thank u, that means a lot ❤

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If everyone who sees this could reach out to someone(s) they care about, call/text/message/chat/etc., and just remind them how much they mean to you… do the thing. Life can be short *hugs*

I’m sorry, I meant to get to the asks and then I just… ran out of steam on it, and needed some offline time. 

It helped that the funeral was on a perfect day (global warming :- ), the sun was out, there was a soft breeze, and the deceased’s little sister, she’s 14 and taller than her mom, was so supportive to both her parents. I was one of the last to leave their home and the mom of the deceased was surrounded by a few very close friends she’d had since middle school, and I felt like I was leaving her in very capable hands.

But yeah, it hit me again today, the gravity of the situation, and I keep going between sadness and denial, but it’s better now. Sometimes terrible things happen to innocent people.