For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for May 23, 2017

fare thee well, Thelma

Fare thee well! and if for ever,

Still for ever, fare thee well

(Byron)

To everything there is a season…

…A time to live, a time to die…

Poor woman

If you are over 50, you have probably been like John, not expecting the unexpected. What will they do now, in the light of this, I wonder?

Reminds me about a little over a year ago, when instead of receiving a call, I was the one who had to make THE call informing family and friends of the death of a dear one—my wife !

If somebody’s passing makes it darker here, imagine how much lighter it is where they have gone!

This is where the strip began to get real.

Excellent tie in to yesterdays comments by Elizabeth.

De mortuis nihil nisi bonum

Not easy to take, not easy to give either.

My condolences Indyman on the loss of your wife, and I’m sorry you had to make those calls yourself!

Not much fun to anticipate either, Mom will be 90 this year and one of these days…..

My mother and grandmother always called the obituaries in the local newspaper, the Irish Sports Page. It was the first thing that the Irish would read to see if they knew anyone who’d died. That page was immediately followed by the required reading of the Police Arrests – for the same reason. Those pages , along with an occasional perusal of the Engagements,Wedding & Anniversary page, was the foundation and fodder for the daily gossip.

Better to know end then wait for the end

Waiting is the hardest so don’t do it. Just live.

I didn’t even know she was sick!

Not too Well!

At 78 I’ve lost many relatives, classmates and friends. (But it looks like all the PIAs are going to live forever!)

WHO????