h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

In #1 family :I have family members that are upset and considering me a traitor for wanting to protest the war.I have members going to Afganistan and Kuwait. All 3 are nothing to celebrate!

Family #2:I have two siblings having a nervous breakdown over the death of two others. Twinny has not had a phone again since the day I was fortunate to be able to inform her our brother Charlie died. She was very upset Twinny heart is broken. She did not go to the funeral because another sis is violent towards her when surrounded by family When she IS not violent she is huddled in a corner in a fetal position recalling the horrors of early childhood How sad that so many are suffering the cruelty of one woman. She is dead but still killing others slowly and methodically. She still holds them by the throat from the grave. Whether she has an afterlife or not, she still lives, still harms, still divides here on earth.

#3 hubbies family: Things are calm there. No one going to war. No one breaking down. No one being hateful

#4 family : My brother I grew up with. He married our raging Mother in disquise Since Mom died last spring he has been going to visit me. He promised things would change, he would see me more. He says I am his best friend. *sigh* I love him dearly and miss him. For whatever reason things are not changing for the better yet.

#4 Hubby is worried. He hardly ever worries. He is worried about the future. I know he is cause he stresses I should not worry! I have noticed life is tolerable at these times, when he's assured I have no urgent worries I understand

Sometimes..... Hootoo is a great place to put worries.

abbi... we haven't e-mailed in a while. I'm sorry to hear things are not going smoothly. ("Well" wasn't expected - but smoothly could be managed, even in a time of grief.)

Whatever you need... I'm here.

G.

So to hear things're as rough as they are abbi, I can only hope, for everyone's sake, that the difficulties are as minimal as possible.

Dear Abbi (sound like I am writting to agony aunt, but I do it as friend)

Family are rare bread of creatures in hand you need them and other hand you sometimes want them to life as far away as it can be. I have feeling you have great respect for your family. keep that, because no one take that from you. I know it is hard to see members of your family in pain. let them know you are there, but I know you are there for them.

about hubbie. I could tell him not worry, but I am not sure that will help. tell he is not alone he has you, but more people worry about future.

as you know I am bit of mr positive I think future will have some clouds, but sun will shine even brighter, because live in the age of the media. I do not mean we can follow war as drama, but thru internet we will get more friends from different parts of the world and we will bond.

long live the rainbow being of

Sounds like Family #2 needs to hire a curer to deal with the ghost.

The rest of the problems will probably be amenable with endurance.

Thank you pheloxi
You make me proud to consider you a friend.
You are a dear person, I appreciate your positiveness.
I am usually that person for many folksEvery now and then.......as I am sure U know *sigh*

You and the others here often help a lot.
Hubby used to worry more ,when I laid all the things I write about here, on him!
So it does help.
He asks how everyone is, many by name!

Hootoo has been a great inlet and outlet for me

U R right!Family #2 could use that!

My roommate, Rita, says Family #2 could probably find some phony wapiya in the phone book who'd do it for grocery money.

Actually, I shouldn't be so glib about it since it sounds pretty serious, especially for people who probably don't believe the ghost problem's for real. But it is and as you have seen it can make people very, very ill.

A team of therapist would not be out of line.
Unfortunately, Therapy nor Meds have not been sought for the 2 most in need.
Alcohol is the substance of choice.
I understand they want to drown the pain, who doesn't *want* to?
Alcohol has drowned half our genetic pool!Not before reproducing more to do the same. The ones that were physically healthy drink. The ones that do not drink are ridden with multi generational physical problems.What a blatant physical manifestation.Either way they all die young

My brother C* whom just died,quit drinking.
In his world,that means the hardstuff
Dr. asked that he keep his daily alcohol to 13 or 14 beers while on chemo and an extreme experimental dose of radiation therapy. He laughed ,ignored and lived longer than expected staying true to his nature to the end!His seventh wife left him the month before he died. He died alone in a motel room.That is tragic to us. It is what he expected and seemed to know would happen. He had many offers but refused to go home with anyone.

C* was a fun loving. Had a wicked mouth and wit.
He was always smiling, winking and scheming with a twinkle in his eye.
He was always surrounded, followed,and married by ~ women.
They were always leaving him for being a scoundrel.
There was always a parade, going both directions.

He lived long enough to be reunited with all his siblings but one.
No one knows about the one, undiscovered as of yet.
He always had a smile,kiss,hug an a crude joke for us.

Till we meet againCharlie!

Abbi- I assume the woman who is speaking from the grave is either your mother or your Birth mother. The father of my children had a mother-now dead and a father-now dead who are still speaking to him from the grave. A certain amount (although small ) of peace was made between he and his mother before she died of cancer but unfortunately in trying to search the whereabouts of his father who he hadn't seen or heard from in 30 yr.s ended up with a death cirteficate. No closure there. Jim and his 2 siblings were horribly abused both mentally and physically during their childhood. His brother committed suicide at age 26 and his sister has been in and out of mental institutions for most of her life.- Jim survived only because he ended up in a foster home at age 13 until he was 17. A tdrue salvation and turning point in his life. However, he is still very much haunted by his childhood, has nightmares and only divulges information in a piecemeal manner. I suppose, what i'm trying to say after all of this is that you too are definately a survivor. From what I can see, you have come out of a family from hell as a strong person who isn't willing to let ghosts defeat you. I tdruly admire you for this and above all, you should admire yourself. Against all odds "keep on trucking" K

Thank-you Kasese

I was speaking of "The Incubator". Twinny and I un-affectionately call the spawner.
I DO thank her for life AND for giving me up at 6.
I personally have felt some relief knowing she is gone.
I used to be haunted every fall in particular,it has eased greatly.
That was not the case for everyone.
Her two "loyal children"; entrusted to tell *her lies* followed her in death within a short time.
Eeerie.

My Mother who raised me ALSO died last April 20th. Both my parents did better than was done to/with them as kids. I give them lots of credit and thanks for that. The world will improve if more people do that.

Many people surpass the odds. Peoples spirits are resilient and unique it's difficult to guess who WILL be a survivor!


I do all my own stunts.