Can the adults please smoke?- Page 368
Can the adults please smoke?
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#9175the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 12:46pm
My deepest condolences SOMMS. Your memories of them will be a reach treasure of happiness and comfort.
And, I believe the "dead" are just absent, not innihilated. They continue to exist...just in a spirit form. And, that they are aware of you and your feelings for them. I hope you and your family can sense that.
Personal experience:
When one of my dearest friends died suddenly in her sleep at 45, she left behind a husband and 3 young sons. It was such an incredible shock. However, in the midst of our grief a group of us discovered we all had had, almost simultaneously, a unique experience that conveyed her love for us and her great sense of humor.
Three friends in different parts of Utah, one in TX and me in NY...That morning, before any of us heard of her death, her name popped into our minds and a very strong impression about the annual gathering at a Marie Callendar's restaraut on the first Saturday in December. (I participate by phone, most times...)
It was her year to organize it. All of us felt a strong impression about how important that party would be that year. By the afternoon we all had the sad news...and yes...we still had the party that December and put an honorary piece of pie in front of what would have been her chair. And we felt her there and a sense of joyful laughter. :o)
Thanks for letting me ramble. SOMMS our hearts are with you.
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NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#9176the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 12:47pmbeacon - that's lovely.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#9177the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 12:49pm
Beacon..thanks for sharing. It brought a tear to my eye, but of how sweet it was that you guys still went and put a piece of pie in her place. So sweet. 
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
beacon1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/31/04
#9178the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 12:49pm
Thanks NYADgal...It's good to be here with you guys!
Now...if this paperwork would just vanish...
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#9179the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 12:52pm
My theme song is the Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare. I've always loved it for some reason.
If I go to a movie and they play it I usually stand and "conduct"
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#9180the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 12:52pm
I figure if I just ignore it, it will go away...(the paperwork)
Or, I just give it to someone else to do. You know the person who is after the promotion...I see an opportunity for them to make a BIG difference... (so sneaky...)
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Updated On: 9/28/04 at 12:52 PM
#9181the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 12:53pmThank you all, AGAIN. I hate to be the downer at a party. I loved your story Beacon. My coworker who died was a smoker and always sat on the opened top of a reamed paper box on the brick wall in from of the building during her break . This morning, the box was out front with flowers covering it and a smoking candle. I laughed for about five minutes because it was such a great visual memory.
#9182the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 12:54pmSOMMS, I am so very sorry. Hugs, good thougts and prayers are with you.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#9183the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 12:55pmSOMMS - NOTHING to be sorry about. We adults are here because we have an awareness of ALL of life. I, for one, am honored that you feel comfortable to share your pain here, and only hope that the kind words we offer can in some way make you feel better.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#9184the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 12:59pm
I'm just doing my part to help this thread hit 10,000.
I still think 10k is gonna blow up the whole site!
#9185the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:05pm
Here's something to make us all smile...
Two blondes living in Oklahoma were sitting on a bench one evening, looking at the moon and talking.
One blonde says to the other, "What do you think is farther
away........
Florida or the moon"?
The other blonde turns and says, "Helloooooooooooooooooooo, can you see Florida from here?"...
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#9186the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:05pm
Beautifully stated, DG. I'm sure that's how we all feel.
Somms, never apologize for sharing with us. It is no bother at all. Just read the song lyics beacon posted. It rings true in this space.
Beacon, that was an inetresting story. I garee with you that those who pass on are still present. You can often feel their presence when you are open to it. It gives comfort to know taht they are still here in a different form.
#9187the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:09pmBB, that was priceless!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#9188the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:09pmRath, I'm working on the big, first act closer. You are in it, but I have to cast you with my friend, Ms. Chenowith. She's the closest to your height. Tommy Tune will play me.
#9189the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:11pm
Thanks Mom...I found it rather funny. 
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#9190the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:11pmI'm her height (almost) and I have the large chestal area as well. AND I'm a soprano...
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#9191the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:12pmI have a personal note too: The woman that I call my surragate mom, she is the reason I got into showbusiness died 3 days before I moved to NYC from AZ. It was SOOO hard for me to get thru that.....Years before it happened, we had one thing in common that Im sure some find it silly, but it seems that whenever we would look at the clock it would always read 11:11. So, she told me that whenever I saw the clock and that time was showing that she would be there right beside me. I cant tell you how many times I see that number now, and always say a little hello to "Mom".
"It never bothered me that she called me a c*nt, it bothered me that I answered to it!" Carol Channing about Ethel Merman filming an episode of "The Love Boat"
#9192the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:14pmHey Bobby..you should play that number for a year...maybe she'll bring you some money...Hmmmmmmm.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#9193the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:15pm
Boobs - very funny Since you've opened the door to blond jokes, I'll share my favorite.
One blond on the bank of a river yells across the river to her friend, "Can you tell me how to get to the other side?"
Her friend yells back, "You ARE on the other side."
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#9194the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:15pm
Bobby - I LOVE that!
I remember when I was a little girl my mom teaching me a sing-song that went:
I see the moon
The moon sees me
The moon sees somebody I want to see...
Mom told me that whenever she saw the moon she would think of me - and when I saw it I would know that she was sending me her love. And, it's true.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#9195the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:15pmThat's a great one, D!!!!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#9196the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:17pmadgal my nana taught me that song!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#9197the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:19pm
awww, mom - and now you'll teach it to Lizzie
*Hug*
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#9198the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:19pm
Very funny DG.
One of my best friend's Mom, when she was dying told her grandchildren that when they feel someone tap them on the shoulder and they turn around and no one is there...it was her just letting them know that she is still with them and loves them.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#9199the adults will continue smoking, in this or another thread.
Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:19pmWow, Boobs - that's a little - creepy...
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
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