Abbreviations

I woke up this morning at 5am, pondering abbreviations. Why would any sane person ponder abbreviations at 5am? That is really the question and the answer is that perhaps my sanity should be questioned.

It all started yesterday afternoon after reading some information on Ejection Fractions and heart issues. There was a 3 letter combination that stuck out and helped wake me up at 5am.

I guess I'm sick of all these short cut combinations. Combinations like; 24/7, LOL, (even worse) 24/7/365, BPV(remember that one), CRIS, the list goes on and on everytime you turn around there is a new letter combination. BFF, WTF, when will it stop and why should it disrupt my sleep?

The one that got me yesterday was SCD, initially I thought why did they bother? I thought about it for a bit and decided SCD did work. SCD does sound better than Sudden Cardiac Death and maybe I should just let it slide. So this morning when I woke up thinking about SCD, I decided that SCD was the best three letter combination of 2009. So I guess that makes it B3LC09, doesn't exactly roll of the tongue but it will do. I just don't want to loose anymore sleep over letter combinations or stuff I don't have control over. Good Night!

Together Again

It is a strange experience when you loose a parent. It is a stranger experience when you loose two within a year. There is a certain sense of loss of control. You know that it is going to happen, and you have come to grip with the concept for a number of years but it is a strange letting go built part on sadness and at the same time relief.






Dad died October 1st, 2008 after his battle with cancer. He had no pain, this was a blessing. Mom died September 25, 2009 after her battle with loosing my Father. I am not going to go into details of the last year, but let me just say it was a long year for the whole family.

I have come to the conclusion that when we find ourselves (and I know we all will) in the final days of our lives time should be better spent. Time should be better spent mending bridges, expressing the love a family has for all its' parts and bringing peace to the person passing. Our family did its' best to achieve this goal.

In the end my Mother joined my Father as Brie said for 'Grilled Cheese Sandwiches'. Both my parents were cremated and I picked up Mom on Thursday October 1st. They both had their 'Grilled Cheese Sandwiches' in the laundry room of the house they shared for so many years.

I will be bringing them to Vancouver Island after I build a proper home for them both and Dad's climbing Rose Bush. Next summer we will have a family get together and speak of all the good times we had as a family and the journey they have taken together.