Late Birthday Thanks and some sadness.
Mar. 7th, 2015 02:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Hello fandom!
I'm so sorry I've been so far away the past few weeks. My grandmother has been nearing the end of her life for the past month and I knew my birthday was going to be a hard time.
Nobody in my family (at home) remembered it and that was a bit of a punch to the gut, but then, as I get older, I'm not asking for much more than an acknowledgement. But fandom swooped in and blew me away and my birthday wasn't bad at all.
I received 60 well wishes in the forms of email, tumblr messages, lj pms, virtual gifts, lj posts, facebook posts, facebook IMs, and gifty things. So Thank you for that! Really it means the world to me. The Saturday after my birthday with my mom, grandma, family and uncle was bittersweet. It was a happy birthday/so long grandma party and you can imagine the awkward feels that inspired.
Anyway. I received word from my mother that my grandmother passed at 11:15 this morning after taking her death with dignity prescription and it was wonderful news. And my fandom friend
slr2moons and I were out on our weekly walk when I got the news, so that was nice. I turned to her and said, "you know, I've been grieving for the past 3 weeks and now that it's over, all I feel is relief and thankfulness that she's not suffering and went on her own terms." Cancer is a motherfucking bitch and I feel really blessed that my grandma had the opportunity to take care of her affairs, to say goodbye, and to just let go before it wrecked her with more pain than anyone should have to feel.
Okay... jeez, mab... enough depressing.
Look at the birthday gifts my lovely friends did for me! Thank you all for being so unique and wonderful. The collective creativity and caring in fandom is magical. It's precious. Thank you.
A Haiku
Determination by
digthewriter
A Drarry poem and Art
I'm Drowning by
nobunakira
A Jason/Percy/Luke fic
Percy Jackson Has a Type by jercydrabbles aka yvieisqueer
A Jason/Percy (Jercy) ficlet
Birthday Jercy Treat by Razielim
The beginning of a new Apollo/Zephyrus series
Creepiness has its Benefits by malkuthehighwind
I'm so sorry I've been so far away the past few weeks. My grandmother has been nearing the end of her life for the past month and I knew my birthday was going to be a hard time.
Nobody in my family (at home) remembered it and that was a bit of a punch to the gut, but then, as I get older, I'm not asking for much more than an acknowledgement. But fandom swooped in and blew me away and my birthday wasn't bad at all.
I received 60 well wishes in the forms of email, tumblr messages, lj pms, virtual gifts, lj posts, facebook posts, facebook IMs, and gifty things. So Thank you for that! Really it means the world to me. The Saturday after my birthday with my mom, grandma, family and uncle was bittersweet. It was a happy birthday/so long grandma party and you can imagine the awkward feels that inspired.
Anyway. I received word from my mother that my grandmother passed at 11:15 this morning after taking her death with dignity prescription and it was wonderful news. And my fandom friend
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Okay... jeez, mab... enough depressing.
Look at the birthday gifts my lovely friends did for me! Thank you all for being so unique and wonderful. The collective creativity and caring in fandom is magical. It's precious. Thank you.
A Haiku
Determination by
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
A Drarry poem and Art
I'm Drowning by
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
A Jason/Percy/Luke fic
Percy Jackson Has a Type by jercydrabbles aka yvieisqueer
A Jason/Percy (Jercy) ficlet
Birthday Jercy Treat by Razielim
The beginning of a new Apollo/Zephyrus series
Creepiness has its Benefits by malkuthehighwind
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Date: 2015-03-07 10:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-03-07 11:48 pm (UTC)I'm finding distractions through writing. Doing a collab piece just for the hell of it. XD
*hugs*
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Date: 2015-03-07 11:17 pm (UTC)*hugs you tight*
But I'm glad fandom gave you a wonderful birthday and showed its love. And it's comprehensible that you were put out with your family. *hugs again*
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Date: 2015-03-07 11:48 pm (UTC)*hugs back*
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Date: 2015-03-07 11:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-03-07 11:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-03-07 11:49 pm (UTC)Also, funny story... my mom was sure to tell me that grandma chose to go while wearing her favorite pajamas which were a Christmas gift from me several years ago. That was really heartwarming.
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Date: 2015-03-07 11:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-03-08 12:13 am (UTC)Many hugs! <3
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Date: 2015-03-10 02:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-03-08 01:02 am (UTC)Loves to you. And Happy Birthday.
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Date: 2015-03-10 02:04 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-03-08 01:47 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-03-08 04:28 am (UTC)I"m sorry about your Grandma. Cancer is a fucking asshole. No doubt.
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Date: 2015-03-10 02:05 am (UTC)Yeah.. Cancer is the thing that just needs to fuck off.
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Date: 2015-03-08 05:15 am (UTC)((hugs))
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Date: 2015-03-10 02:05 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2015-03-08 08:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-03-10 02:07 am (UTC)*hugs too*
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Date: 2015-03-08 08:58 am (UTC)And Happy Belated Birthday. amor. I'm very sorry I missed it! *hugs you tight*
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Date: 2015-03-10 02:08 am (UTC)Thanks, bb. No worries about missing my b-day. I got uber loved by fandom as it is. :)
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Date: 2015-03-08 11:37 am (UTC)If your birthday didn't gp as you wants, maybe you need to have make-up birthday. It's never too late!
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Date: 2015-03-10 02:11 am (UTC)XD I'm not really concerned about my b-day. It was just a wee bit of a not-happy feeling to have my household family not remember on top of being all sad about grandma's last days.
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Date: 2015-03-08 12:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-03-10 02:12 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2015-03-08 01:32 pm (UTC)*SQUISHES* <3
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Date: 2015-03-10 02:16 am (UTC)*squishes too*
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Date: 2015-03-08 05:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-03-10 02:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-03-08 06:11 pm (UTC)Lots and lots of hugs. ♥
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Date: 2015-03-10 02:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-03-09 02:07 pm (UTC)Very glad you were surrounded by love and good wishes on your birthday! Hope it's a theme that continues through the year. <3
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