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My upstairs neighbor died.

My thoughts and prayers are with her daughter marquisedea, who doesn't deserve this.

Anna has had cancer for years now, and her death wasn't unexpected. But marquisedea is only nineteen, maybe twenty if I've missed her birthday. And she's had quite a bit more than her share of shit in the last couple years.

I have faith that Anna's okay. She has nothing further to worry about. But Sami's the one I worry about, because she has to live with it.

For Christians on my friends list: what do Christians do instead of sitting shiva? What is there I can do for Sami?

And, Sami, what is there Lis and I can do for you?

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[zarhooie.livejournal.com]

I definately would go with food. Something easy that you can just toss in the microwave/on the stove that requires little-to-no thought to prepare. My family is a big fan of the tatertot hot dish (two lbs of ground beef along the bottom of a 9x12, spread one can cream of mushroom soup, undilluted, on top, place a bag of onion/garlic tatertots in a geometrical pattern, pour one cup milk over and bake at 350 for about 45 minutes to an hour. It freezes well if you don't add the milk right away, and it can be saved for several days if you put it in the fridge, covered, minus milk.)