Woman's Friends Help Her Through A Terrible Time (16 Tweets)

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Oct 19, 2019 6:00 PM EDT

After this woman lost her father, her caring and loving friends helped her through a tough and terrible time. They took a risk, and it ended up meaning the world to her. We're not crying, you're crying! 

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    Text - Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen The year after my dad died was so bad I don't remember 90% of it.I moved to a new apt and was unable to unpack. For MONTHS. I was ashamed I couldn't unpack. How can you be UNABLE to unpack? Just open the g.d. boxes. That was the year I cried for 19 days. Straight. /1 6/8/18, 11:58 AM
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    Text - Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen 7h My good friend David whom I've known since high school knew I was struggling and he felt helpless. He said "you are loved" "we need you". I was like, "Doesn't matter, but thanks." So he took a risk. It very well could have ended badly. I could have lashed out. /2 t1.42 777 Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen 7h I could have been really REALLY offended. But he took the risk. He sent out an email to a group of local friends (w/out my knowledge) and said, "Shei
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    Text - Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen 7h At 6 pm on Thursday night the doorbell rang and 10 of my friends barged in, bearing platters of food, cleaning products, and complete unconcern for my 'wait HAVEN'T UNPACKED YET" protestations. They ignored me and got to work. /5 you CAN'T COME IN HERE I t36 1,006 Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen 7h They unpacked my boxes. They put away my 1,500 books. They hung pictures for me. They organized my closet and put away all my clothes. Meanwhile, someone set
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    Text - Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen 7h One of my friends basically took over hanging all of my posters and pictures. "I'm really good at measuring stuff. Let me put all these up in your hallway." I hovered, not wanting to give up control: "wait.. put that one there maybe?" She said, "Go away." I did. /8 t25 934 Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen 7h And she was so much better at hanging stuff than I was! Here are my friends putting away my books. /9
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    Text - Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen 7h Here's a break for dinner. Please note that my friend Sheila's dinner plate is resting on my DVD player. /10 1,199 22 26 3 Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen 7h I was overwhelmed at the sight of all of my crazy friends turning themselves into Santa's workshop. On my behalf. W/out asking me. They just showed up and barged in. I was embarrassed for like 10 minutes but they were all so practical and bossy I had no choice but to let that go.
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    Text - Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen 7h At the end of the night, I looked at my friend's husband a quiet tactiturn guy who drives a tugboat on the Hudson - practical, man of few words - and I just looked at him, speechless, not knowing how to say Thank You, especially to this tough resilient self-sufficient man t26 867 1 Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen 7h He looked at me, saw the look on my face, understood the look, understood everything that was behind it and said, "Listen, baby, what we did
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    Text - Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen 7h When they all swept out of there 4 hours later, my place was a home. Not only was everything put away but now it had a memory attached to it, a group memory, friends, laughing, dirty jokes, hard work. These are the kinds of friends I have. Be that kind of friend to others. 5 21.83 1,979 Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen 7h To reiterate: this plan could have backfired. I very well could have been offended, insulted, hurt. David took that risk. Being a frien
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