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End of Life Issues

Stonepounder

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9. It is hard to know what to say.

Reply to The_jackalope (Original post)

Tue Sep 12, 2017, 11:39 PM

Sep 2017

There really are no words that I have ever figured out to say. Having someone lose a loved one is a difficult thing. We try and convey that we care. We try and convey that we stand ready to do anything we can to help. But there really are no words that work, but we try.

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I'm sorry for your loss. [View all] The_jackalope Sep 2017 OP

How did you first meet Kathy? Love at first sight? Or didn't it take a few more sights? 🙂 MLAA Sep 2017 #1

Love at first sight. The_jackalope Sep 2017 #3

That is LOVE. Thank you for sharing I bet it warms quite a few hearts tonight. MLAA Sep 2017 #4

Beautiful and true, as always... pangaia Sep 2017 #2

Having your love and support thoughout this period is so BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #5

Thank you for having the balls to speak out loud of these profound things fierywoman Sep 2017 #6

Shakespeare Sonnet 71 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #7

well, i think it is part being polite and part mopinko Sep 2017 #8

It is hard to know what to say. Stonepounder Sep 2017 #9

you are so right KT2000 Sep 2017 #10

"Love means wanting for your beloved what they want for themselves." calimary Sep 2017 #11

Yup. What you say to yourself is what matters. SusanaMontana41 Sep 2017 #12

Wonderfully said. iamateacher Sep 2017 #13

OUR loss of her heart, soul and incredibly art, is on all of us. raven mad Sep 2017 #14