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I've been pretty much off the grid since my Aunt Phyllis was killed on Thursday afternoon when a 75-year-old woman trying to parallel park in front of a McDonalds on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn somehow jumped the curb while in reverse and pinned her against the glass storefront window. So f@%*ed up I can't even articulate it. My aunt was an amazing woman, completely selfless and without pretention or vanity. She dedicated her entire career to working with severely disabled children, mostly pre-school-age. She was about to get her PhD at age 64. She is survived by my Uncle Mike my cousins Adam and Jessica, and by her older brother, my Dad. By Jessica, she had two adored grandchildren, age 7 and 4, with another on the way. I love them all very much. She did so much for her family. She was an amazing knitter - my kids both have blankets and sweaters from her that are just incredible in terms of the time and love she put into them. I'm going to miss her a ton.
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That's horrible. My condolences to you and your family."I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth." -
So very sorry for you and your's Brian. That's a terrible story about a wonderful sounding woman.I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert...Comment
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Condolences. We always wonder why good people are taken early but there must be some reason. Hate to sound like a greeting card but remember that she may not be here physically but she will always live your heart and the heart of others she has touched.Comment
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Sorry for your loss Brian. Sounds like the community lost a wonderful woman, as well."Looks like I picked a bad day to give up sniffing glue.
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i have epiphanies like that all the time. for example i was watching a basketball game today and realized pom poms are like a pair of tits. there's 2 of them. they're round. they shake. women play with them. thus instead of having two, cheerleaders have four boobs.
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Despite the tragedy of it all, it sounds like you are already remembering her fondly. It's best the way to honor the passing of anyone who matters to you, IMO. Condolences to you and yours, Brian."Igor, would you give me a hand with the bags?"
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That's absolutely terrible. I'm so sorry for you and your family.Comment
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I'm very sorry to read this.
You and your family are certainly in my thoughts today.Comment
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What an awful end to what sounds like a wonderful life, my condolences.If DMT didn't exist we would have to invent it. There has to be a weirdest thing. Once we have the concept weird, there has to be a weirdest thing. And DMT is simply it.
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What a horrible tragedy.
My prayers go out to you and your family.
Sounds like she was an amazing person who will be sorely missed by many.
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Oh man, that's just so awful, B... my condolences to you and your family... So very sad...I always liked Alfonseca and he is twice the pitcher Hall of Famer Mordecai Brown was - cavebird 12-8-05
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I am so sorry for your loss.Originally posted by Kevin SeitzerComment
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Best thing you can do longterm is focus on the good things and not on the ending circumstances.
I had a relative (mother's cousin) about the same age who was killed in a two-car crash by a driver going the wrong way around the service road at the airport in Orlando. 15 years later, it still makes no sense. But I don't think of that when I think of her.finished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
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Wow...that's terrible. Deepest condolences to you and your family.I'm just here for the baseball.
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I'm sorry man. That's really sad. My condolences.Find that level above your head and help you reach it.Comment
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