I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Libby, thank you.

Thank you, Libby. My heart aches to think that Athena is gone, but I'm glad that she won't be in any more pain. I tried to encourage her after she progressed to Stage IV, as we shared similar circumstances. She even joked that the two of us would have to put up with NED being a bigamist... then she went silent. I knew that she would not be defined by Stage IV cancer, that her life was on her terms. She is at peace.  

Libby, thank you for representing us all and doing it so well. I will wear black Alexander McQueen (virtual) today in her honor. The red lining is for her feistiness and fierceness.

R.L.  Your mention of Konakat is the first time since her death that someone talking about her here on the boards actually brought a smile to my face.  Thank you for that and for describing yesterday so perfectly.  ((((RL))))

Thank you so much HL. 

HL, in Judiasm, there is word for what you did. It's called a "mitzvah" and it means that you did something that was a blessing.....a good deed that was exceptional. I'm sure you helped Athena's family in their time of sorrow and brought some comfort to them.

what hrf said, RL.  To add, that makes you a mensch But we all knew that.

No more words to add to what all have said, and that picture, Jackie, I was crying while reading the words - and that picture, that picture, oh how true, "a picture worth a 1,000 words"

Athena would have ADORED the McQueen dress, and then one of us would have made a funny crack about "those shoes?"

GOOD NEWS, enjoyful, GOOD NEWS....now time to find the med to whack it out of da bones, dem bones, dem bones, humming a little...

I'm now imagining Elizabeth & Pamela having the most delicious chocolate cake, and always in my mind Elizabeth is wearing that pink wig - do you think they have motorcycles "up there" - furry friends at their sides munching the crumbs....

If anyone ever comes on to this thread and makes a nasty crack, or a snide remark, there's gonna be a HUGE PAW thwompin' them...I'd say throwing brussel sprouts, but they're too busy eating all that chocolate. Wine too.

HL, you described the visit with Athena's family so well I felt as if I really was peeking out from you purse.  Thank you for doing that.  

I don't know if Athena would enjoy the cake (and ice cream, of course) as much as KK.  Maybe she would prefer a good meat pie!

Not having said this enough lately - Thank-you, all of you, for being here.  This is a crappy disease, but it's brought all of you into my life, and for that i am grateful. 

E - so very glad the cancer is not in your organs.  That is very good news. 

Changed my avatar to reflect our lion continuing to plant good things, even through her death. 

Sunny - as you say, snide remarks are NOT welcome - but still, those SHOES!!! .  I never met KonaKat, but if her name reflects a place - Kona is one of my favorite places - not that I've been able to visit that many places, but still .  'sides, anyone who likes chocolate has gotta be great.

gg:  KonaKat chose her BCO name through her love of Kona coffee and her cats.  And she loved chocolate cake and ice cream!  And she was funny as heck!  When she first came on to BCO she lived in Boston.  When she turned Stage IV, having kept her Canadian citizenship, she moved back here to ensure that she received healthcare.  It's situations such as hers that remind all of us the crucial importance of universal access to healthcare.

I continue to be astounded when reading U.S. news reports of how the Repubs are desperately trying to get rid of Obamacare which would mean some 45 million citizens with no insurance.  How very heartless can they continue to be?

Definitely, not those shoes!

Thank you, everyone of you, for being here.  Thank you for loving, sharing, laughing, crying, growling, being outraged, fighting back... 

Athena was a very very special person. We will not see her like again.

Kay

Oh, dear HL - my eyes were almost dry until I read the red sweater story.

Yes, LUST is the word, for life, fashion and REAL ( english or belgium) chocolate, social justice, human rights  (HRC in Bejing at the 1995 UN International Women's Conference representing the USA as First Lady said: "Women's rights are human rights"  Just in case anyone is thinking 2016 yet . 

And everyone has My Permission ( ) to snark da shoes....low boots, actually, without nearly enuf room for my bunions....Keen Forever, until I get to the nearest town that sells SAS shoes

But I'll never hear the word Prada without thinking of Our Lioness...

Sunnyflowers ... this one is for you!

hugs

Bren

Is the lady in the pink hair KonaKat?

What I have found most interesting about the hatred of the ACA, as well as all of the other things that some people "love" to hate about our President, is that if they hear anything that supports their position of dislike they will repeat it and repeat it ad infinitum.  Whereas if they hear anything that is positive it is simply untrue (or the person who made the statement is stupid, or unreasoning).  They do not want to consider any racial overtones in their own (or any other republican's speech), even as they see racial overtones in almost any statement made by either of the Obamas (or just about any democrat). 

I received yet another email containing a bunch of anti-Obama statements the other day.  Usually I just delete them, as I have grown weary of tearing them apart piece by piece and sending back a letter stating all the reasons each of their "points" is in error.  So, I ask, what do all of you do?  Or have you managed to remove all your repressive "friends" from your email and/or fb pages?  And (since I'm asking questions), why oh why is it that for the most part the people I know who are either evangelicals or Mormons are the ones most likely to hate our current president and claim that he is the worst thing to ever happen to our nation, the worst president ever, the biggest liar, etc, etc, etc....????  Most of the Catholics, Methodists, Lutherans, etc. (what used to be considered mainstream religiouns) are either Dems or moderate Republicans and seem to like him just fine (or at most dislike some of his/Democrat policies).  I get so confused...

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