Posted by MB_AZ on 12/20/06 1:30pm
Msg #166936

OT- I need a little cheering up

The holidays are suppose to be a happy time of the year but for some I'm sure it can be sad as well. I'm experiencing the sadness this year. My father passed away yesterday so I thought I'd ask my fellow notaries to send me some holiday cheer (I already have plenty of rum for my eggnog).

Happy holidays to you all.

Reply by dwortham/nc on 12/20/06 1:33pm
Msg #166938

Happy Holidays, I will keep you and your family in my prayers.

Reply by BarbaraL_CA on 12/20/06 1:34pm
Msg #166939

I'm so sorry - may fond memories sustain you and bring you smiles. I'll keep you in my prayers.

Reply by ZeeCA on 12/20/06 1:36pm
Msg #166940

Re: OT- I will add you to my list and also requesting of

everyone to send strength to a friend and fellow notary. Her niece (and baby she was carrying) were killed in a fire this morning. Luckily her twin daughters were away for the night.

so sad but esp at this time of the year.

tia

Reply by lenelle/FL on 12/20/06 1:44pm
Msg #166942

Re: OT- Sending my thoughts and prayers n/m

Reply by janCA on 12/20/06 1:49pm
Msg #166947

Re: OT- I will add you to my list and also requesting of

MB, I'm so sorry for your loss. My mother passed away just three short months ago and she loved the holidays. It's been tough trying to get into the Christmas spirit but I know that's what she would want. I do a lot of praying and a lot of crying. Just a part of the healing process. You are in my prayers.

Reply by Poppy on 12/20/06 1:51pm
Msg #166948

I'm sorry for your loss... Wishing you peace, happiness

and good cheer this holiday season from CA.

Reply by MB_AZ on 12/20/06 1:56pm
Msg #166950

Thank you all

And I'm so sorry for those of you that have lost friends and loved ones that are saddened this time of year.

Reply by VickiWA on 12/20/06 3:22pm
Msg #166954

I am sad to learn of your resent loss. My mother-in-law passed on Christmas day 1985. She loved Christmas. She prepared for the holidays all year long. She would start shopping for the next year on Dec 26 and bake from October to December. We still talk about her every Christmas and remember all the wonderful memories. Enjoy the good memories or at least try. My sister's boyfriend also died Christmas day 6 years ago in a car accident. Not to bring everyone down but just to say I understand it can be difficult but it gets easier.

I send my sympathy and care to you and your family. I know it's hard.

Reply by Margaret_FL on 12/20/06 3:27pm
Msg #166955

I too lost my mother a few years ago and Christmas as her favorite time of the year. She bought Christmas presents all year and hide them and looked for to Xmas all year long. Her Christmas spirit
is sadly missed. She loved the grand children and great grand children soo much. This year a have a new grandson living with me that is 6 months old, I can't be sad when I look at him. I now know the joy she had. You have my prayers and have a happy holiday.

Reply by Cindi_TN on 12/20/06 5:29pm
Msg #166969

So sorry for your loss

Just wanted to let you know my thoughts are with you and your family. Came very close to losing my father this year with lung cancer and losing the family unit individually due to the stress. Just remember the good times, actually the good and bad, because together, it all has shaped you into who you are. Peace to you and your family and my condolences and prayers.

Reply by MB_AZ on 12/20/06 5:40pm
Msg #166971

Thanks Cindi and prayers to you and your family as well n/m

Reply by rengel/CA on 12/20/06 6:53pm
Msg #166981

My sympathies. Although I am fortunate to still have both of my parents in good health, I lost my hubby 4 1/2 yrs. ago and I miss him more each day.
I pray for strength and comfort for you and your family.
Rhonda

Reply by MB_AZ on 12/20/06 7:24pm
Msg #166988

Rengel/CA

I pray for strength and comfort for you also. Enjoy your holidays with good memories and a future full of happiness.

Reply by BrendaTx on 12/20/06 9:14pm
Msg #167005

Re: Rengel/CA, Zee, Martha, et al

Dearest Martha and Rhonda and Zee...

Good ol' grief. You can't get around it, so you might as well plow through it. Seven years at Thanksgiving I lost my loved one.

It does get easier...it does...it does...it does.

I am here to tell you it does. One day you will see you will live again and find reasons for joy.

We never forget them at holidays...birthdays...special occasions, but the grief does get more friendly and allows you more and more breaks. One day you'll realize you went a whole day without it and then you know that life is going to go on. It just takes time.

I am glad that I have had true grief. I don't mind it so much now. We are still here with the living and there's many among the living who grieve and feel no one understands. True and fast friendships can evolve from it.

Take all the time you need to grieve and then give yourself an hour here and there to practice living without it...practice bringing joy back...stretch those times into full days...one day you be lots more accomplished at living without grief and very adept at practicing the art of joyfulness. How we feel is a choice...give every emotion its time and then make a choice to live again.

Bless you all this night.

Love, Brenda

Reply by Susan Fischer on 12/20/06 10:48pm
Msg #167023

Hearts

A daughter holds her father’s heart
From the moment she is born -
From his first, amazed gaze
Into her newborn eyes;
He is her Hero, and
She, his Light.

A father holds his daughter’s heart
From that instant, magic focus -
The handsomest man appears,
And their hearts exchange;
She is his Hero, and
He, her Light.


At my husband's wake, his Uncle Ralph raised a glass and said, "Here's to Tim, may he be in Heaven a half hour before the Devil knows he's dead!" We're all Irish, so everybody laughed, mostly because Uncle Ralph was a skilled ice breaker, and therefore began a great wake. We lost Mother about four years ago; and I'm so wrapped, like one of her beautiful presents, in years of our Christmas traditions, and marveling at what a great woman she was for so many people. Dammit, it's rough to lose someone!

Big hugs, lots of kleenex, plenty of 'nog, (keep some music playing, that's helped me,) and tons of support from cyberworld,

Susie

Reply by MB_AZ on 12/21/06 8:40am
Msg #167069

Susan Re: Hearts

That is a very touching poem. Thanks for the email.