Too much to say, really.
This QOTW has got me thinking. The first quarter of this year was absolutely fucking awful.
Dads cancer diagnosis
The arm injury
The breakup
Losing mum

Throughout it all, other than the Mothers Day story posted below, nobody did anything exceptional. BUT........
My friends helped with grocery shopping and furniture buying when I couldn't move my arm.

My fishing buddies still included me in events, even though I couldn't fish for 6 weeks. And cracked jokes when we raffled off filet knives.

During the break up, just having people ask me if I was ok and how I was handling things. Friends coming over to my new apartment with vodka and cheese. And housewarming gifts.
My boss and his wife on Valentines Day buying me flowers and chocolates so I didn't feel all alone.

After mum died, the number of PM's I got from members on here. The PM I got from Spikeypickle a couple of days ago. Just my friends taking me out for dinner, and helping with the service arrangements in the US.
My fishing buddies arranging to take me fishing to take my mind off it.
Getting flowers from a cancer website mum used to go on, and I had to join to break the news.

Little things, but little things that I'm extremely grateful for. They got me through bad times.

And now that life is getting better....friends taking me to the airport 'cos I can finally go home. Being invited to an exclusive fishing trip up in the Sierras. Being offered the free use of a captained charter boat for mums ashes. Everyone coming to the pub Tuesday to meet my twin brother...and ragging on him because he doesn't look like me!

Silly, little nice things that people do, but mean a lot and make my life a much better one than I could have imagined.

So to everyone, members of b3ta, lurkers, and the rest of the world. Thank you for being there.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 19:50, 1 reply)

Thank you
*hugs*
( e.m.m.y. foxtrot uniform charlie kilo india tango, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 10:23, closed)