My wife has passed away.
Recall that over three and one-half years ago I asked for prayers for my wife who had recently been diagnosed with brain cancer. (I won’t repeat all I wrote in my original post or in the updates at posts 103, 131, 164, 196 and 221 which some asked for.)
She passed away several days ago at home with me and our son at her side. We were fortunate to be able to keep her at home for most of her illness.
I don’t have the words to describe how good her memorial service was except to say it fully honored her. She was buried with military honors and I also can’t describe how I felt when the bugler played “Taps”.
And I don’t have the words to describe how much I miss her.
Thank you all for your prayers and kind words.
When my Marine husband passed away, I had the following exerpt printed and laminated for all who attended his memorial service (and all were Believers). The words touched the hearts of all.
I will do the same at the memorial service for my two best friends who were killed in a roll-over accident, as I scatter their ashes.
May these words bring you some comfort, dear Kris Kringle, and may your dear wife Rest In Peace.......
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“I often feel that death is not the enemy of life, but its friend; for it is the knowledge that our years are limited which makes them so precious. It is the truth that time is but lent to us which makes us, at our best, look upon our years as a trust handed into our temporary keeping.
We are like children privileged to spend a day in a great part, a park filled with many gardens, playgrounds, and azure-tinted lakes with white boats sailing upon the tranquil waves.
True, the day allotted to each of us is not the same in length, in light, in beauty. Some children of earth are privileged to spend a long and sunlit day in the garden of the earth. For others the day is shorter, cloudier, and dusk descends more quickly as in a winter’s tale.
But whether our life is a long summery day or a shorter wintry afternoon, we know that inevitably there are storms and squalls that overcast even the bluest heaven and there are sunlit rays that pierce the darkest autumn sky. The day that we are privileged to spend in the great park of life is not the same for all human beings; but there is enough beauty, joy, and gaiety in the hours if we will but treasure them.
Then for each of us the moment comes when the great nurse, death, takes us by the hand and quietly says, “It is time to go home. Night is coming. It is your bedtime, child of earth. Come, you are tired. Lie down at last in the quiet nursery of nature and sleep. Sleep well. The day is gone. Stars shine in the canopy of eternity.”
From Peace of Mind by Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman
I am sorry for your loss. Prayers for you and your family.
I’m so sorry. Prayers for you and family. God bless.
Difficult time for you and your son. May the Lord bless you and loved one’s.
May your wife rest in God’s peace.
You, your son, and your wife’s other family and friends have my prayers and condolences.
I am so sorry for your loss. I will be praying for you and your son.
Polly
I am so very sorry for your loss.
My deep and profound condolences to you, and your son. I know these last three years have taken a toll on you both.
However, what a wonderful husband and son you were to her. How blessed she was to be able to spend her last days in her home. That shows great love and dedication towards her, and shows the measure of the man you are.
I know you must greatly miss her. However, I hope you are comforted knowing that you did everything possible to make her last days good, with her knowing how much she was loved.
Your last act of love for her was to make sure she was laid to rest in such a moving and honorable fashion.
God is smiling on you, and I pray that He will comfort you in knowing what a good and loving husband you are.
May God bless you. It’s a terrible road to have to walk.
May her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
And may God walk with you during this trying time.
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