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Sad funeral stuff.. not sure what to do..

Started by Damara, March 12, 2015, 01:37:20 AM

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Damara

Quote from: Ms Grace on March 15, 2015, 02:27:57 AM
I don't think anyone ever looks their best when bawling their eyes out. Hugs. Hope the funeral goes well. My very much loved grandmother passed away a few years ago, the funeral was a blur.

I'm so sorry, Grace! <3 My grandma was my mom pretty much, I may have already said that but it bears repeating. lol! She was present for 97% percent of my life and now that she's gone I am so confused.. but it will be ok! The wheel continues to turn..

And yeah, I'm pretty much betting (and hoping) on no one caring about anything superficial but you know (or may not know) how southern women are hyper judgmental about minor superficial things!

Since finding out she died, it's like time has slowed down 90%...  the last four days have felt like a month..

It should be interesting.. I've not really been around most of the people who will be there since I've been transitioning... In a morbid way I'm kind of excited to have this context to "meet" these people for the first time. It's an environment where I will be relatively safe from harsh words or actions of closed minded conservatives while I'm within arms length. Lol!

Forgive me, my method of coping with grief is sort of atypical.
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Dodie

Damara,
Everyone deals with grief in different ways.. our own ways.. you are no different.. I am excited about one thing.. is that you found yourself.. I love that and that goes for others on the forum.
Love your attitude.. just remember the ones who don't accept just don't know and are uneducated.. they have probably never questioned their gender.
I can tell you have a love for life.. and hears to a long and wonderful one kiddo.
Dodie
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Damara

Quote from: Dodie on March 16, 2015, 11:39:51 AM
Damara,
Everyone deals with grief in different ways.. our own ways.. you are no different.. I am excited about one thing.. is that you found yourself.. I love that and that goes for others on the forum.
Love your attitude.. just remember the ones who don't accept just don't know and are uneducated.. they have probably never questioned their gender.
I can tell you have a love for life.. and hears to a long and wonderful one kiddo.
Dodie

Oh gosh, Dodie! Not sure why, but this brought out the tears! Thank you for your sweet words of support! <3 *hugs*
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Gabrielle_22

I'm sorry for your loss, Damara, and for the dilemma you have to face in that small town. I realise I'm late to this, but I hope you got through it all--and it takes strength to be yourself in a place where people might not understand or wish to understad what that means. Keep being strong, and you will be remembered by the right people for it.

Regarding the makeup: you can try using a primer that will really keep your foundation glued to it (the best I've tried is Philosophy's The Present, though be warned that it contains lavender, which some people have a reaction to). Also, try using (if you don't already) less foundation/bb cream; sometimes, using even half the amount you might use for a full-coverage look can do wonders to keeping the makeup from moving on your face as much. Finally, using a setting spray, like Urban Decay's All-Nighter, after you've completed your look, can do wonders for keeping your makeup from moving about. It won't make your makeup transfer-free, but the setting spray really does make a difference in terms of how the makeup lasts. A lip stain that won't transfer as much as a lipstick can work for kissing relatives on the cheek, but a gloss is probably your best option, or just kissing near the person rather than against the skin, if they won't be offended. Hope that helps a bit!
"The time will come / when, with elation / you will greet yourself arriving / at your own door, in your own mirror / and each will smile at the other's welcome, / and say, sit here. Eat. / You will love again the stranger who was your self./ Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart / to itself, to the stranger who has loved you / all your life, whom you ignored" - Walcott, "Love after Love"
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Mariah

Damara so sorry for your loss. I have no doubt she would want you to go as you are in the most comfortable way. I have no doubt that is what she would have wanted. As others have said each of us deal with grief in their own way. I don't even want to begin to think how I will handle when my mom dies. It won't be easy and will even be harder since some of my family have been purposely been left in the dark and the fact I will be the one arranging it won't make that any easier. I was only just barely thirteen when I lost my dad and my way of grieving was to go to school that day. Big mistake and I know that now, but I just didn't want to think about and go about my day as I usually did. He fought a long and hard battle that was painful to watch with cancer. To this day the funeral is a big blur, but the graveside sticks in my mind. Probably doesn't help that since he retired from the military that it was a military funeral and that the graveside was filmed either. Hugs and cherrish the fact that your grandma loved you for who you are.
Mariah
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Damara

Thank you both so much! The funeral went well.. and I heard that my dad even defended me and explained to some questioning fellow about me.. That made me so happy! Such contradictory emotions! I wore a long black dress, a black slip that was my grandmother's and black floral fishnet stockings.. I also wore some of my grandmother's perfume. It was a bitter sweet thing in a way.. She touched so many peoples' lives and was such a great mom to my sister and I.. anyway, thanks all so much for the advice and beautiful words!
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Cindy

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Ms Grace

Hugs. Glad it went well and that your father stood up for you.
Grace
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Aubrey1day

I am so happy to hear that it went well for you!

