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from the Bible:
Gen 37:34 - "And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days." Gen 50:3 - "...and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days." Num 20:29 - "And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel." 2Sam 1:12 - "And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword." 2Sam 11:26 - "And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband." 2Sam 13:37 - "But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day." 1Chr 7:22 - "And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him." Mark 16:10 - "And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept." |
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I'm so sorry
Godspeed and God bless Linda. I can't begin to imagine how you feel, and I pray I never do. Take care if yasself....
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So I had some quiet time yesterday afternoon, and decided to go thru my email inbox a bit. Oh! An email from Beretta, with a discount code if you take a short survey. Ok. Answer the questions about a recent purchase, then the last questions seek to understand your demographics. And I get to the question on my status: single, married, living together, widowed….
I always loved checking the boxes that said Married. I loved being married. And now I get to check the box that says Widowed. That just struck me a little harder than expected. |
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Understood
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I’m so sorry.
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decided i needed to get out of the house this morning, so i went to the pistol match. hour or so drive each way, plenty of time to listen to a sermon each way.
found my friend Dan, who knew about Linda's fight with cancer. told him the sad news. Dan is about my size (and Datafiz's), i got the biggest BEAR hug you could imagine. it was good to get out among friends and do something enjoyable. finished 6/14, about where i expected. shooting my carry gun out of my carry holster, with some cheap 115gr PMC ammo. it goes bang. i missed calling Linda after the match was over and telling her how i did....no one to talk to.... |
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It’s all the little things….
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My sincerest condolences Doug
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Doug,
I just got back on the computer after trying to get settled into the new house. I am so sorry for your loss. When my wife and I were married, the justice of the peace did the ceremony. It was the most touching sermon I've ever heard in my life. He spoke of how the Indians envisioned the wedding ring as the circle of life and how our two souls were joined in that ring. My friend who was taking the video messed up and didn't record it, I wish he would have. |
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I held it tight and added it to a gold necklace I wear. I told her after the operation that I’d put it back on her when she got out of the ICU. It has never left my neck. And my wedding ring (they were a matched set from Tiffany) is still on my finger. I may remove it someday. |
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I notice that I’ve been calling it a day earlier, crashing around 9:30 on average, sleeping well most nights, and waking up around 5:30.
Trying to eat right, Oreos are almost gone, but the grapes are still safe in the fridge It’s just good to be able to write about things here. Thank you. |
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previously, it was more like 10:30-6:30, Linda liked to watch the 10 oclock local weather guess.
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just took an hour long morning walk, first time i've done that in many weeks. gets my steps in, maybe work off a few Oreos
and i'm thinking as a I walk along, i now better understand my Dad's deep grief in late 2020 when mom passed away. and then i thought about the book of Job. for those who know it, this is a quick recap, for those who don't, you might gain something from reading later. Satan tells God that Job is only faithful to God because God has blessed him so abundantly. Satan says, stop blessing him and he'll curse God. God says, ok, you may afflict him however you wish, but you cannot injure him directly. Satan does. and he destroys all Job's wealth, and then he kills off Job's family. and still, Job does not curse God. So Satan returns, and says, yeah, but let me afflict his body and we'll see what happens. God replies, fine, but you may not kill him. And Job suffers many afflictions. and then for many chapters, his three idiot friends try to tell him that the reason he's suffering is that he has hidden sin. Finally, Job learns that God does whatever He wishes, he never curses God, and in the end, Job gets another family, gets back 2x his wealth, and dies a very old man. So, we may not always understand the plan of God day to day, but we know that He will never leave us nor forsake us, we just need to trust that we're in his care until the end. end of mini-sermon. |
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Just going thru some pictures from the last 2 weeks, came across this. I spent many, many hours doing some version of this until the end.
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i think i posted this in another thread, but this hymn really gave me some solace in the last days.
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