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kadollan ([personal profile] kadollan) wrote2012-08-22 05:48 pm

Gone Under the House

So, I just spent some time going through and sorting two more of Lu's boxes.   I don't like it (I cried), but that's two more done and that much closer to finished. (I also now get to check off my "One Thing" for the day, which I haven't been too good about here lately.)

I ran across a letter that my mom had started and, as far as I can tell never finished nor sent.  Contextually I can tell that she must have written in right about the time she and my dad were getting divorced (there's no date).

The following bit really caught my attention:  

When I was a little girl an old dog got sick and "went under the house."  I remember my Mother telling me that dogs do that when they are sick -- and they stay until they get well or die.  I've always been a bit like that old dog; in times of extreme stress I withdraw.  This past year has been dreadful, but I think I'm not going to die.

So there you have it, genties and ladlemen.  

It's hereditary.

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