Hi all: One of my former patients Danny passed away this am. He became a friend and him and his wife were precious to me. He was only 49 years old. He and his wife emulated to me what a great joy it is to have a great marriage! So loving and trusting and full of care. It breaks my heart today that he is gone so young and I feel for his family so deeply. At first I think, why God, it isnt fair...But I trust that God has a reason and a place of peace and painfree existence for my dear friend. I prayed for God to just lift him up and hold him in his arms of love! Please just send up a prayer to the family that they may come to accept his death and remember what a beacon of light he was while on this earth. I know he touched me deeply and made a big difference in my life! Thanks, Lani
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I am sending out my prayers to his family. I am so sorry about his passing (((hugs)))
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Thanks for sharing a moment of his life with us, Lani. I hope he passed with grace & dignity & may be somewhere at rest now while his family remember the beauty he brought to the world. My prayers are there with them. May they grieve & come to remember him with fondness & not pain in time. Bless them all. Prayers & blesses to you too. Peace be with you all, Danielle x
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Am sorry for your loss. Hugs of comfort for you and the family of your friends. I am coping with the loss of a friend as well. We grew up togethor, school, teen years..... And life sort of took us different directions for awhile....a move away for me, kids and so on. Then I moved back. He remained in the family home with his wife raising 2 fine kids. He lost a daughter (and unborn granddaughter who they tried to save) in a car accident 2 years ago. That was hard on his wife whom I had went to school with as well. He was so strong and somehow he gave her the support she needed to get through. Then around this past Thanks. he began to experience stomach pains and "didn't feel quite right". In mid Jan. he went to dr. Cancer pancreas and liver. OMG!!!! I went to see him about a week and 1/2 before his passing. He seemed like his old self though by his own admission "be warned, I am drugged" LOL Our conversation seemed normal. He was always the jokester and upon entering the room noticed he was unclothed waist up. Well there were a few comments about that!!! LOL Made him a promise upon leaving that I would return....."without clothes......he would surely laugh......." BUT.....it was when I hugged him when departing that I was left with this eerie feeling. He kissed me on the cheek and said "I love you". I returned the same. It was a hug......for one clinging to life and for the other not wanting to let this friend go. It seemed suspended in time. As we parted I'll never forget the tears he was holding back but with such a huge smile. It was as if we both understood it was our final conversation. I know this will sound selfish......but I could not bear to go to the services. I wanted to remember him with that happy go lucky spirit he had always had. Ours was always a platonic relationship, yet......... there WAS very much a love present!!!!! So I very much understand your grief. He and his wife had the same kind of love you spoke of between your friend Danny and his wife. Never a cross word was heard between them. What an inspiration they were to everyone who knew them. So my heart is very much with you as you grieve. Love, Wanda
Thanks for all the love and prayers! It stands to remind me that our lives are so short, never knowing exactly what the plan for us is, and that we should embrace each day, truly, as if it were our last! xo Lani
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