Morningstarlet said:

Under the Cherry Moon for me, I love Purple Rain but have seen it so many times and Graffiti Brdige is still unwatchable (Soory).

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5 hours to New Year in New Zealand. 2016 had one final sting in its tail for us. My partner got a very serious attack of hayfever which made his stop breathing and his eyes swell up, so I had to take him to white cross (Our 24 hour medical centre) and he spent 2 hours on an oxygen ventilator and came home with a battery of pills. Spending new years eve in a depressing waiting room, is not my idea of fun.

Adorecream said:

Under the Cherry Moon for me, I love Purple Rain but have seen it so many times and Graffiti Brdige is still unwatchable (Soory).

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5 hours to New Year in New Zealand. 2016 had one final sting in its tail for us. My partner got a very serious attack of hayfever which made his stop breathing and his eyes swell up, so I had to take him to white cross (Our 24 hour medical centre) and he spent 2 hours on an oxygen ventilator and came home with a battery of pills. Spending new years eve in a depressing waiting room, is not my idea of fun.

UTCM is kinda depressing for me. So sorry to hear your partner got sick, hopefully he'll recover soon. I got hayfever once in the autumn and also couldn't breathe, but I recovered easily.

I'm feeling everyone's pain. I think when a person's favorite artist dies, it's going to hurt a lot and for some time. I've said it before, but I still occasionally nod my head in disbelief when I hear one of his songs. To me, Prince died while still in his prime. Specifically, I mean as a concert performer. He was one of the greatest live acts of all time and only added to his legacy since his 2004 "comeback" with universally praised performances. That's what selfishly hurts the most - knowing that I will never get to see another amazing show from a living legend whose talent was without equal. I fear I will be nodding my head in sadness over that for years.

lust said:

Morningstarlet said:

So how about on New Years Day we all agree to watch a Prince movie and bring him into 2017 in style?

Sounds good. Thanks everyone. This has been cathartic (personal bereavements aside)

I just watched Austrailia's New Year's tribute that honored Prince and Bowie. This was nice to see.

The link is below.

http://www.abc.net.au/new...17/8155782

Here's a link to a Star Tribune article which I think is heartfelt.

http://www.startribune.co.../408654985

Mumio said:

So very sorry to hear of your losses, it's just been a terrible year no matter where I look.

I am so sorry too and wish all you guys strength

I am sharing "my story" of 2016 too: In December 2015 just weeks after her 42nd birthday my best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer and from january 2016 onwards she had chemo therapy, the OP and radiation treatment...so much pain and side effects and hopes and fears and trying to stay strong.....in September she started to get terrible head pain, dizziness and feeling ill and after a few weeks the doctors finally found out she has brain metastases and there is nothing more they can do for her. She has been in the hospital since having one metastisis removed from her brain and having radiation therapy for the others to reduce the pain and effects of the tumours and she is getting weaker and weaker and suffering from more effects of the brain tumours every day pretty much. It is so hard for us all who love her that we can hardly do anything for her but being there for her and tell her how much we love her and that we will forever .... she won't survive the new year and probably won't continue any further treatment that would only make her suffer longer - 2016 has been a terrible year indeed

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Mumio said:

laytonian said:

Yes, time is a trick ... but his absence is not.

My family lost a god daughter and four CLOSE friends. This year has been like a ton of bricks dropping onto us....and in some ways, 4/21 is the most unforgiveable. I shall forever hate that date.

I can not tell you how very very happy I am to see you back here Laytonian Your info was always spot on, good to see you again!

Yes, a bad year for sure, lost an aunt and an uncle, my beloved Yorkie Brutus, and most recently my African Gray parrot Gus. You are right though, 4/21 is the most unforgivable. That loss and that pain will be with me til the end of my days.

4/14/16 was the one year anniversary of my husband's death and this is also my sister's birthday so I found it difficult to celebrate with my sister. My birthday is 4/19 and I didn't look forward it to it in 2015 or in 2016.

I also feel great sadness with Prince's passing on 4/21/16 and I wish I could look at the passage of time differently.

I wish the month of April could just be bypassed as if it didn't exist.

lust said:

Morningstarlet said:

So how about on New Years Day we all agree to watch a Prince movie and bring him into 2017 in style?

