tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post8616987134944244717..comments2023-09-24T11:26:16.606-04:00Comments on The Middle Ages: Mr. ReidDeb and Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04444390852070865517noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-85269061209623820392011-06-10T11:39:11.392-04:002011-06-10T11:39:11.392-04:00There just aren't any words, are there, that r...There just aren't any words, are there, that really help. I'll just add two more hugs: one for you, and one for Carol Ann.Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-83223251858594133872011-06-10T07:43:14.631-04:002011-06-10T07:43:14.631-04:00Yeah Anne it is that time of life isn't it? Sa...Yeah Anne it is that time of life isn't it? Sadly. But that's life. I am so sorry about your Aunt Beth and I offer you my deepest sympathy and peace for you and your family.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041122116481448321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-78124124538508346452011-06-09T20:59:47.655-04:002011-06-09T20:59:47.655-04:00I'm sorry for your loss, Deb. I just had an au...I'm sorry for your loss, Deb. I just had an aunt who passed away recently- our family is still dealing with the grief. Hugs and condolences to you, your friend, and your friends' family.<br />-Beth :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-41710322294304330882011-06-09T12:53:32.386-04:002011-06-09T12:53:32.386-04:00"My past is being pulled out from under me.&q..."My past is being pulled out from under me." What a perfect way to say it, Deb. We are most definitely at "that age", and it sucks. It really does. I'm so very sorry for your loss. - Anne.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-68706183953046394842011-06-09T11:23:07.203-04:002011-06-09T11:23:07.203-04:00Thanks Shawn they can use all the good thoughts yo...Thanks Shawn they can use all the good thoughts you can give. Funeral is today. April I love the (((DEB)))) Going to steal that one! Algonacchick I will give Carol Ann I hug just as soon as I see her! Sadly I am shooting today and only represented at the funeral by flowers. Karen you are so right. I agree that talking about the person keeps them so alive. Thank you all.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041122116481448321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-47443970765917261022011-06-09T00:59:40.565-04:002011-06-09T00:59:40.565-04:00He will live on through all of your wonderful memo...He will live on through all of your wonderful memories of him. Speak of him frequently and fondly. It really does help. I wish I had had someone like you as my friend when I lost my mom to cancer a couple of years ago. It's a tough thing to go through alone. I'm glad for you and Carol Ann that you have each other. Giant hugs to you both.<br />Karen FrazierAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-81987885266884455472011-06-09T00:40:23.264-04:002011-06-09T00:40:23.264-04:00So very sorry to hear your friend lost her father....So very sorry to hear your friend lost her father. She is blessed to have a friend like you to share in her grief. I know what it's like to lose a parent. Hugs to your friend Carol Ann.algonacchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14764348449675763197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-88145718286911440512011-06-09T00:38:02.633-04:002011-06-09T00:38:02.633-04:00Deb, I don't know what to say that the others ...Deb, I don't know what to say that the others haven't already said (I'm just not good at this sort of thing), but I am sorry for your loss. Know that you, your lovely friend and her family will be in my thoughts tonight. If I were close enough, I'd give you hug, but I guess a virtual hug is the best I can do: ((((((Deb))))))Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945954352194416417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-20699327548860939062011-06-08T23:45:49.683-04:002011-06-08T23:45:49.683-04:00Deb, I am so sorry to hear this. Carol Ann and he...Deb, I am so sorry to hear this. Carol Ann and her family are in my thoughts tonight. Hang in there.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674420962149095121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-32760531059255570322011-06-08T18:54:46.091-04:002011-06-08T18:54:46.091-04:00Thanks Hart, Holly and Kelly 2! I love the support...Thanks Hart, Holly and Kelly 2! I love the support that I get from you guys. And Rigel, I thank you for your deep feelings that resonate to you in your son's life. I have accepted death as a concept but each time it happens, it's as if it was a huge shock to my being.