Text 11389, 63 rader
Skriven 2008-07-30 20:21:45 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 11059 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
Ärende: Speaking of Dads...
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Hi Nancy,


 NB>  NB>> especially considering how inseparable they had been for all of
 NB> their  NB>> 61 years of marriage.  They had moved into an addition on

 RH> The longer the marriage, the harder it is to say good bye.

 NB> Yes, and no.  I think the person I knew that had the hardest time
 NB> saying goodbye was a friend of mine, about my age, years ago, who lost
 NB> her
 NB> husband of only a few short months, maybe as much as a year.  She

Those can be bad too, especially when they ae unexpected.

 NB> couldn't believe that I had shown up to be a counselor (at a youth
 NB> conference where we both had been campers and counselors for many
 NB> years) without my brand-new husband (who would have come, except that
 NB> he had a conflict) the week after our honeymoon.

Nice surprise tho.


 NB> In Mommy's case, the "many years" aspect has also been tempered
 NB> slightly by his increasingly ill health over the last few years.  She
 NB> wouldn't
 NB> think of being separated from him in the hospital, but she also can't
 NB> begrudge him heaven, home and health.  I suspect that God was doing a
 NB> little weaning there... Over the years, we've all worried a bit about
 NB> how either of them would do without the other... Mommy is surprising
 NB> us not a little.  :)

That's good.  Did she get to cook his favorite meal near the end?


 NB>  NB>> house, so she will still be there, where Lydia can keep an eye
 NB> on her.  NB>> They'd already been having most of their meals with her
 NB> and family.

 RH> Sounds like that was a smart move.  One of my friends here just lost

 NB> Yes, I think so, too.

 RH> her dad on Sunday. She'd been expecting it for quite a while but still
 RH> the final news...............she's holding up pretty well over all.
 RH> We're going to get together Saturday (may visit a farmer's market) just
 RH> so she can de stress.

 NB> Friends are important at a time like this.  My best to her, too...

I'll give it to her next week when we get back to GA.  We ended up going
to a meditation garden, an antique/junque store and a few other stores.

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Ruth
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