October 29, 2004
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Around 4:00am in Houston, my grandmother passed in Taoyuan, Taiwan. I was awake when I got the call. The baby had been crying and I automatically got the milk from the fridge before my cousin could come out and get it.
I'm looking at Sherry, the great-granddaughter that my grandmother never had the chance to meet. She's lying on her back, arms and legs moving like she's swimming, making funny faces all the while.
It's life happening before me. This one in front of me is trying to make some sense of the new world around her, another had it figured out for some time and has moved on. Me, I'm somewhere in the middle. I know some things, but not nearly enough. Life is still kind of vague to me.
As far as I know, there is a space between swimming on our backs and death. Hopefully we fill it by making funny faces.
Comments (19)
I am the King of Funny Faces. I've got to try real hard to make a genuine smile everytime someone takes a picture of me. Smiles just remind me of clowns, and how they're just crying on the inside... while plotting your demise. Fucking clowns.
gorgeous. behind all that dirt talk you're quite a sentiment. i'm sorry about your grandmother. take care. -peggy
sorry to hear about your grandma.
sorry about ur grandma...
like u said, there reallie is a beginning and end to life..
wut u wrote was truly quite beautiful ^^
aww hun... *mwa
im not gonna tell u im sorry for ur loss... because... well... thats just cliche bullshit...
deaths/funerals... should be a celebration of one's life... not a dwelling on your loss...
i hope she reincarnates as a kam'aina (a hawaiian). she'll be happy. =)
be glad dat she lived to an old age ... ^____^
my dad would be glad if he gets to see his great grand children ... um... puppies ... may be ...
sorri ... children scare me ...
Lost in the mind space of you, wondering where this mental debris will carry you in life, getting help with directions is a toughy.
I've been reading CG Jung lately, try it out dude, "Aspects of the Masculine" He covers topics from the origin of the concept of "Man" to the unconscious forces that propel us to the influencing factors of the mother figure, etc etc.
It's actually really good reading, and if you're at all interested in expanding your vision, try it out.
If not, well, kiss my ass, I like it! (the book, not the lips on my ass)
Thanks for your comment.
My grandfather passed away before my youngest cousin was born. He has an idea of the type of person he was though.
BARGA DARGA TOFF TOFF SICKA SIC STIFF STICK
RIP RIP RIP
Saba Dabba Ding Ding I say to you buddy. Everytime I check your site out some mysterious but familiar sounding voice calls me a pathetic loser. How'd he know, is it that obvious?
Is it even more obvious I have nothing to do at work?
Life is vague to me too. Sorry to hear about your grandmother.
if only i could.
isn't it strange when one passes away, another is born. that happened with my grandpa and my neice. i figure it's for the balance but death boggles my mind. i'm sorry though.
thanx for the random props... hehe. and i am sorry to hear about your grandmother. my father passed away earlier this year... tough times, but we make it through. i really love the thoughts in your entry...
jaxx
i'm so sorry. i like how you said, Hopefully we fill it by making funny faces. i hope so too.
my condolences...and a props for a beautiful entry.
Woah, my condolences about your grnadmother. It is really hard to lose a loved one. It is reassuring that you have another soul in your world though. I don't know how you view death.......I believe life is eternal. Hope you and your family are doing well at this time. Be strong and love life....and all those around you.
very deep, im sorry man
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