My Sense of Loss is Broken

Should I be concerned
that I was more upset
over the loss of
a Harry Potter character
then I was when my
step-grandmother died
even if I
hadn't heard from her
in years?

Psalm 116

1 I love the LORD, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

3 The pains of death surrounded me,
And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called upon the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, I implore You, deliver my soul!”

5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
Yes, our God is merciful.
6 The LORD preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.
7 Return to your rest, O my soul,
For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

8 For You have delivered my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the LORD
In the land of the living.
10 I believed, therefore I spoke,
“I am greatly afflicted.”
11 I said in my haste,
“All men are liars.”

12 What shall I render to the LORD
For all His benefits toward me?
13 I will take up the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the LORD.
14 I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people.

15 Precious in the sight of the LORD
Is the death of His saints.

16 O LORD, truly I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant;
You have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the LORD.

18 I will pay my vows to the LORD
Now in the presence of all His people,
19 In the courts of the LORD’s house,
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

Praise the LORD!

Top Ten Things People Say at Palabra that Make Me Want to Punch Them

10) That's alright, I'm just browsing.
I don't know why this irks me so much but, okay, I say, "Just let me know if I can help you with anything." And you respond with this? I KNOW you're just browsing! Probably about 90% of people who end up buying things are "just browsing". So don't act like you won't need my help, instead when I say "Let me know if...", you say, "Alright, I will, thanks." Okay? Okay.


9) Oh, is this the guard dog?
Oh aren't you oh-so-funny, pretending the little chihuahua is a fierce guard dog! Yeah, I've heard it about 800 million times, so shut up.

8) Wow! This place just keeps on going and going!
I know. This is my 6th summer at the shop. I'm pretty familiar with the set-up.

7) My cat's bigger than that dog!
EVERYONE'S CAT IS BIGGER THAN BELLE! SHE'S A FREAKIN' CHIHUAHUA! Seriously people, everyone says it.

6) You live here all year round?! What do you do in the winter?
I'm sorry? I live in Maine, not Antarctica. What do you do in the winter?! Well, I probably do the same. The lives of people in Boothbay does not revolve around tourists, like you seem to think. Idiot.

5) Sneezing in the morning! Earliest sign of pregnancy!
Okay, so I've only had this said to me once. I had a sneezing fit and some middle aged man said this to me, then "Haha, just kidding." And then he walked away. Uh, what?

4) Is that your daughter?
Okay, so this summer, my boss' niece started working at the shop. And she has a daughter named Sophia. And her and her daughter live in an apartment above the shop, so naturally Sophie is around a lot. And she's a real cutie, so sometimes, she'll sit on my lap behind the counter. And people keep asking if she's my daughter. SHE'S SEVEN! That means, I would have had her when I WAS TWELVE! WHAT THE HECK PEOPLE?!

3) I used to have one of those!
I hear this so many times when people are looking at antiques. Yes, you used to have one and so did a lot of people. But if everyone had kept them, they wouldn't be worth jack, and we wouldn't have them in the shop. So it doesn't really matter you didn't hold on to it, because if you had, it would probably be worthless. Make sense?

2) I thought this was an antique shop...
Okay, why can people only read 1/2 of the signs out front? They say, Antiques, Gifts, Collectibles. So, we have more than antiques. Also, they say 10 rooms full, so stop telling me the shop is bigger than it looks, since we actually have less rooms open than the sign claims.

1) I just want to see how much that costs...
No, this isn't said by people wanting to buy things. This is said by people who already own the antiques we're selling. They want to see how much they're worth. Well guess what? We're an antique shop, so we have customers. Good luck finding someone to buy your piece for the price we're charging! Plus the fact that I would say 75% of the time, you're mistaken, and maybe you own a piece similar to the one in the shop, but its probably not exactly the same. And I think its really rude to make me get an expensive antique from the back of the case when you're not interesting in buying it. We're a shop, not a reference book, for crying out loud!