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CaliforniaLyme
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Bestest wishes to him and to you, Dilly!! And prayers for both of you, and your Stepmom-
-------------------- There is no wealth but life. -John Ruskin
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merrygirl
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Prayig for a peaceful journey for your dad and praying for dilly and her family.
So very sorry dilly.
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Geneal
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Dear Dilly,
Father, I ask that your Angels wrap Dilly's father in their loving arms,
And gently guide him to your loving side.
I ask that you also send Angels to comfort and give his family strength during
This time of seperation. Amen.
Love,
Geneal
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Dilly -- You, your dad and your family have been in my prayers for weeks. I have been through this myself, and I know what it feels like.
I pray that you are able to accept, when you are ready. I pray that you allow the tears to come. I pray that you can be strong, when you feel that you must be. I pray that you can accept the love from those that care about you.
We all grieve in our own way. I pray that God guides you as you find your way. I pray for the highest and best for all of you.
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Dilly -- sorry to read this. I hope his passing is gentle, and that you have the support you need through this time. It was so kind of you to think of Dr Jones when you were going through your own situation.
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Dilly, just to let you know my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
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dilly, you have received many wonderful and eloquent prayers from your lymenet friends here. they have each been beautifully written from the heart to you/family.
my prayers go out to you/family during this holiday season as well.
our lymenet member, carol ann, who has helped gary norbut, with his esophagus surgery ... her husband died this morning too!
it was nice your stepmom clled you to give your dad your farewell until you see him again someday in heaven!
you got wrapped up in dr. jones' cause to keep your mind off what was also happening with your dad; i did that also with my parents, sister, and siste-in-law. it helps helping others during their pain and suffering.
DILY, WE ARE HERE FOR YOU anytime! join us when you feel up to it.
i sent you my sympathy poems earlier, but a reminder of these 1st three there:
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My father died a few hours after i said goodbye to him yesterday.
Thank you so much for your prayers. I am sure they made a difference to him, and it means a great deal to me to know he went with people he had never even known wishing him peace.
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Geneal
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Dear Dilly,
I thought and prayed for you and your family all night and this morning.
I am so sorry for your loss.
Sending Angels to hold, comfort and strengthen you and your family
During this most difficult time.
Geneal
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Please accept my most sincere condolences on your great loss.
Melanie
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Hugs, Dilly. We'll be there at the funeral too.
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Oh Dilly,
I'm so very sorry. I'm glad you were able to say "goodbye" to your dad, but I know that doesn't make any of this any easier.
My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.
Cathy
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Dilly,
My prayers, thoughts and sympathy are with you and your family. Love, Ella
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I am sorry he is gone from this world now & I am glad you had the chance to say goodbye.
You take care of yourself Dilly- and let others take care of you, too- Sincerely, Sarah
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I am so very sorry.
I am thinking of you.
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Bless you and yours Dilly
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Dilly,
I'm so sorry for your loss.
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i'm really sorry dilly. sending love & hugs to you & yours.
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I am very sorry for your loss Dilly. Love Monica
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Dilly, you and hour dad have been in my thoughts a lot recently.
I am glad to hear you had a chance to tell him good bye, even if it was only on the phone. I do hope that is helpful for closure for you.
May God hold you tightly in his loving arms as you grieve the loss of your father. Hold tight to the happy memories you were able to create with him in his latter years.
Blessings,
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Dilly, thoughts and prayers with you. Peace to you and yours through this mourning period.
Pam
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I'm so sorry for your loss. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts & prayers.
Christina
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sometimesdilly
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Dear Tutu and Sarah and Melissa, and Geneal and Lou and MushroomMan, and Robin and Andie and Betty, and Melanie (thank you) and Cathy and Ella, and DLL (sorry the JennyFlyer plans fell through), and Feelfit and Heather and Monica, and Lymednva with so much sorrow of your own, and Azure and Pam and Christina-
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being here and for caring.
My father was ready to go, and thank God, he went without ever feeling any pain, not even a headache,in all of the at least one year he had his brain tumor. How merciful.
I feel very sad and imagine I will for some time. But I also have the great grace of feeling that I left nothing unsaid or unresolved, that I forgave him anything and everything and he knew that when he still could, and that I did everything I possibly could for him in these last few months, even at the great distance he insisted upon imposing.
And a special thank you to those who gave me the good advice to do all those things, even when I felt so ambivalent this summer.
love, dilly
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dilly, my heartfelt sympathies to you on the loss of your dad! my christmas with my family was today, so just getting on/leaving shortly.
you summed it up perfectly in your thank you to ALL the many who responded and put you/yours in their thoughts and prayers.
may god comfort you now during all of this, and in the days, months, and years ahead!
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I'm very, very sorry, Dilly....
Thank you so much for letting us know. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
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My heart goes out to you at this difficult time Take one day at a time your friend Cassie
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Peace be with you Dilly at this difficult time. Words cannot express how sorry I am for your loss.
Having been down this road too many times to count, I can only share what has gotten me through:
Talk about him, remember the great moments, keep his pictures around, and he will always be with you.
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Julie, good post on keeping them around you with pix etc. I had a 42 yr old brother-in-law/dear friend who cancer took from us and I keep him around me in many ways. These things are all comforting to my husband and me.
He loved lighthouses. Collected them. When my husband and I moved to a condo 6 yrs ago, I asked my husband if he was okay with decorating his bathroom with the lighthouse theme.
I put a lighthouse Christmas tree ornament in hubbies stocking this year. Tried decorating his brothers grave site with lighthouses etc and somebody keeps taking or destroying stuff. They don't seem to bother the Christmas decor???? Must be a Grinch or Scrooge.
Pam
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Dilly,
I am so sorry.
I know from Lyme chat that this has been quite an ordeal for you.
The good thing here is that you got to say your part and left nothing unresolved.
You and your family are in my prayers.
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sometimesdilly
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Thanks for the support and warm thoughts, Tracy and LymeLady and Pam and Mystery Girl and Julie and Acorn:
This has been a really difficult Christmas for sure. If not for our 5 year old DS, we wouldn't have bought a tree, even, much less done anything else to celebrate.
Because of our son,though, Christmas magic came for awhile anyway, and because I am fortunate enough to have a very loving husband and wonderful friends both here and in the "real" world, I have not felt alone or unsupported for a minute in these months of my father dying.
All in all, even when sad, I am feeling blessed more than anything else.
Love really is everything.
Thanks again, good people....
dilly
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