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Teacher of the Year

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13. The same.

Reply to QueerDuck (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:01 PM

Thursday

After losing some of my nearest and dearest I stopped going. Even now, when I am losing a whole new round of friends and family to old age I can't' get myself to do it. I go have a conversation in my head or even out loud with my friends. I mark their passing but privately. Sigh.

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The singers in white represent the remaining living members of the original chorus... [View all] QueerDuck Thursday OP

Powerful image. It really brings the loss home. brer cat Thursday #1

The image really struck me too. liberalla Thursday #8

I didn't lose a lot of friends, but I did lose important people in my life. marble falls Thursday #2

I lost count and stopped going to funerals. QueerDuck Thursday #3

Yes! ZDU Thursday #11

The same. Teacher of the Year Thursday #13

I got numbed to it. My worst times was when it was a topic for jokes on the tube and a sick friend would be in ... marble falls Monday #14

Wow BeneteauBum Thursday #4

I remember a homegirl Thursday #5

Reminds me of how smug and self-satisfied Mi'ssippi Republicans were at the tragedy back then peppertree Thursday #6

Lest we forget. This is heartbreaking. Easterncedar Thursday #7

That image is such an accurate, haunting display. Buddyzbuddy Thursday #9

I'm lucky ZDU Thursday #10

... orangecrush Thursday #12

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