Not sure how to start a free-write after 6 days off and so these words will have to do.
Cutting to the chase, my Grandad passed last weekend. It was expected and he was looked after until the end. What was not expected was my mothers heart attack the next morning after she had flown to the UK following the news.
Thankfully, she left the hospital last night with a stent and is back at my Brothers house. Bizarrely, when my Grandma passed a decade ago, my mothers brother suffered a heart attack - stress on the mind, stress on the heart. The stent has done him well though, and so I hope for the same for my mother.
I'm leaving the Island next Wednesday having originally planned to move a little later - after mothers birthday. But as she will be now in the UK, I'll be heading over a little sooner and will hopefully have a roof over my head and a couch to sleep on somewhere up in the Northwest, where she'll be based.
My daughter lives a little further south, and so it will be a couple more weeks until I get to see her. Nottingham will likely be my base to start with, but I guess I'll be looking for work all over. And well, if the UN give me a call from Valencia, I think I'll be packing my bags again....
I have has plenty of time this past week to write, but my desire to be creative or share sad news just hasn't been there. The interesting thing is that it has been the personal posts that I have read which has been the content luring me back.
I've tended to avoid HF and STEEM price talk and have found that following a little separation from grinding out posts each day, it's the personal content from the community that I appreciate the most. This could be due to the relationships I've made here to some extent, but I'm happy to read this personal/original content from just about anyone.
Thank you for sharing yourselves and your lives :)
This short effort today, and the Leagues post tomorrow should hopefully give me a kick up the ass to get back into the swing of things.
Cheers
Asher
Hey mate, sorry to hear about your grandad. It's good that your mum left hospital and can recover somewhere familiar. All the best moving forward. 😊
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Thank you very much, let's see how we go :)
My condolences on the passing of your granddad, Asher and good thoughts for your Mom. Stress can do a lot of damage to our body but sometimes there is no way to avoid it.
You certainly do your share on here and it is appreciated. Be well. ♥️
Thank you buddy, I'll do my best and the same to you.
Sorry to hear about your grandfather, I know you posted that he had little time left. Still it is always hard to lose a family member. Best wishes to your mother and her recovery, at least she has someone to discuss any issues with and someone that knows what she is going through and able to keep an eye on her.
The job will come when the time is right. Perhaps after all the recent family issues, and then getting to visit your daughter, the job will find you and you will have one less worry.
Thank you.
She's normally only 10 minutes walk away here in Mallorca, heading back 'home' will add a 3 hour flight, but at the same time put me closer to my daughter. I'll find the balance one day I guess, and maybe even a job too.
Cheers.
Sorry to hear about the family but hope that it will all get sorted out and get to normal although normal doesn’t come back after things like that. Great to see you back and updating as we are truly becoming closer as a community as we explore more than just Steem here.
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Thank you. More than just Steem, exactly.
So sorry to hear about your Grandad. Expected or not, these things take a toll. Almost 20 years after losing mine, there are moments, even days that still grab me hard in the feelings.
Glad to hear your Mum is well enough to be released.
Look after yourself and those you love mate. We only go round once on this ride they call life.
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Thanks @sparkesy43, we do indeed only get one go around, and hopefully some better times coming up on the next stops.
Take as long as you need to look after yourself Asher. We'll all still be here, well most of us anyway.
Sorry to hear about your Grandad and Mum but happy that she is with family and doing well.
Summer has returned with a vengeance today so, if it keeps up, it shouldn't be too much of a shock on your return.
Hopefully we'll meet somewhere over the coming months although I have no plans to go "up north" until November. 😁
Good luck with the job hunting. 😍
Most of us, have we been dropping like flies? :O
Thank you for the message, and no, no shocks if it happens to be raining when I land in Manchester next week. Quite fitting I guess!
Job, yeah, I'll get on that shortly!
I have been off here for quite some time but your post was the first I saw as I logged back in today. Sending some love and healing vibes out to you and your family. I wish you all the best in your travels and new beginnings. <3
I was just thinking I'd not seen that fiery looking thumbnail image for a while, hi!
Thank you for the kind message @amariespeaks, and welcome back :)
thanks @abh12345 :)
I'm so sorry to heat about your family problems. My condolences and I hope your mom gets well soon. Take it easy, it's not the end of the world if you take a few days off for yourself, we'll be here :)
Thank you @erikah. I've had a few days to myself and so will try to get on the bandwagon again now.
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Sorry about your Grandad and your moms scare. Life is too short and fragile and glad you are spending time with your mom and maybe you can help her relax. I must admit I look for personal stuff as well as I find it real and interesting.
Thank you. Yeah it's original real, and has a habit of pulling those strings.
I´m sorry to hear what happened to your family. My condolences. My Mom got a stent as well last year and she´s doing great since that, hope that calms you a bit. All the best to you and your family.
Thank you. And that's great news, I hear these stents have a really good success rate and so I have hope for plenty more years.
Aw man, sorry to hear of your strife. It hits hard and sure does impact any feeling of wanting to write. My dad had a brutal stroke on my birthday and has been fucked ever since, irrecoverable. Hope your mum is tippity top soon. And I hope your ready for the weather.
