I want to thank each and everyone one of you who gave me support in the last week, I am doing better but I`m telling you at this point it is not easy on the other side, I cry all the time, every time someone says something i will reply , Bob would like that or he did this or that, hear a song and it was one of his favorites, little things like that can set me off crying, I just listened to the songs we played for his memorial, we had a song we danced to before he went into the nh, Remember when, Leader of the band, that was for his marching band, daughters, for all of his preciouse daughters and the last one ,Changes, the memorial was loving as much as I can remember of it, so many people there was only standing room left, I didn`t realize that but was told by my children, we layed him to rest with his grandfather and his father, we all feel as we had a visit from him each in our own special way, me on the nite he passed and all the kids after, one has a plant from the memorial and it is leaking water from a flower she says it is weeping. I hold you all dear in my heart and will keep checking to see how each of you are doing and pray for a cure for this awful illness that consumes our LO , I am thankful my dh didn`t suffer to long but 4 yrs. was eternity to us, seeing him lose all function was hard, he is at peace now and as I told him play you drums loud and clear, walk all you want and watch over me. Gail
Gail, I'm so sorry for your loss. Thank you so much for sharing the story of the memorial. It sounds like it was a wonderful tribute to your DH.
I pray peace and comfort for you and your family. Take good care of yourself now and take each day as it comes. Those tears won't dimish for a long time, but they will get further apart.
Marygail, that was a beautiful story. One that you will forever cherish. You sound so blessed to have such a strong family and friend support group. Still praying for your peace of mind and easier days....God Bless......
Marygail, thank you for sharing. Stay with us if it's not too painful. Several of our members who are on the other side of this disease give encouraging reports of "after". Knowing their loved one is no longer suffering enables them to move on with their life while still holding the precious memories of the one they've lost. Love and prayers.
Gail, I'm glad to hear from you. I particularly enjoyed your story about the service. We went to lunch with friends after church today and were talking about an up-coming service for a church member who died last night. We talked about other recent services at our church including one for the husband of a woman who was with us. He was also a musician and one of his former students sang "Leader of the Band" at his service. We laughed about how unusual that was. I'm so glad you also used it! It was meaningful to our friend, and I'm sure it was for you - just as your Bob's band t-shirts were at the Memory walk. Please keep in touch.