See you in a few days

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:49 am

I'm going to be out of town for a few days. The man I was named for, who was my father's best friend, and whom we all called Uncle, died. He was closer to our family than many of our real relatives. It was a long time coming, but it is still a huge blow.

I'll talk to you all when I get back.

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:36 pm

Sorry to hear your sad news Noise. *Cyber hug making its way down the phone lines as we speak.*

I hope the funeral goes as well as one can go. will be thinking of you and your family at this sad time, and look forward to your return.

taz · Post by **taz** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:40 pm

My condolences Noise...take care!

Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:15 pm

taz wrote:My condolences Noise...take care!

likewise from me. best wishes for a smooth trip.

sulkygirl · Post by **sulkygirl** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 4:29 pm

Sorry about your loss, noise.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 8:01 pm

Sorry, to. Not much else to say.

Post by **BlueChair** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 8:25 pm

My condolences.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 12:37 pm

Thanks for your condolences, all. And thanks for the very nice private messages. I will answer them personally.

It's the strangest thing about funerals. I was unexpectedly in my hometown, surrounded by people I love very much. Friends and family that would do anything for. Sleeping in the guest room of my oldest friend and her husband, whom I had not seen nor really had a conversation with for 7 years. I saw the house I lived in from birth to graduation (now covered with battleship-grey aluminum siding, obscuring the the former stately white wood), and I ate lunch in the kitchen of my old next door neighbor's house. I had not felt that Baltimore was my home anymore for about 10 years. And in most ways it is not. But it turns out that home is not where you live (or even where you hang your head). It's where people love you and you love them. Where you can be gone for a day, a week, or 7 years and pick up right where you left off. I feel very lucky to find that I have a home in so many places.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 12:59 pm

Oh Noise, I just saw this post! I'm so sorry. I got back into town late on Tuesday and didn't look around the board much for a day or two.

You're lucky to feel that good about going home again. When I went back to Chattanooga for my brother's funeral last year it was the most awkward thing to be back in that town. I left there only 7 years ago and yet I was treated mostly like a stranger by friends and family (a dysfunctional lot they are). It was as if I had done something wrong by moving away. I didn't let it get to me much, because moving was one of the best things I ever did and I know that for sure.

Again, I'm sorry for your loss.

Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 1:49 pm

noise wrote:
But it turns out that home is not where you live (or even where you hang your head). It's where people love you and you love them.

that statement belongs in the "one true thing" thread. it's one reason why i LOVE the Twin Cities - i've never lived there, but i have good friends there, and it feels like home every time i visit.

welcome back.