Bad news

Mom and I weren't home from the gem show (tell you about it tomorrow) an hour when we got the call.

Her brother, the one I call Lucky Uncle, had a heart attack and passed away very unexpectedly. He was Mom's last sibling.

And my only thought was I hate my intuition. She had wanted me to take my dress clothes back when I went for my oncology appointment because I have an insane amount of clothing here right now but I said no. I'm going to need it for a funeral. (to be fair I was thinking of my other uncle or my brother's father in law who are both in frail health, but I knew I would need it)

This is going to be a hard week coming. Especially with my aunt who was one of those who wanted her husband to do everything. She is going to be lost.

Writerly Ways

I'm here alone. Lucky Uncle's wife is...there's no nice way to say this. She depended on him for literally everything. Her brother and his partner came down with her at the hospital and then went back to work...so she called us. You see, he died at the lake house. We were all going to go down but my parents left me here to watch the house (why, I'm not sure but I'm not arguing) She can't close up the boat/house/drive herself back (she could do the last two things but doesn't feel capable) And no one deserves to be left all alone the day their spouse of 50+ years dies. So they're there and I'm here and I'm doing this link post because well what else can I do? It gives me something to do.

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