I almost didn't post the previous post that I posted. It wasn't really happy happenstance that led to my discovery that my sister's stepson's girlfriend's mom's boyfriend's ex-wife is my boss' sister.
It all started with a trip to Tucson to stay with my sister and brother-in-law. Together, we then made a journey to spread my parents' ashes (along with the cremated remains of two dogs) in an undisclosed location in the Chiricahua Mountains. On the way back to Tucson from the mountains, my brother-in-law got a phone call from his son. It was bad news about his (the son's, not the brother-in-law's) girlfriend's mother.
The following Monday, my boss dropped by my office and gave me an update about her trying weekend, which involved a story that ended with the same sad news that my brother-in-law received in the car on Saturday.
Finding out that my boss' sister's ex-husband's girlfriend (whom I had never met) was also my sister's stepson's girlfriend's mom, meant finding out that this young woman died tragically of complications from back surgery. A blood clot that lodged in her brain.
So, I was a little afraid it might seem disrespectful to post a humorous take on an overall tragic situation.
But then I heard about the plans for Becky's memorial, including a cocktail party. A fancy, dress-to-the-nines, and don't-even-think-about-wearing-black, cocktail party. It was something Becky always wanted to do while alive, but she just hadn't quite pulled it off, yet. And from what I've heard from everyone who knew her, Becky was a lover of life and living, a really joyful person and a joy to know.
And so I decided that she would probably get a really good laugh out of our six degrees of separation. And she would want others to share in her merriment.
It just wouldn't have been right to keep it to myself.
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