good thursday morning all----lots still going on and on and on hahaha--i know, i hear ya--enjoy it!!
sadly i want to share with you, my two friends battling cancer, have gone to be with the Father--they passed away less than a week apart-----i am glad i saw one of my friends a couple of weeks before he died---it was a sweet visit, he was having a rather good day and as i held his hand while frank prayed, i felt he was a little boy---as he was not the touchy feely kind of guy, and as i am not too----i struggled with the over-whelming desire to hold him close and cry-----settling for asking him if i could kiss his head---as i did, i lingered a bit--as if there was something unsaid or like there was anything important i could add to his life ending----
my other dear friend was a lady i go to church with--a lady my dad hired to help with my mother, during the last year of her life----such a sweetheart---she had become an extended member of our family----as i finished writing another thinking of you card for her---i got the call from my father that she had gone---
as with life, the sadness does not stop and the joys do not cease to happen---many times, side by side----
robyn has many of her closest friends and family members in her wedding party---several of her best friends had moved away in this last year or so, and were not going to make it to the wedding---
last week, one of these friends, had a tragic loss in her family, which has brought her back home----she is now going to be in the wedding-----robyn has cried so much for her friend's loss and the sad reason she is able to be there-
i still find myself, counting the days, literally---and also in a weird way---i have realized, i am not as concerned with the details and the chaos----
there is a lot i cannot share---for now---maybe a book one day----who am i kidding----but i did think i had a pretty good idea for one----even robyn liked it-----it is about a mother of the bride's point of view of the wedding----sort of a dark comedy---
but first i gotta get that one "love don't buy no tires"---done-----i dedicate today's blog to my friend and hopefully, one day, co-writer, susan
Ooh, I'm looking forward to that book. ;)
ReplyDeleteLynn, thanks for opening your heart and sharing these sweet, but sad experiences. I think it's so easy to get caught up in the busy-busy of life and forget what really matters. I think that was the thing I had the hardest time with while living in NYC--the fact that people value life less in big cities. It's good to be away from that.
thanks crystal--i just might write a book again, who knows---i may have a lot more free time and hopefully less stress----thanks for caring :)
DeleteMy prayers are with your friends' families and you. Losing those you love is a chunk out of your heart.
ReplyDeleteit really is---it is strange how my younger friend grabbed my heart more in his death than all of my life knowing him--thank you susan
DeleteI just want you to know I would buy either of those books! Im so sorry for losses everyone there is going through. I think its lovely that you were able to see your friend before he passed and that kiss meant a lot in that moment....more than you probably know...Praying for all of you. Z
ReplyDeletei know the kiss meant so much to me--it was like a spiritual connection--thank you very much zoe
DeleteI'm sorry for your friends slipping away. Even when you expect the loss, it's a blow.
ReplyDeleteThere will be a lovely wedding soon...
you are right, joanne, there is just no real preparing yourself too much---thank you, i hope it will be all my daughter imagines :)
DeleteI'm sorry for your losses, Lynn. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
ReplyDeletei appreciate that dana <3
DeleteSo sorry for your losses! Makes one definitely rethink what's important in life. I am glad there is a wedding to look forward to. That helps to remind that there is still joy to be had.
ReplyDeleteit is good to look forward--and hard sometimes to look behind--thanks theresa :)
DeleteOh, my gosh, Lynn. Words fail me but I have read this and I am sending you my love, support and prayers.
ReplyDeletethanks so much suze, means a lot <3
DeleteYou're in my thoughts and prayers. I hope the days get brighter for you.
ReplyDeletehugs,
Marie
thank you marie, i hope so too, i really can't complain or i shouldn't---hugging back :)
DeleteI am sorry to hear about your friends. Even if it a release from pain for them, it is tough to say good-bye.
ReplyDeleteit really is, hard to say a final good-bye here--thanks ruth :)
ReplyDeleteFriends and acquaintances depart more frequently with age. I'll just be thankful if I reach my 70th in the next few months considering how many folk I've said goodbye too.
ReplyDeleteI may live another year or thirty to get my telegram from the Queen of England, but I'm philosophical ! (Is that the right word).It's life.
Looking forward to reading "love don't buy no tires"
they do indeed---although two dear ones that left this life last week were far from old----yep, that seems like the right word and i hope you do get that telegram! truth be told, my friend and i have a running gag about the tire book, but it probably would be a hoot-:)
DeleteI'm very sorry, Lynn. Loss is so very hard and the grief process can be long. I will keep good thoughts for you during this time. I hope you're able to finish Love Don't Buy No Tires when things settle down.
ReplyDeletethe tire book has really been like a metaphor in my friend susan and my lives---we actually might write a book about stress first---she is my friend that just lost her husband, still can't believe he is gone---thanks much for the good thoughts susan <3
DeleteLynn I am very sorry about the loss of your friends. I always wonder what to say in these times but words really are never adequate are they. Just know my thoughts are with you and the families of your friends.
ReplyDeletei feel the same way--even though i have lost many people in my life i always know nothing to say---thank you so much for your kind thoughts
DeleteLynn,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear your news. Take solace in your happy memories of time spent together.
i really do find solace in those times and memories, thank you maria
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