Please...I need your good thoughts...

[luckyhonu]

I am so sorry for your loss of your darling daddy. I will be sending out good thoughts to you and your family. ((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))

 

[SeattleSparkle]

I''ll be praying for you and your family.

 

[mightyred]

I can''t imagine the shock you must be going through. I have no words other than to say my thougts are with you and I am so sorry for yoru loss.

 

[hlmr]

Dear Maria:

My deepest and most sincere condolences to you and your Mother during this shocking and difficult time.

Heather

 

[ephemery1]

Oh Maria, what a difficult time for you and your mom. But please have faith that while you will never forget your grief, the pain will fade and eventually the sadness will give way to only warm, happy memories of your dad. This story helped me considerably when I lost my grandmother a few years ago:

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and the sky come to mingle with each other.

Then someone says, "There she goes!" Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says, "There she goes" there are other eyes watching her coming and their voices ready to take up the glad shouts, "Here she comes!" -- Henry Van Dyke

 

[taitai_s]

Maria,

I am so sorry about your Dad, you and your family are in my thoughts...

((HUGS))

 

[aljdewey]

My deepest condolences and prayers go out to you and your family.

 

[Kerbear560]

I''m so sorry to hear about your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[Lorelei]

So sorry to hear this. I know too what it is like to lose a much loved Father. Sending prayers out to you and yours.

 

[darling]

My thoughts are with you and your family....

 

[iceprincess]

Maria,
So sorry to hear about your father''s passing. My thoughts and prayers will be going out to you and your family during this most difficult time.

 

[kcoursolle]

I am so sorry to hear your loss. I am sending good thoughts your way. Best wishes to you and your family during this time of saddness.

 

[Mannequin]

I am so sorry for your loss, DiaDiva. I wish you and your family much strength and comfort in this sad time.

 

[FireGoddess]

I''m so sorry to hear about this. Sending thoughts and prayers to your family.

 

[sevens one]

Maria,
I''m so very sorry. You two sounded very close.
This is such a shock. I''m glad you can be there for your mother.
and her for you....

 

[Gypsy]

Oh honey, I just saw this. Oh. You have my prayers and good thoughts, of course you do. My condolences too. I''m sorry for your loss. I can''t imagine lossing my mother-- my strength. I''m so sorry.

 

[allycat0303]

DiaDiva,

I''m so sorry for your loss. Please take care of yourself and your family in this difficult time. My thoughts are with you.

 

[flopkins]

many prayers outgoing...

 

[treysar]

I''m sorry Diva. (((Hugs)))

I will pray for you and your family.

 

[AndyRosse]

Maria, I''m so sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[Erin]

I''m very sorry.

 

[Blenheim]

I''m so sorry. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

 

[Regular Guy]

Dia,

You have my deepest condolensces. I lost my father this year, too, and know it can be hard.

Take good care of your self in this difficult time.

 

[Shay37]

DD, I am so sorry for your loss. You, your mother, and all of your family will be in my prayers.

shay

 

[snlee]

Maria, I''m so sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and your family. I can''t imagine what you guys are going though. Hugs.

 

[Morticia]

Maria, I am so sorry about your father. ((HUGS)) You and your family are in my thoughts.

 

[hlmr]

bumping in case you are around.........thinking of you and hoping you and your Mom are coping okay.

 

[DiaDiva]

Thank you, everyone. I''m really touched by your kindness and outpouring of condolences.

I''m taken a long leave of absence from work and won''t be back at work until the 18th. Am now sorting out home care for my mum. We''re in the midst of getting a full-time live-in helper to take care of her while we''re all at work. She''ll be moving back to her own house when that''s resolved. Mum is too used to her own home and does not want to live with my husband and I. Meanwhile, my aunt and mum are staying with me and we''re keeping her company daily, keeping her spirits up. She''s still on dialysis, hopefully, her kidney will start functioning again (she had a kidney transplant 17 years ago).

We''re trying to get used to papa being gone but it was really so unexpected. We''ve been praying and saying the rosary every night and that''s really given us the strength to cope with the loss but we really miss him.

Thanks again for your kind thoughts and prayers.

Maria

 

[diamondfan]

A sudden death like this is so awful, all death is, but this leaves you no ability to say goodbye. He sounds like a great guy. Be strong and know that all your memories and love you have inside you will help keep him in your heart. ((((hugs))))

 

[DiaDiva]

Thanks, DiamondFan! He was a really great guy. He''d always go out of his way for anyone. To him it was never an imposition but a pleasure. At his funeral, many of my cousins from his side of the family showed up, a large number of whom I''d not met since I was a kid. All my cousins had stories to share of his kindness to them. One of them told of the time my dad kept him and his mum company at the morgue when his own father had passed away. Another told of how my dad would always show up to take care of him whenever he was sick or buy him his favourite food. That day, the entire church was almost filled entirely, very surprising since it was a work day. Papa would have been really pleased - he was always fond of company.

Thank you everyone for all your kindness and prayers.

Let''s close this thread.