Hint - it's shite.
Damn, that is harsh news and terrible timing. Sorry to hear of this :(
I've just spoken to her and she's sounding good, which was more than could be said about the massive clouds behind her!
Aye, it's a bit rubbish.
It's edge is sounding good that's an awesome thing. Massive clouds and rain. It's looking like a typical summer. Well up here anyway!!
Best wishes to you and the whole family mate and nothing but the brightest of futures for you .
It's always the personal posts that make a connection between people and what will keep this place going.
Be nice to yourself and take the time :-)
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Thanks man.
The personal stuff is what i think grows the community for you. I shall do just that, cheers.
Hugs from me, Asher. Big changes happening in your life and I will be thinking of you and your family and wishing the best for all of you.
Thank you very much Melinda :) x
Oh, my condolences. And I hope your mother recovers well! Wow what a week. Take as much time as you need for yourself! We'll still be here when you get back. <3
Thank you very much for dropping by @phoenixwren :)
sry to hear that and your general rougher times lately.
Really hope things will turn for the better soon for you.
Thanks buddy. Hopefully things will settle down soon and a lovely English summer is on the cards - ha!
I never know what to say when shit gets real. Bananas. Some trees and then the bugs bit. No itch this time. See what I'm sayin? There goes another dog with my goddamn spare tire. Gotta run!
Smile and nod.
Yeah same, I'll gratefully accept any message and take it to mean there is good in the bananas.
Hey, @abh12345.
As usual, I'm late to the party on this one, but I do give you my condolences on your Grandpa, and to say I'm glad your Mom is recovering from her episode. It seems when it rains it pours, and life events like those tend to flock together, and they don't seem to pick the best of times to appear, if such a thing exists.
I wish you well, though, through all of this. Generally, if I'm being moved in a direction, even if I'm not thrilled with it, I find out later why, and am glad for the journey. So, may that be the case here, and not another Valencia run around. Bad things happen to good people, but so do good things, and dude, you're due a break of a pretty large magnitude. :)
Keep on keeping on.
Thank you Glen, very kind.
I am keeping on, have a lovely Sunday.
You are right about the personal blog, sometimes it brings us closer to internal things, I regret your loss @abh12345, the grandparents are our second parents, and we learn many of them, strength for you.
Thank you @rvag5.
I bet you never in your life will find more 'personal content' from me than inside the last handful of posts in my blog right now.
Yup, alright! torture your ass with a couple of additional kicks and read again what I've said above to get back into the swing of things. :p
PS. No doubt your Grandad is in a better place now mate. I know, because my dear baby sister is also there.
Cheers!!
aww no, that's very sad regarding your sister - surely too young to go. i'm sorry :(
Sorry about your granddad, luckily your grandmother didn't leave on the same whim though.
Yeah, I'm still catching up with all the stuff going on after my trip.
Thanks man, hope you had a sweet journey :)
It was a great one :)
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Sad news man; my condolences. Wish you and yours strenght.
Take care.
Thanks man.
I sincere condolences for your loss.
I hope your mother is feeling better. The stent in the long run will pay off.
Even when you are prepared for things they take a toll .
Oe day at a time buddie.
Thank you buddy.
She's doing well, and one day at a time is how to play it for sure.
Glad to hear it.
Any thing you need from me feel free to ask.
I'm sorry about your family, that is a lot to handle all at once. I don't know about you, but change and I are not good friends - sometimes we are not even on speaking terms.
On a positive note, being closer to family must be a comfort. And a UK summer sounds nice - at present my driveway is a frying pan waiting to cook a person at midday.
The personal stuff is the best. That is all I read and write :)
Change is tough, gotta grab it by the nuts and ride it like... err, well i think you know what I mean.
There will be at least 2 nice days in England this summer :)
And yes, your writings are great, I need to pop over more for some giggles.
I always have difficulty with testicle metaphors...I just can't relate to them, not having any :)
I base all of my beliefs about weather in England from the movie Pride and Prejudice. I do seem to recall rain in that scene that takes place in the summer...
:)
Oh yeah, the seasons do not mean much with regards to rain. It will show up when it feels like it. I'm going to need some new footwear, no longer will I be able to get away with holes :)
I'm sorry to hear about your grandpa, I remember your post about visiting him last year. Hopefully he is in a better place now and reunited with your grandma now.
Hope your mum has a speedy recover, and please do spend more time with her!
That he is, thank you very much.
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Thank you :)
What a bummer dude. I am sorry to hear about your gramps. If I remember correctly, you went to go see him towards the end of the year last year? I believe you even mentioned how it was probably the last time you would see him. Even when ya know it's coming...it's the pits. I am sorry man. I hope you and your family can muster the strength to get through it as painlessly as possible...if there is such a thing.
Hoping for a full recovery for mom as well. That's some scary shit.
Much love brother.
Thank you dude.
You are right, it was late last year and that was the last time. I'm OK with that, had plenty of time in advance. Mum was a different story, but it looks like she's good to go for a while yet.
I'll check on the file you sent soon enough, maybe tomorrow now. Cheers.
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