Saw this in an article in the Washington Post and immediately remembered the same thing happening to me:
[quote]as she ticks off a few of the things she's had to deal with: those cloying people who never tire of leaning in close and whispering How ARE you doing? in a manner that is the exclusive province of those who have never suffered grief[/quote].
It was an into to an article about [quote]the past two years, Ann Norton has lost -- in no particular order -- her husband, her father, her dog, her breasts and, very nearly, her theater company[/quote]
Finally, this seemed applicable to many of us OCF members also
[quote]Norton, the 56-year-old executive director of the Washington Stage Guild, knows that hers is a tale too melodramatic to ever actually play on the stage, however. Besides, a play involves conflict, "and there's really been no conflict in all this," she says. "There's just been dealing with this.[/quote]"
charm