My father has cancer and he took a sudden turn for the worse this past Thursday. I worked up the nerve to talk with him just before that and he was so scared I wouldn't be okay after he passed on. I promised him no matter how hard it was I would do what I need to do to be happy.

So I made the choice to stop pretending to be something I am not. Clinging to being a male has slowly taken me down a path that would have ended in self-destruction.

I have been sitting in his hospital room all night reading posts. They have all offered me hope in different ways but your is special. I am also in Arkansas, the Little Rock area. I have been very worried about what I might face in the days, weeks, and years ahead. I am so relieved to know that even here you can still be surprised by how understanding people can be.



"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." - Alan Watts
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cindianna_jones

Samara, I am so sorry for your loss. Concerning your grandmother, be the person she loved. It doesn't matter if you shed tears. Take a compact. But honor her as you. No one will make a fuss. Take care, sweet one.

Cindi
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Cindy

Quote from: Aubrey1day on March 17, 2015, 01:08:47 AM
I am so happy to hear that it went well for you!

My father has cancer and he took a sudden turn for the worse this past Thursday. I worked up the nerve to talk with him just before that and he was so scared I wouldn't be okay after he passed on. I promised him no matter how hard it was I would do what I need to do to be happy.

So I made the choice to stop pretending to be something I am not. Clinging to being a male has slowly taken me down a path that would have ended in self-destruction.

I have been sitting in his hospital room all night reading posts. They have all offered me hope in different ways but your is special. I am also in Arkansas, the Little Rock area. I have been very worried about what I might face in the days, weeks, and years ahead. I am so relieved to know that even here you can still be surprised by how understanding people can be.

Hugs my darling, we are here for you. Tell your Dad that we are all praying for him.

Love to you both

Cindy
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adrian

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Damara

Quote from: Aubrey1day on March 17, 2015, 01:08:47 AM
I am so happy to hear that it went well for you!

My father has cancer and he took a sudden turn for the worse this past Thursday. I worked up the nerve to talk with him just before that and he was so scared I wouldn't be okay after he passed on. I promised him no matter how hard it was I would do what I need to do to be happy.

So I made the choice to stop pretending to be something I am not. Clinging to being a male has slowly taken me down a path that would have ended in self-destruction.

I have been sitting in his hospital room all night reading posts. They have all offered me hope in different ways but your is special. I am also in Arkansas, the Little Rock area. I have been very worried about what I might face in the days, weeks, and years ahead. I am so relieved to know that even here you can still be surprised by how understanding people can be.

Aubrey, my heart goes out to you! <3 *hugs* I am so glad that you are going to be true to yourself, this is a thing I can never regret.. and yes it is amazing and surprising the love and support that has cropped up in this largely backward and conservative state.. so don't ever feel hopeless! Also, I'm not very good with words, but if you ever need someone to just listen or offer support I'm here! <3
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Damara

Quote from: Cindy on March 17, 2015, 12:07:55 AM
Hugs Honey :-*

Thank you, Cindy! <3

Quote from: Cindi Jones on March 17, 2015, 01:17:57 AM
Samara, I am so sorry for your loss. Concerning your grandmother, be the person she loved. It doesn't matter if you shed tears. Take a compact. But honor her as you. No one will make a fuss. Take care, sweet one.

Cindi

Thank you, Cindi! Being open with my grandma and having her never withhold her love was such a blessing.. Glad she got to know the real me!


Quote from: adrian on March 17, 2015, 01:50:03 AM
Hugs! I'm glad it went well.

Thank you, Adrian! ^_^
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Dodie

So happy for u
And ur Dad defending you is a wonderful thing.
Dodie
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Athena

Once again I am sorry for your loss but I am glad it went well and I am sure your grandmother would have been proud.
Formally known as White Rabbit
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