Grabbing the small box and my keys, I plopped down in the rocking chair. Using my house key, I scored along the tape, so I could peel back the layers of paper and unearth the surprise she had sent me.
Grabbing the small box and my keys, I plopped down in the rocking chair. Using my house key, I scored along the tape, so I could peel back the layers of paper and unearth the surprise she had sent me.
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Another friend & I have created 2 new emoticons for such passings.
for those quick virtual hug embraces that go through internet wires and the larger for those heart-breaking times when you need to say, “just let the tears go. I’ll hold you until they stop.”
I’m so sorry for your loss.
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Thank you….this year has been a. rough one..I have lost several this year.
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Hopefully, you have some evidence that you’ll see them again – but not too soon.
(now that you know what that little code means.
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I do know the promise of seeing them again..you kindness is always uplifting…
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For events like this, I find it helpful to recall 2 items: 1) you should hurt at the loss of a friend because if it did not hurt, you would have loss a large piece of your humanity somewhere and 2) Jesus too, even when he knew he was about to bring Lazarus back from the dead, cried over the death of his friend. Somehow – this is such a big loss that even Jesus cried and that we do too, only reveals whose image we were created after. I also find it to be a good way to honor their memory. Your friend was worth crying over.
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love the parable…and i still cry buckets…<3
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Well – I just noticed that my clever emotions didn’t pass through the comment HTML filter. Annoying, but the use of the greater-than and less-than signs look too much like an HTML formatting tag. Here’s what I should have put in my first reply to get around this snag.
Another friend & I have created 2 new emoticons for such passing’s.
1) [vh] is for for those quick virtual hug embraces that fit through internet wires and the larger…
2) [VH] is for those heart-breaking times when you need to say, “just let the tears go. I’ll hold you until they stop.”
When tears are testimony to love, the owner of those tears looks a lot like Jesus.
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Gary, your heartfelt replies and kindness always come through…loud and clear…thank you my friend.
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Life’s busy-ness does get in the way in of doing what we should with those specuilal people. Hug everyone you know, It doesn’t matter if the hugs are virtually, through a phone line or real. Big hugs to you.
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Thank you Antoinette
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Beautiful eulogy to Debbie. She sounds like someone that we would’ve all been blessed to meet. The loss of a friend is always hard, but one who has made themselves a sister is very bitter. I’m glad you shared this snapshot of her.
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Thank you fo your kind words.
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