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In going back over some emails and phone messages, I’ve gathered some interesting random quotes  by people I’ve sought counseling from since my mom died.  There isn’t really anything earth-shattering, but some are just interesting enough to make me go, “hmm…that’s right.”  Thought I’d share a few, without mentioning names.

“It’s amazing how charming truly nasty people can be when other people come around.”

“The haughtier someone is when they tell you an obvious lie, the less conscience they have about telling the lie.”

“You can’t hold behavior against someone right away after a death because grief might be controlling them.  A few months later if they’re still dicks, they probably just are.  I wouldn’t worry about it either way.”

“Watch out for irrational people.”

“You’re starting on a new life.  Don’t let anybody try to make you live theirs.”

I sat down to write this with no idea what I was going to say or how I was going to say it. A lot of people knew Mom really well, from how giving she could be to how outright ornery she could be. That’s ornery in a good way of course. They knew her as a friend, a confidante, a sister, an aunt, an adopted grandma and a social butterfly. Some knew her as an accountant who had no problem asking, “Why in the world did you do this?” Shawn and I will remember her as quite possibly the best mother on the planet. So instead of writing about things a lot of other people already knew, I figured I’d write about things special just to us, and a few more I just couldn’t help but mention.