Saturday, December 03, 2005
World AIDS Day
I can't believe I missed it. December 1, that's when it was.
But truly, every day is AIDS day. For anyone who has ever lost a friend or family member to this disease, there is no day that you ever, ever, forget about it.
I've lost, um, I dunno. I think I stopped counting at fourteen friends. I know people who have lost dozens. At some point we stop counting.
And we never forget.
If you have ever nursed a friend to the end, and watched a man barely in his forties vomit his life out into a blue plastic bowl for weeks on end ... no. No, you don't forget.
One day isn't enough.
(And wasn't this supposed to be a humour and ranting and knitting blog? Oh well, I've been serious twice this week, madness will start again tomorrow, I promise.)
But one day isn't enough. And one life is too many.
I dream of the day when people say "remember when ..." and it's a historical discussion, just like smallpox.
And so on this, late late AIDS day on this blog, I would like to remember my best friend, Martin. Come January he'll have been dead 11 years. I still have his ashes in a box. He's still my best friend. I haven't found another one yet.
I miss you, dude. And you didn't have to die two days before my birthday; you could have just told me you didn't have a present that year. I would have understood.
Rilly. Some people will do anything to avoid shopping.
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You have such a large heart. Martin lives on in your heart and your memories. I'm sad that you miss him so.
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Thanks for that reminder about every day being AIDS day ... my son has AIDS, discovered it by being hospitalized with pneumonia while I was in Iraq. Didn't want to tell me, 'cause he didn't want to stress me out when I was in a war zone. Sigh. Due to good drugs is doing well, but ... it hurts just to think about it. Anyway, thanks.
Tamsen
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Tamsen
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