Lost another good friend todayl

[opos]

Time takes another great friend..My Dad said for years you will finally reach a point when the losses seem to never end and it brings your own mortality into focus. Sad for a little while but glad for the good times we were able to share while he was alive..God Bless hospice and their work. He lived a good, productive and humble life and much of it was spent helping others...His time here was not wasted.

 

[vito]

My condolences to you on your loss. I'm 72 and well aware of my mortality (my youngest son is 22 and said he hopes to get a motorcycle in a few years, and wondered if I planned on still riding by that time!) but believe it or not I have had very few deaths among my friends and acquaintances. But my brother who is 5 years older than I am has already lost many, many of his life time friends so I know it is inevitable for me to have these losses as well. I try to be philosophical about it, recognizing that no one lives forever on this earth, but its easy to get discouraged or depressed and think both "is that all there is?" and "what does this all mean?". Then I look at my grandkids and know that in a way, I will be here for long after I personally no longer exist, and that is some comfort.

 

[olcop]

Time takes another great friend..My Dad said for years you will finally reach a point when the losses seem to never end and it brings your own mortality into focus. Sad for a little while but glad for the good times we were able to share while he was alive..God Bless hospice and their work. He lived a good, productive and humble life and much of it was spent helping others...His time here was not wasted.

What beautiful eulogy!
I hope that someone has something one tenth that good to say about me when I go.
olcop

 

[contender]

Condolences on the loss of a friend & a good person.

As you are aware,,, life is ever changing. As we age,, we do seem to lose friends all to often. I try & disrupt that chain by making friends with folks younger than myself. Hopefully,,, I'll live long enough to where these same youngsters will be old enough to reflect upon my life!

 

[wwb]

The cycle of life..... there was a time many years ago when it was bachelor parties and weddings. Then came the baby showers and the Christenings, followed some years later by the graduations of the children of our friends. Now, we have arrived at the time where funerals are the most common gathering.

To be fondly remembered is all one can ask - it is the sign of a life well lived.

And, to keep things on the lighter side, the great Yogi Berra once said, "You should always go to other people's funerals.... otherwise they won't come to yours."

 

[opos]

The cycle of life..... there was a time many years ago when it was bachelor parties and weddings. Then came the baby showers and the Christenings, followed some years later by the graduations of the children of our friends. Now, we have arrived at the time where funerals are the most common gathering.

To be fondly remembered is all one can ask - it is the sign of a life well lived.

And, to keep things on the lighter side, the great Yogi Berra once said, "You should always go to other people's funerals.... otherwise they won't come to yours."[/quote]

One of the real blessings in our life is that we are 78 and got started on kids young enough that we have our grown kids, we have grown grand kids and now we have great grand kids coming along...We get to go to a lot of little "kid parties" and while there is a lot of confusion it's great to look at a fourth generation following along...My Mother died at 97 about 10 years ago and the absolute high point of her life was having great grandkids....I hope others get to experience the same enjoyment...

 

[Jim Puke]

Sorry for the loss of your friend. Not one of life's joy's...

 

[Rick Courtright]

Hi,

It's a sobering experience to read the obituaries to see who of your friends' parents have passed, and find some of those friends there instead. But that's what happens if we stick around long enough (with apologies to George Bernard Shaw.) Best thoughts and a prayer come for your friend's family, opos.

Rick C

 

[NixieTube]

I'm sorry to hear about your friend. It's so tough to lose the good ones because you can usually count them on the fingers of your hands. It sounds like you had a really productive relationship, though - and that's what you keep with you and try to give back to others - the memory of what made them unique and special - and all good friends are *unique* individuals. We are the only country, really, in the history of the world that was founded on a philosophical belief in the inherent Good of each individual enough to grant them an almost total Bill of Rights, not least of which is the right to keep and bear arms, and our people have made the most of it.

God bless you and I hope your friend rests in peace.

 

[Mike J]

I am sorry for the loss of your friend.

 

[jimbo1096]

I too am seeing the loss of ones I have known. I have few close friends, and one of my closest passed 10 years ago at the young age of 57. As long as they are remembered, part of them are still with us. Use your time wisely and your life will not be wasted. Hopefully I will have left behind more that a safe full of guns and a couple of old cars.

 

[opos]

I send condolences on this loss too, opos. I don't know if there's anything anyone can say that takes away the empty feeling when you lose someone really close.

My Dad had the blessing/curse of outliving all of his brothers, and his sisters too. Dad outlived every one of his closest friends, and basically, just the crew from his last poker game were left when he died in 2010.

Dad made it to 92 years of age. Great for his sons, and great for Mom, who Dad outlived ... but lonely for the old boy when it came closer to the end for him. Literally every one who he had been really close to, he had outlived.

I'm told that none of us get out of this deal alive. I'm glad for the good people I've been blessed to know and love. I'm sure you are too. - DixieBoy

My Mother lived to be 97 and in reasonable health till a stroke ended it quickly...she used to say the saddest part of her age was that she had nobody to talk with that was her age and often when she would mention something from the past she had to explain what the situation was...I'm 78 and really starting to see the departure of many folks....Just glad for the chance to know the ones that are passing....and nice to have no resentments or regrets...those all faded long ago.

 

[WendyZXZ]

Very sad to hear the news.