Comments on: Uncle David http://murderofravens.org/2007/01/30/uncle-david/ taking up a glowing cinder with the tongs and lighting with it the long cherry-wood pipe which Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:59:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: michaelm http://murderofravens.org/2007/01/30/uncle-david/#comment-485 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:10:38 +0000 http://murderofravens.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/uncle-david/#comment-485 Amazing the thoughts a simple Zippo provokes.
Uncle David’s soul is undoubtedly smiling because someone chose to remember…

~m

If he is, then he is undoubtedly happier now than he was in life.

]]> By: anonymum http://murderofravens.org/2007/01/30/uncle-david/#comment-477 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:39:48 +0000 http://murderofravens.wordpress.com/2007/01/30/uncle-david/#comment-477 i hear you on this one…i work in an aged care facility and the amount of residents who are dumped (for want of a nicer term) and forgotten is heartbreaking..in fact i did a post about it not long after i started blogging..the thing that really gets to me is the same relatives will cry when they go, or are the first to want whatever is left, however in this case it woud seem as if there is little..at least in a facility such as ours i guess they have the company of others or the staff, but it’s not the same i don’t think..without family it must be a terrible way to live, particularly if they KNOW the family exist and don’t come and see them as is often the case…i’m sorry to go on but it’s a subject that gets me going every time…great post…

It’s a subject that bothers me, as well, hence this post. Thanks!

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