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041122116481448321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-79325706086393338602011-06-08T15:56:56.180-04:002011-06-08T15:56:56.180-04:00"My past is being pulled out from under me&qu..."My past is being pulled out from under me" <br />When you said that, Deb, it gutted me. Literally punched the breath from my lungs. Over the past handful of years, in rapid sequence, I've lost the last remaining people of one generation family (great-grandparents and their siblings) and the vast majority of the next generation (grandparents and their siblings). It also breaks my heart that my son will not have solid memories of so many of these relatives because they are such an important part of my childhood memories. <br /><br />Having grown up closely woven into a large extended family including loved ones ranging from great-great aunts to cousins-three-times-removed to 4th cousins not to mention being woven into the larger cloth of extended friendships and neighborhoods, it is disorienting to realize how many of them are gone. The only way I've figured out how to express it is to describe it as feeling cold because a warm blanket that's been wrapped around me my whole life is being taken away.<br /><br />Deb, whenever you announce yet another death in your circle of beloveds, I want nothing more than to figure out a way to spare you the pain and loneliness of that chill.Rigelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-38803675713511772342011-06-08T15:09:56.050-04:002011-06-08T15:09:56.050-04:00haha. it's ok Barb :]haha. it's ok Barb :]Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785247788175367281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-73329072061295165482011-06-08T14:52:24.813-04:002011-06-08T14:52:24.813-04:00Deb, so sorry to hear about your friend's dad....Deb, so sorry to hear about your friend's dad. You and your friend's family will be in my prayers.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978291067668508362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-49450356206006759222011-06-08T14:42:48.904-04:002011-06-08T14:42:48.904-04:00Deb--hugs to you! I have a couple friends' par...Deb--hugs to you! I have a couple friends' parents I feel that way about, so I really hear you. It is pretty amazing how many lives touch ours, and sometimes we never realize it until it's time to say good-bye.<br /><br />Barbara-so interesting. See, I find hope in those--yes, the world has lost someone wonderful, but I love the reminder that even the most ordinary of lives are truly special.Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-64312980771890286922011-06-08T14:08:28.585-04:002011-06-08T14:08:28.585-04:00I'm sorry for your loss, Deb, and your friend ...I'm sorry for your loss, Deb, and your friend and family. I hope you all find the comfort you need to get through these next weeks and months.<br /><br /><br /><br />Barbara - I think that's a beautiful way express that pang of grief that happens when we hear of the death of a stranger. Deb writes of George in such a moving, affecting way, and it's hard to not have at least a slight pang of loss at the knowledge that there was an amazing, lovedly and loved man that I will not have a chance to know. Not that I ever would have, but where there was at least once potentiality, there's now just the small hollowness.<br /><br /><br />(I see there's another Kelly. That's going to get confusing. Sorry, Other Kelly & others.)Kellyhttp://www.kellyhills.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-41597862288558612052011-06-08T13:54:35.421-04:002011-06-08T13:54:35.421-04:00Thanks Lyndsie, Kelly, Rigel and Madge. You guys a...Thanks Lyndsie, Kelly, Rigel and Madge. You guys are always there with love and support. It's that time of life for us right now. My past is being pulled out from under me. I know it's the way of life but it still hurts.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041122116481448321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-31095263548448061092011-06-08T12:58:57.231-04:002011-06-08T12:58:57.231-04:00Oh, Deb. Another death.
I'm so sorry for y...Oh, Deb. Another death. <br /><br />I'm so sorry for your loss. I will be thinking of your dear friend and her family as they grieve and learn to adjust to a new normal.Rigelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-80317667641844925352011-06-08T11:17:10.324-04:002011-06-08T11:17:10.324-04:00It is always so hard to see a friend lose a parent...It is always so hard to see a friend lose a parent. Or for that matter a friend lose a friend and I, too agree there is not enough time to know everyone even though some of us try.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-10398570622346466172011-06-08T11:05:00.579-04:002011-06-08T11:05:00.579-04:00Sorry to hear about your friend's father, Deb....Sorry to hear about your friend's father, Deb. Will be lifting them up in prayer tonight. <br /><br />KellyKellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785247788175367281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528510907038944744.post-67703425554159070112011-06-08T09:02:12.587-04:002011-06-08T09:02:12.587-04:00I am so sorry to hear about the lose of your frien...I am so sorry to hear about the lose of your friend Deb. He sounds like an amazing friend and person all around. My heart goes out to him and his family,and to you as well in hopes that it will become a little easier with in time.<br /><br />LyndsieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com