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I have kept it pretty much together till I saw the plane coming in the mist. I can't type now.

All the pain of my 60 years of life is being condensed in the death of this great man.

I am sobbing over the loss of my youthful optimism and hope, the loss of my oldest child, the loss of an absent father I never had, pain for Nancy's loss of the love that made her life meaningful, the loss of truth and all that is good in this world.

The message in the pain is this. There is no happy ending here on earth. It is all after here, and this is the school of hard knocks and neaked truth

. I hope all of us graduate to a better place, where all that we hoped and dreamed for as children will come true.

That is the meaning of Ronald Wilson Regan's optimism in life. It isn't to be found here at all, but by trying for it here, and seeing the humor in our common predicament, we will find it there.

Thank you for your life, and your example, Ronald Wilson Reagan. We, as a nation, will try to take care of Nancy, who you loved so much, until she comes to you, in that place we all long for so much.

I am now sobbing for your in your pain. I'm almost 60 too, and have suffered losses and tragedies, but what I've been seeing this past week is that love and hope will always prevail, and that no one ever dies as long as they live on in our hearts.

Please accept my heartfelt condolences to you for your losses. The fact that you are finding consolation in what we've been experiencing this week will help you through.

I'm putting you in my prayers too.

When you start putting some experience in your life each new loss reopens some of the old ones. Love transcends distance , time and death.

We long and ache for those no longer with us in this physical world, we can no longer touch or speak with them.

They remain as close as a thought though. In the fullness of God's time we will all be reunited.

I was inconsolable with the loss of my Father but I did have comfort knowing that my Mom that had waited 20 years for him was there to welcome him over.

The painful partings on this side are joyful reunions on the other. My Mother finally got to embrace her 4 babies that this life wouldn't allow her know.

One woman's perspective.

I can relate. When I find myself shedding tears at the events of this week, it is not only for the Reagans but also for Dad, my deceased Mother, my sister and her daughters, and for the sadness life brings all of us.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and emotions. This has been a tremendous week of remembrance, but the passing of Ronald Reagan is like the passing of an era, and I wonder what the next era of our history will be like. I was moved to tears by the words today of Margaret Thatcher and Brian Mulroney. Not just because their words were so heart-felt and gracious, but began to realize what great leaders the west had during the '80s. Those leaders are growing old, and we're losing them. And I can't help but feel the light is fading a bit in our world. Were it not for George W. Bush, and Tony Blair, this would be a dark world for sure. With Ronald Reagan's passage, the torch has really been passed on to us. I hope we're up to the task.