posted by CenterBHSFanMilitary services at funerals. I hear it more often than I'd have liked to, since it seems every 3rd person in my family has been in some branch of the service. Yet, I can barely sit/stand there and deal with it.
I had a couple coworkers that used to work for the AF honor guard. They would do the funerals at Arlington Cemetery all of the time. I couldn't imagine how hard that was.
Older I get the more I feel bad when a kid just has a horrible play that likely costs a team a game.
posted by CenterBHSFanMilitary services at funerals. I hear it more often than I'd have liked to, since it seems every 3rd person in my family has been in some branch of the service. Yet, I can barely sit/stand there and deal with it.
From my son this morning: "just witnessed a ceremony for a fallen soldier being brought off airplane in a casket from the plane I'm about to board".
Very emotional.
Movies tend to get me a great deal. Some that come to mind:
These are only a small selection of the ones that get me.
Went to Vietnam war memorial amd seeing people there looking for fsmily members
Then Arlington. Holy shit the 21 gun salutes going off and the playing of taps at the tomb.
$12.00 fee
I will add my visit to Dachau concentration camp. That was an experience that ended up being much more emotional than I'd expected. I didn't know anyone who was affected by the Holocaust. But just being immersed into how cruel human beings can be is very hard to take in. I guess overwhelming is the right adjective.
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieI will add my visit to Dachau concentration camp. That was an experience that ended up being much more emotional than I'd expected. I didn't know anyone who was affected by the Holocaust. But just being immersed into how cruel human beings can be is very hard to take in. I guess overwhelming is the right adjective.
I had the same type of feelings when checking out the Anne Frank house. Very somber.
posted by BRFField of Dreams: playing catch with Dad.
This...
And pretty much most of the movie (at least the baseball parts, not the love story) For the Love of the Game.
posted by Spock
Then Arlington. Holy shit the 21 gun salutes going off and the playing of taps at the tomb.
This
Definitely a Holocaust commemorative visit. I've been to the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem. That, and visiting the Pearl Harbor memorial (twice) are very powerful emotional experiences.
Not sure if anyone remembers this "fast-forward" piece written about Calvin & Hobbes (from the comic strip), as a much older Calvin gets to talk with Hobbes one last time:
http://dad-camp.com/final-moments-life-calvin-one-talk-hobbes/
posted by SpockWent to Vietnam war memorial amd seeing people there looking for fsmily members
Then Arlington. Holy shit the 21 gun salutes going off and the playing of taps at the tomb.
wife and I will be in DC in May for a week ...
posted by ZunardoDefinitely a Holocaust commemorative visit. I've been to the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem. That, and visiting the Pearl Harbor memorial (twice) are very powerful emotional experiences.
Not sure if anyone remembers this "fast-forward" piece written about Calvin & Hobbes (from the comic strip), as a much older Calvin gets to talk with Hobbes one last time:
http://dad-camp.com/final-moments-life-calvin-one-talk-hobbes/
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posted by Belly35wife and I will be in DC in May for a week ...
Belly, I know I gave you recs earlier, but feel free to pm me. Also, is this your first visit to DC?
posted by Belly35wife and I will be in DC in May for a week ...
This was my first trip. Worth it for sure
The Cassidy Warner Facebook bullying video made me pretty sad
posted by MulvaThe Cassidy Warner Facebook bullying video made me pretty sad
I would have encouraged her to use the bully's full names in her vid, and even the principal (and teachers) who she says wouldn't do anything.
Watching your mom suffer in excrutiating pain while slowly dying. Nothing has or will get me in the feelz more than that.
posted by GoChiefsWatching your mom suffer in excrutiating pain while slowly dying. Nothing has or will get me in the feelz more than that.
No morphine? Sorry for your loss, GC.
posted by ernest_t_bassNo morphine? Sorry for your loss, GC.
Thanks, but she's still kickin'. She's actually being giving Fentanyl for her pain, but with her disease, it barely touches it. She's been fighting it since last July. She was in the hospital then for about a month at OSU. Her current hospital stay has been about 3 months. She started at OSU, but they really screwed her up. Caused her a lot more pain and suffering. We transferred her up to Cleveland Clinic, where they finally diagnosed her. She was discharged for about 3 days last week and went home, but she had to be life flighted back to Cleveland Clinic because a UTI from her catheter caused her blood pressure and vitals to severely drop. She's fighting a disease in her legs called calciphylaxis (the cause of her leg pain), along with cancer (which caused the calciphylaxis), MRSA, VISA, and the big fucking hole in her back that OSU Medical Center caused.
Friday the wife and I were in southeast Columbus on a 4-lane undivided road where US 33 is about to become James Rd, 45 mph. My wife said, "Oh-oh, look that the ducks!" There was a mother duck and 4 or 5 tiny ducklings all in a row, making there way slowly across the road toward our side. I slowed down to make sure they weren't in my lane yet, and drove past safely. Other cars going the opposite way were slowing and trying to make room for them.
Just after we passed them by, I saw a semi in the opposite lane. There's no way he would have seen them until it was too late. I shouldn't have looked in the rearview mirror, but I did. The mother disappeared under one of the truck's tires. By then we were too far away to see anything, but I think the truck also got one of the ducklings, and a car behind him got a couple of others, maybe the rest of them. It happened so fast.
We drove the rest of the way in silence.
9/11 Memorial was tough
Seeing people celebrate anniversaries. Divorce will do that to you.
posted by Trueblue239/11 Memorial was tough
My wife and I's anniversary is on January 1st. We made a trip to New York (visited different parts of the state including Cooperstown/Baseball HOF) for our anniversary around New Year's 2002, less than 3 months after 9/11.
They had built a wooden platform you could walk up to overlook rubble of ground zero, it was almost all still there. The toughest part emotionally was the about 4 block (for us where we parked, it was longer) walk up to the platform. The fences still had all of the "have you seen me?" pictures of all the missing loved ones. It took us about 2 hours to walk that 4 blocks trying to at least look at every poster/picture. It was the saddest moment of my life but the one that I look back on and am glad we did that.
I haven't been back to see the memorial, but going to see that when the emotions/event were still VERY raw, was surreal.
We were scheduled for a special birthday trip to New York the week of 9/11, with the last couple of nights staying at the Marriott World Trade Center (which was also demolished). I still have the email confirming our reservations for lunch at Windows on the World, on top of the North Tower ...........always chilling to read it knowing whoever sent it may have perished in the attack.
-----Original Message-----
From: Windows on the World [mailto:reservation@windowsontheworld.com]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 8:38 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Windows On The World Reservation
Dear Mr. ,
Your reservations have been made for Monday September 17th at 12:00PM for a party of five(5). Jackets are required for gentlemen and there are no jeans, sneakers, or shorts permitted. Children are not permitted. We would appreciate a call back two days prior to re-confirm at 212-524-7011.
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