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Wed Sep-16-09 06:21 PM
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A year ago tonight my Father passed away. |
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And I'd just like to thank you all again for the love and strength you gave my family and I during a very tough time.
I still have the threads, and every time I look at them, my heart is filled with your warmth and kindness all over again.
I love you all.
:loveya:
Mods, I'm also posting this in the Lounge.
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:22 PM
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1. Wow, SCE, I remember that. Time flies. |
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:23 PM
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:25 PM
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:27 PM
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:29 PM
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5. Damn it's been a year already |
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Love you back. I hope you're filled with beautiful memories as the pain eases from day to day. :hug:
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:32 PM
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And DU is one of them. Y'all made those days possible to bear.
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:31 PM
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So many dates become important... Lost my dad just over a year ago...
All good karma to you...
Rick
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:39 PM
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Bless your Dad's memory.
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:41 PM
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9. Best wishes to you and your family. |
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:41 PM
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10. The grief never goes away |
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but it recedes like a tide and is replaced by warm, happy memories. :hug:
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:48 PM
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12. That is so true Pool Hall Ace |
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The moments come to you and form a tapestry of memory. A warm one :hug:
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:53 PM
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15. I find so much comfort by "walking backwards in my mind". |
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I can reach back to encouraging words, and "feel" the warmth of a gentle touch. Thank the dear lord for memories of all the love that we have felt in our lives. Yes, even our fur babies.
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Wed Sep-16-09 07:03 PM
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22. I see him in almost every place I go. |
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I do deliveries in the sections of Philly where he grew up, worked, and where we went to church as kids.
And according to my family, there is much of him in the mirror when I look there as well.
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Wed Sep-16-09 07:16 PM
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29. Your sweet memories keep him alive in your mind. |
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I feel so sure that you will pass on your wonderful memories to your little 1-year-old.
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:49 PM
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my dad's birthday's next week-the first since he died.Think of good times,and feel his loving hand on your shoulder.:pals:
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:54 PM
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16. I'm sure it'll be there darlin'. |
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Thank you :hug: :loveya: :)
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:52 PM
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A year ago last month my mother passed away at 66 from a massive stroke. It's been one hell of a ride but am finally seeing a little sunshine.
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:56 PM
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18. And to you Dappleganger |
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It takes a while for all the emotions to make sense and fall into place.
Glad there's sunshine for you now. :hug: :)
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:55 PM
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17. I remember that, Salmon. |
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I had a similar experience when my Dad passed one year ago this last June 25th, and DU was there for me as well. Try and remember the good times, it sometimes helps me ... a little bit.
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:59 PM
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21. It does help my friend. |
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:hug: DU is simply overflowing with great souls.
Thinking of you and your Dad tonight...
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:58 PM
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Wed Sep-16-09 07:04 PM
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23. Thank you nadinbrzezinski :) |
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Wed Sep-16-09 06:58 PM
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Losing a parent is damned hard. The comfort comes when we realize that they never really leave us.
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Wed Sep-16-09 07:09 PM
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25. And he hasn't sweetie. |
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:hug: Thank you blogslut, you're a luv. :*
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Wed Sep-16-09 07:05 PM
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Wed Sep-16-09 07:10 PM
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27. We love you lots my friend, lots |
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Edited on Wed Sep-16-09 07:10 PM by DainBramaged
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Wed Sep-16-09 07:12 PM
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Thank you DB, love lots get and sends kthnx :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Wed Sep-16-09 07:20 PM
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and yours.
The loss of a parent is a difficult thing. Even a year later, there is a mixture of emotions .... the pain of separation, and the strength of good memories. As human beings, we experience both.
There will still be times that when something good happens, that you will find yourself wishing you could share a conversation with your Dad. In those times, you will feel his strength. And he, yours.
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Wed Sep-16-09 07:34 PM
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32. Many thanks my friend |
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He's always close by, in songs I hear, in images I see, and in hearing in my mind how he'd react to things.
We've had those conversations. We still talk in our own way. :)
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Wed Sep-16-09 07:22 PM
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31. My thoughts go out to you on this sad anniversary... |
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I have a psychologist friend who says that it can take up to two years to fully grieve the death of a loved one.
Sometimes I think the process of grief is never truly completed, though.
Next month will be seven years since my dad passed away. At times I still find it hard to believe he's gone.
The pain never really goes away...it just dulls a little and doesn't feel so much like a knife to the heart after a while.
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Wed Sep-16-09 07:38 PM
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33. There was a moment some weeks ago pipi_k |
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I was watching TV and a scene came on where 2 doctors were taking turns performing CPR on an elderly mn. It took me right back to that nigh a year ago, the paramedics working on Dad until they realized there was nothing else that could be done.
I cried like I haven't cried in a long, long time. I'm sure those moments will come to me for as long as I live. I'm glad they happen. It means he's still loved and missed.
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Wed Sep-16-09 07:54 PM
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34. Isn't it just the neatest thing how so many strangers can say the |
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sweetest things, just when you need them most.
I'm sorry for your loss.
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Wed Sep-16-09 08:05 PM
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35. The kindness of DUers will be with me always |
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I can honestly say I would not have been as strong as I was during that time without their support.
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Thu Sep-17-09 09:09 PM
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36. Hugs, we don't forget even after the day has passed. |
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We hold our memories fond and dear, without them we give away pieces of ourselves.
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