Comments | shivedheart: In Your Heart, They Only Die a Little at a Time

shivedheart

In Your Heart, They Only Die a Little at a Time

Oct 21, 2008 22:30

I try to skate by these two weeks because time seems to stop on October 21st and doesn't start back up again until after November 4th. On one flip of the coin, time is fleeting. How could six years have passed in nothing more than a blink of an eye? And then the coin lands precariously on its rim until it falls to the other side. These have ( Read more... )

grieving, death and dying, dad, dad-related, memories

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airmiles October 22 2008, 21:25:41 UTC

*big hugs*

That's a wonderful pic and also a touching memorial.

*more hugs*

slipjigdancer October 23 2008, 15:36:56 UTC

Kelly I read all of this,I couldn't tear myself away. I know all too well the pain in your heart because it's the same pain that I feel in my own ( ... )

huggsss inhereyesifall October 23 2008, 20:08:04 UTC

hugs))))
from someone who's been there and understands...i just wish i could shield u from all of it.

* more hugs*

norabear

teal_cuttlefish October 24 2008, 11:06:52 UTC

there are so many unanswered questions. Does he know how much I love him? Does he know that he meant the world to me? Was I a good daughter? Was I who he wanted me to be? Was he proud? Is he proud? Does he hear me?

Yes. Yes. Yes, a very good daughter. Yes, yourself. Yes, absolutely. Yes, very proud. Yes, he hears you.

Did I do enough? Did I take care him him good enough?
You did more than most people would even be capable of, and you made sure he died at home with dignity instead in the hospital with tubes down his throat. When it was his time to go, and we all have to go sometime, you did the best you could for him.

And you bet he'll be waiting for you when you go to join him. There's no way he'd miss his favorite kid.