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May 18, 2006
Sad Day
I know I said I would try to focus this blog back to running and adventuring in Yellowstone National Park, which is its main purpose, but I'm taking a minute digression here.
It's a sad day today, as today would have been my Dad's 61st birthday. For some reason, this is hitting me pretty hard. There are other things that have been really sad as well, so I'm not sure why I'm reacting this way.
It was really sad to get that first staticky, almost unreadable, panicked phone call from my mother in Ecuador. It was really sad when the reality of my Dad's death sunk in beyond a superficial, still intangible level. It was really sad to sit down with my mentally disabled brother to tell him what had happened in a way that he could understand. It was really sad to see my typically amazingly strong mother significantly reduced by a horribly traumatic experience. It was really sad to see the hundreds and hundreds of family and friends that my Dad touched feeling so affected by his death. It was really sad when I helped bear my Dad's flag-draped casket to its grave.
For some reason, today is equally sad.
I have a lot to write about, running and adventure-related. I went on a backpacking trip in Yellowstone, which was marvelous. I've been running well, and that's equally marvelous. I think I'll save all that stuff for another day, though.
Posted by Meghan at May 18, 2006 9:32 AM
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Meghan, my thoughts and prayers continue to be with you and your family.
Posted by: duncan at May 18, 2006 10:45 AM
Yes, it is very sad, and my heart goes out to you. Please don't feel like you need to blog only about running adventures and nature encounters. You are more multifaceted than that, and your blog is enriched by your human-ness.
Though we haven't met, I hope that you feel the support of all of us in blogland as a network of friends who care about you. You've inspired and touched us through your writing--on all topics--and I hope that we can provide even a tiny bit of comfort to you as you grieve.
I am so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing your life with us, through your blog; I admire your strength, your spirit, your sense of adventure, your appreciation of nature, and your writing! Perhaps all of those attributes are a testament to your dad...?
((HUG))
Posted by: anne at May 19, 2006 10:22 AM
"You just keep thinking [Meghan]. That's what your good at." (adapated from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid...)
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All the best, Corrado
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at May 20, 2006 2:56 AM