Sorry Bro

[Lost]

God im slow... i just now seen this....well Max im sorry for your lose


Sunday, June 02, 2002

I'm going to be away until Monday night, attending viewing services and the funeral for my Grandfather, Michael Babick, who passed away Thursday night. He was a Hungarian immigrant who came to this country in 1924 at the age of 5, and who worked at various CCC projects during the depression, was a merchant marine during WWII, and had five children: Michael Jr., Christopher, Katheryn (my mother), Philip, and Virginia. I was born on his 50th birthday, but we shared a lot more than just that. When I was separated from my ex-wife in 1994, I went to live with him and my grandmother, Pearl, for about a year and a half, and I found that he and I are very similar. His barber even commented that we had the same hair.

Sad as I am over this loss, I have to admit that I know wherever he is, he's happy; the ones he left behind are in mourning for their loss, but his legacy will live on in all of us.


See you on Monday.

[Bret Walker]

Thanks for the sentiment.

I have to say that nothing brings out the Disfunctional in Disfunctional Family like a funeral.  I am so fucking glad to be home.  I survived only because I wouldn't let anyone make it into a big fucking guilt-fest.  Screw them.  I went to pay my last respects, to mourn the loss of my Grandfather, and to celebrate the memory of his life.  Not letting people get into my head helped a great deal.

Thanks again, Lost.  You're so great, and you have an awesome ass.  Mind if I pinch it? ;D

[Lost]

ill let you just this one time since your filled with greif...

i went to a funeral in feb. and i hate my family cuz its all politics....who is in power now , who did his , who shouldnt have done that...its like massive clan wars

[greenidentity]

My family was the same way when my grandpa died. All my aunts and uncles were pissed at my mom cuz he made her executor of his estate, and they all threw a hissy fit, even though my mom was the one who respected his wishes to not go in a nursing home, took him into her home and cared for him hand and foot for the last 7 months of his life. Then when he died and the will was read, her brothers and sisters were pissed and a huge family fued started. Then my grandma got sick, and while my mom took my grandma into her home and changed her shitty diapers and cleaned up her vomit at least 3 times a day, they still accused my mom of "drugging my grandpa to death" (he died of emphysema by the way, and not suddenly, took him 12 years to die form it) and being selfish, even though she took his estate and divided it equally among all of them. Some people are just plain FUCKED up.

[Bret Walker]

I could never understand how people could be so petty and selfish when a family member dies.  They act like they won the lottery, and they all want their fair share.  It shouldn't be about what you got when they died, it should be about what you had while they were still alive.  Fucking people make me sick sometimes.