When was the last time you cried?

[Efrackalecki]

That would be July 11th. That was the day we had to have my dog Gabby put to sleep. Something caused her blood platelets to drop, causing her to bleed internally, including in the brain. Probably the cancer that we had been battling with for years.

I got gabby for my eighth birthday. It would have been fifteen years ago this month. She was a black, short-haired dachshund. The only thing she loved more than food, was curling up in your lap to take a nap. Here is a picture of her with Chloe, our miniature dachshund, who died of a rare type of bone cancer about two years ago.

The house seems a little more empty every day.

 

[evanrick]

last week.

 

[Latimer]

A few days ago, listening to the Theodorakis/Behan song, "To Yelasto Pedi": "Oh what will mend my broken heart, I've lost my laughing boy"--it always brings tears:
Theodorakis Farantouri To Yelasto Pedi 1974 - YouTube

 

[hotcockalex]

yesterday because of a great song

 

[PreTTy PeTe]

just now........I stumbled onto a song by Amy Winehouse and I can't believe it's over a year since she died. I've lost too many friends to the disease of addiction.

 

[frankfrank]

Hmm, I can't remember the last time that I shed tears. It happens every blue moon, but typically I don't cry when I'm upset.

You must have cried about three days ago, then, because there was a BLUE MOON at the end of August about three days ago.

A "blue moon" is the SECOND FULL MOON that falls within a calendar month. They're rare, because months are only a little bit longer than the lunar cycle. Generally, the first full moon must fall on the 1st, if it's not February or a 31-day month.

I've always wondered whether "blue moon" came FIRST (as this definition being the second full moon in a month), or whether the PHRASE "ONCE IN A BLUE MOON" came first? If the latter, it was a phrase-in-search-of-a-definition. If the definition was formed AFTER the phrase existed, whoever defined it came up with the perfect answer, because blue moons are rare.

 

[birddog7]

I can't remember for sure, but it hasn't been long. I cry a lot, usually every week or so. I'm sad and lonely a lot...

 

[frankfrank]

I'd actually read an article outlining all of the details of the 'blue moon', but I'd forgotten most of it. I rarely use that expression.

I use it every blue moon, I suppose.

Looks like it was originally "a phrase in search of a definition" because the nowadays astronomical meaning of BLUE MOON didn't exist until the middle of the 20th Century...

Blue Moon - What Is a Blue Moon - Brief History and Facts About a Blue Moon