take the wrong elevator in a hospital? I did. I was upset. It was right after my brother’s nearly fatal motorcycle accident and I accidentally got on the service elevator.
An employee asked me where I was headed because I wasn’t supposed to be on that elevator. Thoughts went through my mind of ending up in the morgue area of the hospital! The employee pointed me in the right direction.
That would be creepy!
Hahaha. There are funeral homes that closed here that are now other places of business, restaurants, drugstores, daycares, etc. yeah, I have odd thoughts about it!
The opposite too. One time I went with my cousin to another cousin’s funeral. The funeral home used to be a Mexican restaurant. I kept thinking about all the tacos I had enjoyed there. My cousin too. We started laughing. It was horrible. We had to go outside to compose ourselves so the family wouldn’t wonder why we were laughing during a funeral!
We have the usual haunted houses here. New Orleans has a vampire 🧛♀️ culture because of Anne Rice being from our area. Of course there is Voodoo here. Marie Laveau was our Voodoo Queen. So lots of hoodoo and juju in our city too. New Orleans claims to be an extremely haunted city. We have cemetery tours because of our unique cemeteries.
One of the most famous haunted houses here is The Mortuary on Canal Street. It was at one time a real mortuary. It creeps me out. I’ve heard it’s really scary but I haven’t been. I have done some of the other haunted houses when younger but I can’t bring myself to attend one held in a former funeral home.
For the longest time I despised the color mauve because the funeral home that my family used had mauve walls. I always associated that color with death. I could not look at the caskets when my father died. My brothers went with my mom in that room to select one.
I guess the color mauve reminded me of my great aunts and other relatives funerals. People told kids not to be scared because the deceased were ‘just sleeping.’
That gave me nightmares for a long time. I used to think as a little girl that I would go to sleep and end up in a casket and be buried in the cemetery. It’s really a horrible thing to tell children but I guess they didn’t know any better then.
Then I say she should go for it! Why not? They very well may be a good match.
He was always a mommas boy, so it works out well for him. I just hope that he treats her better than he did the younger ones.
Men do it all the time, have a young woman so why not? Good for her!
Just curious, does he know her real age? Hahaha
I wonder how many people do lie about their age.
I think that she wanted to raise him up and train him. 😋
Never say never but why do people always assume if you are single that it's not by choice. There are many days where I wish I was.
And, yes, Happy Canadian Thanksgiving.
Perfect weather for the picnic. 80 degrees and sunny! Life in Louisiana! Father had the football game on a big projection screen. Who Dat! Hope we beat the Jaguars.
Your waist will be grateful.
Do you need some help padding the walls? That stuff comes in colors, and is used for sound proofing. The church uses it also to improve the acoustics in the sanctuary.
For a quick fix, use a construction stapler, and staple egg crate mattress pads to the walls.
Is it too cold to tour your local garden center?
Was just thinking what mass to go to, 11:30 or later this evening? I’m thinking the 11:30 service then come home and eat. Have food already cooked. Went out last night for dinner so staying home today.
Will burn a candle for everyone on the forum. 💗. Say prayers for me too please.