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very sorry lD.

sorry.

thanks, guys.

Sorry D. It's terrible.

to LD, I am so sorry. You have had enough of this disease in your family. I Uncle on Mom's side?

no. My dad's oldest brother. EVERY relative I have lost has been to cancer.

so sorry hunny.

thanks you. I'm worried about my grandmother. To know she's going to lose her oldest child...

she doesn't know what happened to my last response. But it said I'm sorry for your loss.

sends love

That is hard to witness, my grandmother has lost two sons.

Your love and support will be a comfort to her, remember that grief is love at its most helpless. All you can do is be there for each other.

that: "grief is love at its most helpless." Damn.

she put that line in one of her Rumi poems.

i was like "Damn" as well.

it's a visceral line. Perhaps we should all write a poem with that line in it, then see what we get.

that we'd have to credit Chels for it.

all the poems shall be titled "A Nod to Chuck9"

we will be waiting for a while. She is nunchuckin' ass at work til 11

in. Who else is in?

and how long do we have?

I will give it a go.

...a week? We meet next Sunday night and post our pieces?

that's perfect.

Can we post ealry? I'm done.

giving JustGuru the look . Ok-- you open the thread and as we finish we'll post links or... how are we going to post?

what if I open something on my blog?

I have no clue, LD. Whatever you think is best.

hmm. Can't attach a link. Ok, girl, open a thread and post yours-- I want to read it!

OK... coming your way!!

can dig it!!

this is cool. I'm excited to read them!