tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post2475756986320632172..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Relatives: Dead And/Or AliveJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-52018240340704126052012-02-12T19:18:40.977-08:002012-02-12T19:18:40.977-08:00I am very sorry for your loss. It must have been ...I am very sorry for your loss. It must have been a very difficult time for you. Sometimes when we write about our losses it helps to put them in their proper perspective. Sending you a hug:) ConnieFar Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-3121607333030389652012-01-28T11:53:55.723-08:002012-01-28T11:53:55.723-08:00Oh Jacqi. I don't have the words available to ...Oh Jacqi. I don't have the words available to express my thoughts at this point. Going to have to let them sit in that box with the cat for a bit and see what emerges. <br /><br />That said, please accept my sympathy for the loss of your dearly loved Mary. I have never regretted dropping away from day to day life to to sit watch as a loved one moves on from this life. Hugs as you acclimate to the world lessened. I pray you find it enriched by those around you who knowing of your loss, express their care for you and yours.Susan Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009218875010743399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-65800607566216140542012-01-28T07:03:38.225-08:002012-01-28T07:03:38.225-08:00The writing in this entry is so powerful that ... ...The writing in this entry is so powerful that ... I find myself struggling to put to words what it did to me.<br /><br />Losing family (genetic or adopted) is very hard - and I'm not sure which is harder - like the bandaid that needs to be removed - the fast stunning shock of here now - gone a second later, or the slow agonizing, bit by bit, hour by hour fade into oblivion. I know the big "C" has had profound impact on your life (as well as mine.) It is a horrible, horrible disease.<br /><br />It is the living - however - that surround you, that can offer support and "reminders as you need them" that life goes on and you are still with the living - and are appreciated and loved.<br /><br />*Hugs* I'm so sorry about your loss - even the photo shows how this couple lived - as a soul-mated team... two combined as one with two aspects... and the light of their love shines forth. I knew you had experienced something "bad" a while ago - but didn't understand in a "more complete" way.<br /><br />I was told we all grieve at our own pace yesterday... and surely we do. And we live with the unwanted and encroaching thoughts of "did we say we loved them (enough)?" and other second guessing... They haunt us as well as the "special memories" we select in order to remember those that pass on - in order to preserve their "time spent on Earth".<br /><br />Be well Jacqi and be in peace with yourself.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.com