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06/05/2005 07:42:13 PM · #26 |
So very sorry to hear of your loss. Thanks for reminding us to focus on what is important - our lives and each other.
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06/05/2005 07:45:46 PM · #27 |
My deepest sympathies to you Skip. I am fortunate not to have had anyone close to me take their own life, and truly hope I never do. Hope some of these pics help in some small way.
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06/05/2005 07:49:55 PM · #28 |
Skip,
These are very tough lessons to live through. But I feel that if your post can make a difference in just one life, some good will have come.
Thanks for letting us share and learn with you. In my thoughts.
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06/05/2005 08:10:06 PM · #29 |
| Our thoughts are with you as you journey through these times. we think and feel for you and your Whanau. god bless. |
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06/05/2005 08:13:58 PM · #30 |
I am so sorry for your loss. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
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06/05/2005 08:19:12 PM · #31 |
sorry for your loss, we all feel for you here in Iceland.
these images came to mind when I read your story.
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06/05/2005 08:33:16 PM · #32 |
Skip,
This is so sad..to lose someone in such a horrible way..my thoughts are with you and your family and I know that your cousin must finally be at peace..here's one of my favorite images called "change of seasons" .. I hope it brings a smile to your face..
Roseann
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06/05/2005 08:40:53 PM · #33 |
| Sorry about your loss Skip. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. |
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06/05/2005 08:45:11 PM · #34 |
I am very sorry for your loss! The same thing happened to me but I was only nine years old, not old enough to properly understand! I often wonder how my cousinĂ¢€™s life would have been if she had not made such a drastic choice?
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06/05/2005 08:47:33 PM · #35 |
Skip, I wish all our condolence could make things better, but it won't... just remember your extended DPC family will be here when you can come back to us.. We'll have your family in our thoughts and prayers.
Hugs!
Di
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06/05/2005 09:01:21 PM · #36 |
Skip, just checked in here, and was so saddened to read your devastating post. Sincere condolences to you and your family, you will all be in my prayers, and of course, if there is anything at all I can do to help you, don't hesitate to email or call.
{{{Hugs}}}
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06/05/2005 09:25:46 PM · #37 |
I found this article that might be of some support... don't be afraid to talk to your family members about seeking outside help during the process of grieving...and yourself, too.
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06/05/2005 09:34:23 PM · #38 |
Sorry for your loss. Just remember that no one ever leaves unless you forget them.
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06/05/2005 09:40:23 PM · #39 |
Shocking news Skip. Warm thoughts to you and your family in the face of this seeming vacuum. Air will flow in once more and through the adversity will come strength and unity.
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06/05/2005 09:42:05 PM · #40 |
Thoughts are with you and family, Skip. We're going through similar stuff right now - and while it hasn't gotten to that point, it may, and there isn't much we can do. :( I wish you all strength to get through this together and if you need anything, you know how to get me.
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06/05/2005 09:44:09 PM · #41 |
skip,
I want to offer you my condolences as well. Suicide is one of the worst tragedies that can befall a family. Though I'm lucky enough to have never had it impact me directly, we have had our scares, and even just that small hint of what it must be like was enough. sed dum loquimur, fugerit invidia aetas...
kindest regards,
Damon
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06/05/2005 10:14:27 PM · #42 |
thats just the saddest story skip...
hope his tormented soul finds some rest out there..
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06/05/2005 11:56:36 PM · #43 |
My heart goes out to you Skip. Your family needs your gentleness and positive outlook on life right now. So, let us here at DPC stand by you and give you what support we can.
Take care.
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06/06/2005 06:24:11 AM · #44 |
i cannot tell you how much your thoughts, prayers, and images mean to me right now. this really will be a place of peace that i will be coming to in the dark days ahead, and i thank all of you for what you plant in this little garden.
even when you think you have a pretty clear perspective, something like this really brings home the difference between how you see things and how they really are. |
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06/06/2005 06:30:02 AM · #45 |
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06/06/2005 06:42:33 AM · #46 |
Very sadly there's often no clear answers at this time, just confusion, anger, sadness, devastating loss. Best that we, as a family could do was to embrace each other, gather strength from each other and try to remember the good times. At first we tried to understand, but that didn't work cos there was no understanding. In time we gained acceptance.
The good memories really did help, the photos, talking about the silly things, about my nephew.....remembering him when he was happy. They gradually helped us to accept his choice, his decision.
hugs
sue
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06/06/2005 06:56:02 AM · #47 |
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06/06/2005 07:04:13 AM · #48 |
Skip, I'm so very sorry for your loss and for the difficult times to come that your family, your cousin's family and friends will now be facing.
I thank you very much for the generosity of spirit with which you think first of others by posting your message on living life fully and with care for others.
I found this poem recently:
I wonder why
Why do we wait 'til a man is gone,
before we tell him of his worth?
Why not tell him now,
he's the finest man on earth?
Why do we wait 'til the person is gone,
to send him flowers galore?
When a single rose would have meant so much,
if we had taken it to his door?
Why do we wait 'til he cannot hear,
the good things we might say?
Why put it off, why not tell him now,
and share in his joy today?
Of course we're busy, that's our excuse,
but why of why do we wait?
To tell a person our love for him.
until it becomes too late?
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A little clumsy in it's writing but the sentiment itself is spot on.
I went to a funeral on Friday for a vibrant, dynamic, loving and much-loved man who had only recently turned 60 and was, as far as was known, in great health. His family and wide group of friends will miss him dearly.
We just don't know how long we have with our loved ones - it's a world full of accidents, unexpected illnesses and depression so severe that it leads some to take their own lives.
But it's a world filled with great things too - love, beauty, life!
Thanks Skip, for the reminder to enjoy it and to share our love and care wherever we can, whilst we can.
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06/06/2005 07:15:10 AM · #49 |
Skip - You and your family will be in my thoughts. You and your family are facing a very hard time and even though it is very hard for you all now it will become easier for you all. People never die - they always live on in our hearts.
Kavita - that is a wonderful poem, and so, so true.
Mike
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06/06/2005 08:50:15 AM · #50 |
| Sorry to hear mate, I hope things get better for you. |
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