Sounds good. Thanks everyone. This has been cathartic (personal bereavements aside)

Personal bereavements intertwine with Prince's death for some of us. It's natural and possibly more cathartic than trying to separate the two. Sorry to impose.

purplepoppy said:

lust said:

purplepoppy said:

Personal bereavements intertwine with Prince's death for some of us. It's natural and possibly more cathartic than trying to separate the two. Sorry to impose.

Yes, you are right there. My best friend, my only brother and I were all prince obsessed and really didn't know anyone else who was. Sometime it snows in April was all our favourite song. Prince and his music was like our 4th member. He binded us in a way. My best friend died age just 22 from a drug overdose 20 years ago and my brother died in April almost 5 years to the day before Prince aged just 33. When Prince died, it felt like I'd lost them all again somehow. Wasn't going to share that but there it is. Actually unfriended someone on FB last night who posted "Well everyone has been rabbiting on about how awful 2016 was because some celebrities died but.....(goes on to list her amazing year inc a new kitchen and holidays and what not)

leec1 said:

Here's a link to a Star Tribune article which I think is heartfelt.

http://www.startribune.co.../408654985

A beautiful article, THANK YOU for sharing!

CalhounSq said:

rainbowchild said:

Can we rewind time instead? Back 2 2015....2014....etc.

I'd love to roll it back even further, & have him seek medical help for pain sooner... or give up the heels/riser jumps much sooner. That's undoing a lot, but I'd give just about anything to have that dude here

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P jumped off the speakers when he played in Washington DC, June 2015.

He couldn't be stopped.

Source: http://www.chicagotribune...story.html

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TheEnglishGent said:

I haven't really written much on the subject of Prince's passing as my year has been tainted by other experiences. Prince dying was a complete shock and I was of course saddened by the news, yet I didn't cry, grieve or mourn in any way for his passing. Prince, or more specifically, his music, has been and will continue to be, a large part of my life. I've been a fan for over 25 years, have all the official releases, many more bootlegs and attended about 30 live performances. In this respect, while some here have done way more than that, I've been far luckier than many others in my experiences of Prince and his music.

So what's happened that meant I wan't more affected by Prince's passing?

About a month before Prince passed, we had to put my Dad into a nursing home. He'd been suffering with dementia and had been deteriorating to the point where my Mum couldn't look after him any longer and he was now a non-recognisable shadow of the man he once was, unable to communicate and seemingly quite unaware of who we were and where he was. Six months to the day since Prince died, my brother and I sat in the nursing home and watched Dad take his last breath and pass away on October 21st.

There was sadness of course, but still no proper grieving as we had other things to deal with.

Ten days before Dad passed, Mum was admitted to hospital. She'd been tired a lot but everyone, including herself, had assumed this was due to the extreme physical and mental demands of looking after Dad and watchng the man she'd loved for nearly 50 years waste away before her. Tragically, there was much more to Mum's condition than merely that. When she was admitted to hospital, they said it was with a lung infection but they also had the suspiscion that it may be lung cancer. A week after Dad passed, Mum was sent home with the news that she was terminal and had six months to two years. However, on the 2nd December Mum was back in hospital, this time having contracted pneumonia and this time there was no recovery. On the 5th December, my brother and I sat for a now too familiar sight and we watched Mum take her last breath, as we had done with Dad a little more than 6 weeks prior.

Now there was some grieving!

But with all this said, and even if my parents hadn't passed, I still don't think there would have been much, if any, grieving for Prince. When I think of Prince and what being a fan of his music has given to my life I can only summon up feelings of happiness and joy. All of the shows and recordings, of course, but above all that there's my wife, the love of my life, who I met at a Prince concert and have now been happily married to for the past seven years. And without having been a Prince fan and having met my wife, my world would be without my youngest son, pictured below with his big brother. This little bundle of mayhem brings fun and joy to every day.

So instead of grieving for Prince I can only say, thank you Prince, thank you so very much.

so sorry for ur losses. what a heart breaking yr 2016 was for u. sending u positivity and blessings this yr.

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PS u have beautiful boys there.

laytonian said:

CalhounSq said:

rainbowchild said: I'd love to roll it back even further, & have him seek medical help for pain sooner... or give up the heels/riser jumps much sooner. That's undoing a lot, but I'd give just about anything to have that dude here

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P jumped off the speakers when he played in Washington DC, June 2015.

He couldn't be stopped.

Source: http://www.chicagotribune...story.html

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No way, no how.