gaspr Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 My deepest sympathies Rob and family. Hang in there. Garth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEAR Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 My condolences,hope you and your family can recover together. I just want to say that when someone this close leaves us coping with a loss as severe is less difficult when the family is close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Condolences and I hope that you can somehow find comfort while dealing with everthing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted March 14, 2006 Moderators Share Posted March 14, 2006 Sorry to hear that, I know how you feel ,It does get easer with time. Remember the good times you had with him, that would be what he would want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formica Posted March 15, 2006 Author Share Posted March 15, 2006 I just wanted to thank all of you for your heart felt wishes. I have to admit that it hasn't entirely sunk in yet... this is especially true for my mom. I think that is why I waited almost a week before posting about it. Ironically this is something (almost) everyone has to face at some point of his or her life, but for some reason I was unprepared. After having successfully fought off cancer over a year ago, it seemed he was invincible. Although it's been a while, we both had the opportunity to express our appreciation for each other and the last couple of years have been our best. If anything, I'm glad we left off on such a positive note... just wish it hadn't been so soon. Thanks again... ROb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieboy Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I cannot imagine. My thought's are with you. I love my dad. It will be the worst day in my life. I do not want to think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokem Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Thoughts and Prayers to you and your family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customsteve01 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Sorry to hear of your loss, Thoughts and prayers are with you. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Rob: I was so sorry to read about your dad this morning. My deepest sympathies, sir! I'm very sorry for your loss. How tragic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.4knee Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Rob, Sorry to hear of your loss. My Prayers go out to you and your family .....be strong...God Bless. R/Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 ROb, One of the faculty, at the college where I work, gave me this quote from Samuel Johnson. It is from a letter he sent to a friend on the death of the friend's wife. ALthough about husband and wife, perhaps you can find some comfort in it as well. My prayers are with you and your family, especially while I am at Mass this weekend. Bruce 'The loss, dear Sir, which you have lately suffered, I felt many years ago ,and know how much has been taken from you, and how little help can be had from consolation. He that outlives a wife whom he has long loved, sees himself disjoined from the only mind that has the same hopes, and fears, and interest; from the only companion with whom he has shared much good or evil; and with whom he could set his mind at liberty, to retrace the past or anticipate the future. The continuity of being is lacerated; the settled course of sentiment and action is stopped; and life stands suspended and motionless, till it is driven by external causes into a new channel. But the time of suspense is dreadful. 'Our first recourse in this distressed solitude, is, perhaps for want of habitual piety, to a gloomy acquiescence in necessity. Of two mortal beings, one must lose the other; but surely there is a higher and better comfort to be drawn from the consideration of that Providence which watches over all, and a belief that the living and the dead are equally in the hands of God, who will reunite those whom he has separated; or who sees that it is best not to reunite.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Our thoughts and prayers are with you Rob in your time of grieving for the recent and abrupt passing of your father. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Rob, very sorry to hear of your loss. A guy I knew remarked when I lost my own father that he had gone through the same thing I was going through. He said one of the toughest parts was knowing that even athough we were long since adults, you always had it the back of your mind that there was a backstop there if times got tough or troubles came a calling. Your father. Sad and a little scary, but know this, he's done his job in that respect. From what I've seen of you here, you'll do just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formica Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 Just wanted to thank you all again.... for your support in these times. My mom also appreciates the heart felt wishes. I've restarted lurking and posting a little... so things are looking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzp Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Rob, I hope that you accept prayers from our family to yours. I have lost both Mother and Pop in the last 6 years. It does get easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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