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Dept. of Listicles
Saturday, 29 October 2022 08:33 pmRemembering Mum, & Panicking Over Babysitting
It's truly a sign of my ability to forget; back on the 27th, I got a text from my brother, reminding me that it's been nine years since Mum died. I'd completely forgotten. I haven't forgotten her; I think about her many times a week, and hope, quite irrationally, that she's healthy and whole somewhere, occasionally keeping an eye on me and on my brother, and, just as occasionally, lending us strength when we need it. But I forgot the date and day she died. It's been almost a decade, but still ... my brother remembers every year. Perhaps that makes sense, since he spent so much more time with her during her life, especially in her final decade. He shouldered her burdens, and watched over her; that has to burn one's love right into the bone. No wonder he doesn't forget.
I'm trying to decide if it's worth putting together at least a superficial review of Power of the Doctor, free of some of the immediate raegOMG that I spewed in my last post. There was, for me, a lot to like about the episode, despite my sorrow at seeing Jodie and Thirteen say goodbye; there were also a few things to roll my eyes at. We shall see.
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It's truly a sign of my ability to forget; back on the 27th, I got a text from my brother, reminding me that it's been nine years since Mum died. I'd completely forgotten. I haven't forgotten her; I think about her many times a week, and hope, quite irrationally, that she's healthy and whole somewhere, occasionally keeping an eye on me and on my brother, and, just as occasionally, lending us strength when we need it. But I forgot the date and day she died. It's been almost a decade, but still ... my brother remembers every year. Perhaps that makes sense, since he spent so much more time with her during her life, especially in her final decade. He shouldered her burdens, and watched over her; that has to burn one's love right into the bone. No wonder he doesn't forget.
I'm trying to decide if it's worth putting together at least a superficial review of Power of the Doctor, free of some of the immediate raegOMG that I spewed in my last post. There was, for me, a lot to like about the episode, despite my sorrow at seeing Jodie and Thirteen say goodbye; there were also a few things to roll my eyes at. We shall see.
( Under here. )
