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MineralMan

(148,919 posts)
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 01:40 PM Jan 2025

January 6 is a very bad day for me, but for two reasons, not one.

The first reason is that I was notified that morning in 2021 that both of my parents had died. They were both 96 years old. My father died of COVID-19, and my mother died from "complications of Alzheimers." I'm pretty sure she had COVID-19 as well, since the live-in caregiver they had also had COVID-19.

Then, while I was on the phone to a funeral home where they live, arranging to have them picked up and buried, I saw, unfolding on the TV, the heinous attack on the Capitol Building.

I spent the rest of the day dealing with stuff having to do with the death of my parents, while watching that insurrection happen. I wasn't going to be able to travel to California to deal with anything, so the next four months were spent on the phone and online with an attorney and others to administer their estate. At the same time, I was dealing with my disgust with the man who will now move into the White House for the second time.

Yes, January 6 is a date that will always signify heartbreak and anger for me. I'm feeling those two things all over again today. All I can do is keep busy and try to let the day pass.

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January 6 is a very bad day for me, but for two reasons, not one. (Original Post) MineralMan Jan 2025 OP
My belated condolences. Dennis Donovan Jan 2025 #1
Bake bread. cachukis Jan 2025 #2
Too sad malaise Jan 2025 #3
My condolences Mineral Man. mahina Jan 2025 #4
I am so very sorry. Quiet Em Jan 2025 #5
I was almost numb. Just too much. MineralMan Jan 2025 #7
I'm so sorry my friend Polybius Jan 2025 #6
I guess this is a sad day. Mr.Bill Jan 2025 #8
I remember when this happened to you Wild blueberry Jan 2025 #9
Sending my belated condolences as well Tumbulu Jan 2025 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Tbear Jan 2025 #11
Wow, belated condolences. Such personal sadness, then political terrorism that afternoon/eve. Yikes. electric_blue68 Jan 2025 #12

Quiet Em

(1,820 posts)
5. I am so very sorry.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 02:39 PM
Jan 2025

I can't imagine the pain and sorrow of losing both parents on the same day.

Wild blueberry

(7,592 posts)
9. I remember when this happened to you
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 04:20 PM
Jan 2025

I appreciate your sharing about your parents, as well as tips for us about serving as their executor and putting our affairs in order. Also listened to you about renewing my passport, which I've done. Thank you.

Sending a hug and extra kindness today.

Tumbulu

(6,529 posts)
10. Sending my belated condolences as well
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 04:24 PM
Jan 2025

Oh my goodness, what a terrible day to re experience.

Response to MineralMan (Original post)

electric_blue68

(21,019 posts)
12. Wow, belated condolences. Such personal sadness, then political terrorism that afternoon/eve. Yikes.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 11:06 PM
Jan 2025
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