Comments on: Midnight sun http://www.oakmonster.com/2007/09/05/midnight-sun/ News. Views. Random thoughts. Occasional rants. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:10:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1-RC1 hourly 1 By: Olaina http://www.oakmonster.com/2007/09/05/midnight-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-44019 Olaina Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:40:51 +0000 http://www.oakmonster.com/2007/09/05/midnight-sun/#comment-44019 I can't do funerals yet. It's too weird that we didn't have a "real" one for Justin's mom. When I got hired at Mo's one of the managers (who was pregnant then) had just the day before found out that her dad had brain cancer. They had the funeral two weeks ago. I was off, but I just couldn't do it. Too close to home. Then, Sunday, one of Justin's classmates had a funeral. He had committed suicide--add one to the statistic of 20-something gay men who can't survive this prejudiced world. Also, the statistics of those men in medical school who "fall" of buildings during their fourth year (he was on an away rotation in San Francsico). If Justin had told me about that funeral, I might have gone... It seems like some kind of ceremonial closure would be an act of healing. OK... here I go blogging again at Oakmonster.com welcome home! I can’t do funerals yet. It’s too weird that we didn’t have a “real” one for Justin’s mom. When I got hired at Mo’s one of the managers (who was pregnant then) had just the day before found out that her dad had brain cancer. They had the funeral two weeks ago. I was off, but I just couldn’t do it. Too close to home. Then, Sunday, one of Justin’s classmates had a funeral. He had committed suicide–add one to the statistic of 20-something gay men who can’t survive this prejudiced world. Also, the statistics of those men in medical school who “fall” of buildings during their fourth year (he was on an away rotation in San Francsico). If Justin had told me about that funeral, I might have gone…

It seems like some kind of ceremonial closure would be an act of healing.

OK… here I go blogging again at Oakmonster.com welcome home!

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