[Tiste Simeon]

My old boss died. Bit weird to say but this is the wonderful lady who gave me a new job (the one I still have) which got me out of my last job, which was a truly awful one. She was kind and considerate and gave me so many opportunities. She had cancer for a long time and was just getting on with it, not letting anything get to get but eventually the treatments stopped working so well and she was forced into an early retirement because of it. She had another 18 months before it caught up to her.

While it's not exactly sudden or unexpected it is still very sad.

This post has been edited by Tiste Simeon: Today, 01:28 PM

[worry]

Condolences, Tiste.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Tiste Simeon, on 14 February 2026 - 10:28 AM, said:

My old boss died. Bit weird to say yh but this is the wonderful lady who gave me a new job (the one I still have) which got me out of my last job, which was a truly awful one. She was kind and considerate and gave me so many opportunities. She had cancer for a long time and was just getting on with it, not letting anything get to get but eventually the treatments stopped working so well and she was forced into an early retirement because of it. She had another 18 months before it caught up to her.

While it's not exactly sudden or unexpected it is still very sad.

Do you believe she's in heaven?

If so, why would it be sad? Because her relatives will miss her?

[Tiste Simeon]

 Azath Vitr (D, on 14 February 2026 - 01:06 PM, said:

If so, why would it be sad? Because her relatives will miss her?

Because I know it's hard for you to understand but us humans have these things called emotions. She was a good person and only in her late 50s. It's sad any time someone dies of cancer because cancer sucks. Sorry you don't see that.

[Slow Ben]

That sucks. Sorry Tiste.

[amphibian]

 Tiste Simeon, on 14 February 2026 - 10:28 AM, said:

My old boss died. Bit weird to say but this is the wonderful lady who gave me a new job (the one I still have) which got me out of my last job, which was a truly awful one. She was kind and considerate and gave me so many opportunities. She had cancer for a long time and was just getting on with it, not letting anything get to get but eventually the treatments stopped working so well and she was forced into an early retirement because of it. She had another 18 months before it caught up to her.

While it's not exactly sudden or unexpected it is still very sad.

I'm sorry for your loss and for her loved ones. I'm glad she decided to give you a job and all the support, which you've made full advantage of. I hope there's peace as you mourn.

Azathz now is not the time for that.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Tiste Simeon, on 14 February 2026 - 01:30 PM, said:

Azath Vitr (D, on 14 February 2026 - 01:06 PM, said:

If so, why would it be sad? Because her relatives will miss her?

Because I know it's hard for you to understand but us humans have these things called emotions. She was a good person and only in her late 50s. It's sad any time someone dies of cancer because cancer sucks. Sorry you don't see that.

The suffering from cancer sucks (at least until the opioids kick in). But the death itself, and her going to heaven, seem like good reasons to be happy. She's no longer suffering, and not only that, but she's in heaven. I've read many great poems and prose arguments in English Christian traditions that make exactly that argument, though of course I won't presume to know the specifics of your faith on this matter; but I am genuinely curious. And of course it's a natural reaction for most humans, which is partly why faith leaders have had to tell people to be happy about it; and faith in heaven does seem to give both rational and emotional justification to let go of your sorrow and learn to be happy instead.

Of course I don't believe in heaven myself, but I can imagine it. It would certainly be wonderful if it were true.

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