CassyLee (cassylee) wrote, @ 2009-03-22 11:38:00

Two passings
My aunt died yesterday. Jean had a massive stroke earlier this week & never regained consciousness. After her eldest son arrived, they took her off the respirator & she died shortly afterwards. I'm bereft of words to convey what a wonderful person she was & how much she meant to me. I really feel for my mother - Jean was her older (by 15 years) sister and while Mom knew in her head that Jean's health had been slowly & steadily declining, I'm not sure she knew it n her heart. Jean leaves behind a husband, four sons, three daughters-in-law, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mom will most likely be flying up for the service. I wish I could buty with my boss on vacation & my co-team leader going out for surgery starting Tuesday, I'm stuck here.

The other passing is comparatively unimportant, but since it played into my weekend, I figure I should mention it. One of my favorite yarn stores, Suzoo's, is closing. Next weekend will be the last weekend it's open. My knitting group took an excursion over there yesterday & we all helped to do a little clearing out of the stock (everything is on sale.) I won the race to spend the least (which still ended up being more than 200 dollars), but that was only because I feel in love with the idea of knitting a double-knit reversible coat out of this one yarn in two particular colors - but I needed 14 skeins of each & she only had 11 of each. I was too fixated on those colors of that yarn to accept any substitutes, so I stopped looking at yarn at that point.

	kirielle 2009-03-22 16:32 (link)
	Sending my thoughts your way, Cassy. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	callie_demeter 2009-03-22 16:46 (link)
	I'm sorry to hear about your Aunt, Cassy. I keep trying to write more, but nothing sounds right. I'm thinking about you [hugs]. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bally 2009-03-22 17:08 (link)
	I'm so sorry. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bettiepie 2009-03-22 17:48 (link)
	Oh, I'm so sorry about Jean. I know how much you liked her. Please give my condolences to your mom, too. And! Suzoo's! I wish I had a yarn budget right now. I could really use a few things. But jeez louise, maybe if they'd been open more than twice a week they wouldn't have to close! (Reply to this) (Thread)

cassylee 2009-03-22 18:35 (link)

Actually, the reason she's closing is closely related to why she had such odd hours. I gather her husband has had cancer & pretty much needed constant care for the last few years & so her store hours revolved around her ability to arrange alternate care for him. He died recently, and now to settle the estate, she has to sell the store. All of this is third or fourth hand, so I'm not sure how accurate it is, but that's the rumor. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: bettiepie 2009-03-22 20:37 (link)
	Oh, that's awful. Fucking cancer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	drummergirl 2009-03-22 18:45 (link)
	*hugs* I'm so sorry about your aunt. And that sucks about the wool shop, too. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jupe 2009-03-22 19:05 (link)
	I'm very sorry to hear about your aunt, and sorry that you won't be able to go with your mother to the service. I hope that you can find a good yarn store and be able to make your coat. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mouse_wd 2009-03-22 20:11 (link)
	I'm so sorry. *hugs* (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dropedge 2009-03-22 20:27 (link)
	I'm very sorry for your loss. *hugs* (Reply to this) (Thread)

	smallgod 2009-03-22 21:13 (link)
	So sorry, Cassie. [heart] (Reply to this) (Thread)

	starshine_wd 2009-03-22 21:39 (link)
	I'm so sorry twinnie. [hugs] (Reply to this) (Thread)

	eileen 2009-03-23 03:53 (link)
	I'm so sorry about your aunt. My thoughts are with you and your family. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cosmicavatar 2009-03-23 05:16 (link)
	I'm so sorry, Cassy. [hug] (Reply to this) (Thread)

	soupytwist 2009-03-25 02:21 (link)
	I'm so sorry. (Reply to this) (Thread)