I’d like to sincerely thank everyone for their concern over the past few days. It really does make me feel good to know there are people out there who care. In all honesty, I’ve been absolutely fine. It’s all very distant and detached and doesn’t even seem real. The only person in my family that I’ve spoken with is my sister Amanda. She’s the one who called me and told me that my grandmother had died. Apparently, my dad asked her to email me but she thought better of it. Thanks, Amanda.

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This is something that’s really pissed me off: no one bothers to tell Josh anything. I know that my family was never very close to begin with, but I always thought that “times like these” brought a family together. Nope. Three weeks ago, when my grandmother had a stroke and it looked like it was all over for her, no one bothered to tell me – I had to read about it in my sister’s blog! I tried to call everyone in my family to find out what exactly had happened and ended up leaving half a dozen answering machine messages. I spent three days trying to find out. Nobody called me. Is that selfish of me? Wanting to be in the loop? I tried to call my dad last week and found out that he had gone to New York to be with his mother. After hearing from Amanda the other day, I tried to call my dad’s cell phone to see how he was. I left a message on his voice mail. I hope he’s alright. Again, thanks to Rebecca’s blog, I found out that there was a wake and funeral in New York and that they were “very nice”. I’d like to hear from either my mom or dad, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen and I’m tired of leaving voice mail messages. This is a difficult thing to have to go through, and the only thing worse is having to do it alone. Whatever. I’m fine and will survive.
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Update: I just stumbled upon this great comic today without even looking for it. Smart and sweet. Funny how little coincidences like this happen.