My wife and I traveled to Prescott and attended Ron’s memorial service to be with Brad’s Gramma today as did two other FR members.
It was a wonderful service where family, friends and co-workers attended. We had a good visit with a number of them at the lovely reception that the girls prepared in the fellowship hall. We even got to see Brad, all grown.
Freeper, Sparky Bass, another from the area was there as a solid recent acquaintance of BG and it is good to know there is a good fellow and his family nearby. I will let them add their own accounts when possible.
Ron was widely discussed as the strong patriot he was and how his regard for his family was a keenly known attribute by his friends and business associates.
I would like to tell you that Brad’s Gramma was a stolid, boring, person and the effervescence, originality and jazzy personality we see on the forum is just a show. But as sometimes happens, the version in print is much like the version in person and shows through even in a tough time.
With a deep loss, we all carry a heavy shroud, as did our dear FR friend, but the light of each person shines through in even the toughest hour and it did so today and we can rest assured that with her strong faith she will make it through this passage.
We would like to thank her and her family for our warm inclusion in this difficult time as we attended representing and carrying the best wishes of you all.
Thank you for the update. I am so glad there were loving family and friends with Gramma today. Have been waiting all day to see how everything went. Bless you.
Beginning Experience, a peer facilitated weekend for those who are grieving the loss of a loved one
PS. I came down to NM to get a BE team started down there, so I know that Arizona has one!
Prayed and thought about you today, BG. So much love. I’m sad I never got to meet you in person befor you left this area.
BTTT
thanks for your posts and update. It seems like the saying goodbye ritual is so good for so many reasons in this case.
How good of you to travel & help support BG during this time
Friends are friends and help and share when they can. I get so annoyed with “others” who critically chastise folks who have and enjoy cyber friends, with comments like, “well, they are not really friends”
There is an old saying in the grief community that Grief begins when the casseroles stop.
BG I pray that the times of less people and action will permit you to go positively through that dark valley, which you must do alone and really must do to move on.
Thinking of you still with loving prayerful thoughts!
Thank you so much for letting us “be there” too!