My mouse got to browsing
an old blogging friend’s bookmark list this morning. Perhaps I was missing my old friends after
Jim’s death. Most were not blogging anymore. Sometimes a family member made a note that
their father, mother, or sister had died.
Other times they had just vanished.
Their last entry would be dated many years in the past.
John, one of the first of
the elder bloggers I knew just faded away.
One day he told us he had nothing to say. In his last entry, I’m still here, he told
us. So is Graham, he added. Nothing more.
He helped me so much, and I wish I knew what happened.
Yes, so many of my friends
out here in real life have died. Janey
died of breast cancer, so did Jo. I know
what happened to them. Ronnie, with the
most intensive blogroll, has been busy with her own cancer has let her blogroll
go. I’m reminding you to check
yours. I’m reminding me to check
mine. Perhaps most of my links are still
good.
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- Himself: Working on this holiday.
I thought once I'd clear out my list. Then I looked at who is missing, and I could not.
ReplyDeleteI moved my missing friends to a new category so I could go read when I wanted to. Yes, so sad.
DeleteI miss Schmidley still.
ReplyDeleteMe too!
DeleteI had the hardest time letting her go too. I kept her and Marianna-Hilo Hattie for the longest time before I had to make myself say goodbye.
DeleteI keep hoping my missing are fine, just burned out and that someday they will post an update. Not knowing is awful.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice if people would say goodbye assuming that were possible.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are feeling better. I often wonder what will happen to my blog if (and when) I pass away. I have no one to leave a message.
ReplyDeletewe are so fragile
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