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"Ten-year old Comfort Snowberger has attended 247 funerals. But that's not surprising, considering that her family runs the town funeral home. And even though Great-uncle Edisto keeled over with a heart attack and Great-great-aunt Florentine dropped dead - just like that - six months later, Comfort knows how to deal with loss, or so she thinks. She's more concerned with avoiding her crazy cousin Peach and trying to figure out why her best friend, Declaration, suddenly won't talk to her. Life is full of surprises. And the biggest one of all is learning what it takes to handle them."

I remember reading this book when I was about ten, and it came to mind this year when my fiancé lost his three geriatric pets, all within two-three months of each other. When I delved back into the book, I was reading it again like it had just been yesterday. For a middle grade book about death, the author could not have tackled the subject matter any better. Oozing with Southern charm, reading it made me feel warm and fuzzy with Comfort and her family in Snapfinger, Mississippi (go ahead, just say that out loud with a spicy Southern accent). Here's one of my favorite analogies Comfort used to describe climbing to the top of a hill:

Comfort is just a sweet little bean and you can't help but want to hug her. Peppered in between the chapters are Comfort's submissions to the local newspaper: her "life notices" (obituaries), "tips for first-rate funeral behavior," and "fantastic (and fun) funeral" recipes. I laughed out loud, and I bawled my eyes out -- hallmarks of a fantastic book, in my humble opinion. Reading it again at 29, I realized that this book helped to form me in my formative years. Unwavering praise for Deborah Wiles.

115/10

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i love this kitty

abigail has been on my lap for the last hour and my legs hurt so bad. she’s just happily snoring away while i suffer

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Little iso house

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Been on a nostalgia kick for Explorers of Sky lately. Still one of my all time favorite games! I remember my first team still; Torchic and Piplup!

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lucky i wasn’t born with a dick bc i’d get hard from seeing a beautiful body of water

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⚠️⚠️ hollow knight silk song final boss leaked (!!)

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i’ve been staring at this gif of the rock rolling his eyes for like 5 minutes

it’s such a perfect eyeroll. like it’s not sloppy or anything. his eyes make a perfect half rotation followed by a quick look of ‘whatever’ in one smooth motion.

and the look directed at the camera right after.

so much sarcasm. so much sassiness. 10/10.

this is my aesthetic.

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Black Lake || New York, US

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Majestic Milo

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sentence so rudely ended by video cut was: "they've got no fangs and they've got no venom"

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love how there are some pokedex entries about pokemon breathing fireballs 16000°F and flying the circumference of the earth in 2 hours and then some entries about ordinary, real-world situations like this. i like this magnemite dex entry from ruby <3

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whats good 2024 people of tumblr i purged my blog and am starting anew

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