Telling our sad stories

Nanad Anniversaries are very hard, aren't they. Nothing and no-one can ever replace the child you have lost, but perhaps over time the joy you had in his life can gradually replace the sadness.

Nana

This is the place for sad stories isn't it? Don't know how I'm going to get through the next week. Tommy would have been 5 on Sunday, which means he should have been starting school tomorrow. It's so not fair. I miss him so much even after 3+ years.

Fretters, ahoy! Nae worries! We're riding along on the crest of the wave, as usual. Every now and then the boat rocks a little, that's all. Soon sorted.

And, as GNHQ keeps saying, if you don't like a thread, walk away from it. There are plenty of others to choose from.

In a way, it's quite useful to have a post that's over the top every now and then, which has to be deleted, because it reminds us all what the boundaries of robust interchanges of views are. Nothing wrong with controversy per se. Everything wrong with bitchy name-calling and accusations.

grace thats exactly what I was thinking.

That song always makes me tearful, thinking of those men and women who died in the Falklands war.

Good!
♫I am sailing.....I am saiiliing.....♫

We are sailing in calm waters now, Gracesmum, and I am sure there will be no more unpleasant or hurtful posts.

I have missed you all for 4/5 days and all I can add is "what the **is going on here?"
I hope toys are back in the play pen and that whoever took exception to ANYBODY baring their soul feels thoroughly ashamed. It takes a lot to be completely frank and open about very personal matters and negative reactions are truly hurtful.
So , let's get back to the caring, lively,supportive, even eclectic (dappy??) community that we have been................please, or I shan't want to play either.[teacher] emoticon

You know what, absent? I agree! For all my deep love of reading, I cannot get to grips with the Russian authors of any era. I had to read some Dostoevsky once and found it an absolute chore.

I think Tolstoy is probably the most boring author in the world. I have to admit there are some other much lauded Russian authors to whom I wouldn't give house (bookshelf) room either.

I am ubiquitous. I am watching Anna Karenina too - terrible upper class accents.

I thought you were occupied elsewhere Greatnan.

I wish!

So do I!!!

It's a good likeness picture.

I like greatnan

and

That's not me! It's Greatnan! Read the flippin' thread!

I don't go up mountains.

You look ravishing LOL

Why not then?

Why all the emoticons?

off up the mountains

Wassup Anagram?

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