Reply #34: Thanksgiving about 20 years ago [View All]

[mulsh]

sitting down to dinner at a large multi-family party, about 20 people at the table. home owners older daughter straggling finally comes down, sits between me and her father. As the second course is being served she casually, with out interrupting her conversation produces a razor blade and slices both fore arms length wise, blood every where. fortunately a couple of the people at the tables were EMT paramedics so she didn't die. it was the onset of her sever mental illness. it also ended a longstanding tradition of multi family thanksgiving dinners.

oh here's another one, my little brother was schizophrenic and suidical. about 6 years ago at thanksgiving he started one of his worst psychotic episodes. it lasted for nearly a month. one day before his 33'rd birth day, 12/20, he died. that was a great Christmas.

I think of these on holidays when my right wing, semi-fundi father-in-law starts pontificating.

and no, I don't particularly hate the holidays things happen sometimes truly awful things.