To tandem skydive with a professional skydiving team.

She called me afterward to let me know she was alive after the jump.

I told her.... good. It would be awkward if she was calling to tell me she died.

When she says something like that I ask her to remind me what her SAT score was and what her job title is.

Yes, she is the future generation.

LogDog75

(1,373 posts)

4. My brother owned skydiving company

Reply to mercuryblues (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 03:13 PM

Apr 20

He sold it years ago but he kept trying to get me do a tandem jump but I just can't see the need for jumping out of an airplane when there is no need to.

Lulu KC

(8,901 posts)

3. I am sorry about Zeke

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 02:32 PM

Apr 20

Losing a pet friend is, to me, the worst kind of grief. THE WORST. They live in a different part of our hearts.

Something good? Emergencies call for emergency medicine: FUNNY MOVIES. A wise therapist working with a very troubled child told me that and she was right. When all else fails...

Skittles

(172,911 posts)

5. every day that passes, November is getting closer

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 03:24 PM

Apr 20

hang in there, we'll get through this together

get the red out

(14,072 posts)

6. I planted taters

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 03:30 PM

Apr 20

It felt good to put my hands in the dirt. I am going to try not to plant anything else until after Derby Day, the Kentucky Garden Gods don't like that (potential for monsoon, freeze, tomatoes savaged by the wind, blight on everything).

I lost my best friend in January, she was a Border Collie mix named Layla. It still hurts but we had 15 1/2 wonderful years together. I am sorry that you lost your kitty (I have a kitty too, Lily who is around 14, and a 4 year old Mini-Aussie named Retro who is HELL ON WHEELS, I love that silly boy).

Harker

(18,163 posts)

7. You can find beauty in Nature, and draw strength and understanding from it.

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 03:39 PM

Apr 20

anciano

(2,318 posts)

8. Agree 👍

Reply to Harker (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 04:07 PM

Apr 20

Harker

(18,163 posts)

10. The hardest times made bearable...

Reply to anciano (Reply #8)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 04:42 PM

Apr 20

and the best times made even better.

multigraincracker

(38,060 posts)

12. These are the days that prepare us for better days.

Reply to Harker (Reply #10)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 05:23 PM

Apr 20

Hang in there and get out, keep moving and you can always come here to share your joys and sorrows.

Wicked Blue

(9,025 posts)

9. Hugs to you over the loss of your kitty

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 04:41 PM

Apr 20

JoseBalow

(9,743 posts)

11. DU has a "Good News" forum

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 04:42 PM

Apr 20

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1267

It would be nice if were a busier group with more contributors, but sometimes there is some good stuff to be found there.

multigraincracker

(38,060 posts)

13. Thanks, I never knew.

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #11)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 05:25 PM

Apr 20

JoseBalow

(9,743 posts)

14. Please do post any Good News there you'd like to share

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #13)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 05:46 PM

Apr 20

We could all use some positive vibes these days!

multigraincracker

(38,060 posts)

15. I always feel like I am the luckiest

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #14)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 06:24 PM

Apr 20

person in the world. Half of it good luck and the other half bad luck

JoseBalow

(9,743 posts)

16. It's not that my glass is half full, or half empty

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #15)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 06:56 PM

Apr 20

but rather that it is just too large.

Tree Lady

(13,384 posts)

17. For me it's the little things like

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 07:33 PM

Apr 20

TJ's has flowers for $4.99 on my table right now, the sun came shining through my windows this morning making me feel lighter. I started to read a new series called The Witches of Scotland taking me into a fantasy far away from here. I met a neighbor yesterday walking and next thing I know we finished walk together. Her name was Tudy. Have no idea what she believes about anything and that was wonderful just to relate and talk about our operations and how we overcame them to walk again.

Hoping for a better day for you.

Fla Dem

(27,782 posts)

18. I think many of us are stressed and saddened at the condition our beloved country is in right now, but

Reply to Danmel (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 07:36 PM

Apr 20

I feel your pain on the loss of your Kitty Zeke. Those are hurts that just can't go away, at least for a long time.

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