QC
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Mrs. QC has had a rough go her whole life in many ways. Here is a list of some, but not all, and the latest:
Her brother Steve died when she was 18 (she is 45 now), electrocuted on stage when he touched his lips to a microphone, I think he was 24ish and left a son and pregnant wife.
Her Mom died a year after I met her, 1984ish. Liver failure from years of Alcoholism.
Her brother David died when he was about 40 around 1992. He had a heart attack while on a fishing charter. Nothing the crew could do.
Her father died in 1995 of either a drunken fall or bash in the head from a wrench. Autopsy was inconclusive, but he had a way of angering people . . .
A couple of years ago we hear that Terry the widow of brother Steve had died. Not sure under what circumstances.
A year ago we hear that Larry, the unborn son from brother Steve was in Prison on drug charges.
Yesterday we get news that the first born son of brother Steve had died. His name was Steven and this news was delivered by a fax from the LA County Treasurer and Tax Collector to her nephew in Havasu. Mrs. QC did some detective work today and Steven died from a combination of a Speed addiction and Aids.
I know this sounds like it will be followed by a punch line, but it is all too true :'( I don't even know what to say to her. She is pretty upset, but also quietly dealing with it as always. She is mostly down because he was so alone. Steven was gay and had been kinda missing for the last 6 years and he wanted it that way. It is, however, dredging up all of the old Steve stuff and the constant tragedies. I, on the other hand, have never had a family member die of anything but really old age, so I am pretty incapable of true empathy.
Her brother Steve died when she was 18 (she is 45 now), electrocuted on stage when he touched his lips to a microphone, I think he was 24ish and left a son and pregnant wife.
Her Mom died a year after I met her, 1984ish. Liver failure from years of Alcoholism.
Her brother David died when he was about 40 around 1992. He had a heart attack while on a fishing charter. Nothing the crew could do.
Her father died in 1995 of either a drunken fall or bash in the head from a wrench. Autopsy was inconclusive, but he had a way of angering people . . .
A couple of years ago we hear that Terry the widow of brother Steve had died. Not sure under what circumstances.
A year ago we hear that Larry, the unborn son from brother Steve was in Prison on drug charges.
Yesterday we get news that the first born son of brother Steve had died. His name was Steven and this news was delivered by a fax from the LA County Treasurer and Tax Collector to her nephew in Havasu. Mrs. QC did some detective work today and Steven died from a combination of a Speed addiction and Aids.
I know this sounds like it will be followed by a punch line, but it is all too true :'( I don't even know what to say to her. She is pretty upset, but also quietly dealing with it as always. She is mostly down because he was so alone. Steven was gay and had been kinda missing for the last 6 years and he wanted it that way. It is, however, dredging up all of the old Steve stuff and the constant tragedies. I, on the other hand, have never had a family member die of anything but really old age, so I am pretty incapable of true empathy.
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