Home Again

[przed]

We got back from up north this afternoon, then went off to a gathering with a couple of other families who adopted through the same agency. And now I am utterly knackered.

But I did want to give big thanks to all those who sent condolences on the passing of my aunt. I hugely appreciated it and will send individual thanks once I've caught up with my sleep again.

Big hugs to you all.

Comments

[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

Just catching up here. Sorry to hear about your aunt.

Saw this new book and thought of you. It's reviewed in the NY Times on Sunday:

MESSAGE FROM AN UNKNOWN CHINESE MOTHER
Stories of Loss and Love
By Xinran
Translated by Nicky Harman
239 pp. Scribner.

"The traditional Chinese belief that, as Xinran puts it, “you do not count as a human being unless you have a son” to carry on the family line has been severely intensified by the Communist government’s one-child policy, promulgated in 1979 in an effort to control the country’s population growth. Since having more than one child became illegal in many areas, families choose to get rid of girl after girl until the desired male child is born."

[przed.livejournal.com]

The writer of that book was interviewed on CBC a couple of weeks ago. And there is no way I'm going to read it. A chunk of it is devoted to the various ways in which midwives commit infanticide on girl babies. I had nightmares for a week after reading a couple of particularly harrowing anecdotes from the book. I spent all of that week just giving thanks that Rosalind's birth mother had the strength and determination to abandon her at the orphanage.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

I know you must be exhausted, petal. I hope you get some time to recuperate. ♥

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry but I seem to be missing lots of posts these days and I don't remember seeing your previous one so I just thought I'd say here how sorry I am for the loss of your aunt but what a blessing it is that she had a peaceful end to her life.

[przed.livejournal.com]

I actually slept all the way through the night for the first time in nearly two weeks. (I'm mostly over the cold that's been kicking my arse, I'm less stressed, and I was bleedin' exhausted yesterday.) I feel nearly human again.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the kind words. (You're probably not missing as many posts as me.)

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

Ack! I'm late to the party--or in this case, funeral. I'm sorry. I've only been on LJ sporadically lately.

I'm also sorry to hear your aunt passed. I'm thankful you were able to say goodbye and glad she didn't need to suffer too long. It's always hard when someone you're close to dies. But at 94, it sounds as if she had a good, long life.