Goodbye G-Dad
So many things I could say... but I think, for right now, I'll just leave it at... "a life well lived."
- Neo Conservative
- Conservative, middle aged, a tad opinionated... seeking to change the world... one mind at a time.
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- 15 minute lunch
- argghhh!!!
- binks
- blazing cat fur
- blue like you
- canadianna's place
- captain capitalism
- celestial junk
- climbing out of the dark
- conversate is not a word
- david thompson
- dust my broom
- ezra levant
- five feet of fury
- free market fairy tales
- ghost of a flea
- girl on the right
- iowahawk
- jihad watch
- lasso of truth
- long war journal
- maggie's farm
- mark steyn
- mesopotamia west
- moose & squirrel
- nourishing obscurity
- p.j. o'rourke
- rightnetwork
- shorpy
- sigmund, carl & alfred
- small dead animals
- sondrakistan
- stephen taylor
- strictly right
- syncrodox
- terry glavin
- the peoples cube
- the torch
- theo spark
- unambiguously ambidextrous
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17 comments:
my sympathies for your loss.
My sympathies - you'll miss him, and in ways you won't expect. Hope you have some good memories and better stories.
My heart felt sympathies for your loss Neo, take care and may your family give you the strength and comfort you shall need.
Rose.
What a wonderful relationship between father- and son-in-law. My sympathies.
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"frances says... you'll miss him, and in ways you won't expect"
frances... too true.
one of his g-dad's little pecadilloes was that he would always manage to hang up the phone when he used our portable handset... i guess he pressed it against his face to hear better.
so anyway, just last week, a couple of days before he died and at the risk of offending his dignity... we went out and got him one of those phones for seniors with the bigass buttons on the base unit.
when g-dad saw it... he couldn't resist cracking wise... "good gawd, he says... you could sit on that thing and phone the queen".
despite all the slings and arrows of being old and not in the best of health... he was a brave, funny, philosophical guy.
he was, simply put... one of the most decent human beings i have ever met.
i think anyone who ever knew him will miss him.
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My sympathies to all.
I just took the time to catch up on the history, Neo and I must say, as sad as it is now, you guys gave him so much love, peace and dignity. Amazing story, thank you for giving many of us additional strength that are sharing your experience. Love knows no boundaries.
All the best and my sympathies to you and your family.
Condolences to your family neo. Cherish the good memories.
Sorry to hear, Neo. One of the few things I can ever say at times like this, as a non-believer, is "love is stronger than death"...
Neo
Sad that. On the other hand it sure sounds like the old boy went out how he lived.
Godspeed.
Syncro
I'm sorry, Neo. My deepest sympathy to you & yours.
God Bless and watch over you and your family Neo.I know it's rather cliche,but I honestly feel there IS a better place waiting,where all are healed.My sincerest sympathies.
'Grief never ends,but it changes.It's a passage,not a place to stay.The sense of loss must give way,if we're to value the life that was lost'
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thanks to everyone for their thoughts.
this is so fresh that we're still walking around the house half-expecting to see him doggedly maneuvering his walker in or out of his room. there is simply no way to convey what we're thinking, or feeling right now.
mrs n & i have been trading our favourite g-dad stories with each other the last 24 hours. in so many ways he is still here.
thx again.
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I just want to add my 2 cents to what the other's have posted already. I said good-bye to my granny a couple years ago and still miss her every single day.
I Think syncro had it right.
The older generation worked hard and helped build this country. All they ever wanted was their dignity. I am glad you could provide his last days with the dignity he deserved.
Sorry to learn this, Neo. Somehow these close relationships persist, though, even in absence.
Best to you and your family at a dreadful time.
God bless you and your family, Neo, and God speed, G-dad. The love and respect you showed to this special man shone through in your posts.
Sorry for your loss. Hold on to the good memories, they never die.
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