i'm so sorry sweetheart. your post really touched me. i do believe he's where he's always wanted to be right now just waiting on the rest of your family. :)
I am sad, but happy for him. I could tell he wanted to go when I saw him. I just wish I had spent more time with him. I feel like I missed out. But then again, all deaths are like that, aren't they? we rue the times we do not spend with them after we can no longer do so.
Yeah I still wish I could have seen him more. I too am happy he is no longer suffering here. I took it really hard. Seems like no matter how old someone is or how long it takes them to pass away, you still feel like somehow time cheated you.
Mom, Dad, Lily and I are leaving at 3 am tomorrow morning to go to Kansas for the funeral on Saturday morning in Wichita. Will you be there tonight for the "family only" thing here?
I was really glad to get to see you at the wake. I'm feeling very ill at ease about not getting to go to the funeral, but I can just hear him telling me, "don't worry about me. I'll get along". And that doesn't make it easier, but it puts in perspective the fact that funeral are not for those that died, but those left alive. I still wish I were there, but I will find my own way to cope, I suppose.
Having been through all this recently myself, I know that there is little that needs to be said, other than that my thoughts and my sincere condolences are with you and your family.
Your grandfather was only a year older than my father, and it is so hard to see someone so active pass into that slow decline.
I think that in the end , much as it hurts those of us left behind, death can come like a friend to some. I still grieve every day, but I also think that my father was truly blessed in that he went at peace with himself and with God.
May we all be so blessed when our time comes.
My boys still remember their Poppa in their prayers every night.
The hurt doesn't go away, but it becomes more bearable.
Everytime someone close to you dies, it feels like a little piece of your heart goes to sleep. It makes you quieter, but the love is always there. I know I will see him again someday in a better place.
As G-d takes him into his arms, and the realm of Heaven is opened to those who know. Hashem is there looking at your grandfather and seeing the beauty within. His heart and soul are safe within Heaven.
"Merciful G-d in heaven, grant perfect repose to the soul of Hubert Hughes, who has passed to his eternal habitation; may he be under thy divine wings among the holy and pure who shine bright as the sky; may his place of rest be in paradise. Merciful One, O keep his soul forever alive under thy protective wings. The Lord being his heritage, may he rest in peace; and let us say, Amen."
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people like him are so few aren't they?
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Thank you for your condolences. He is singing and dancing in heaven with the Lord.
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it still hurts though...i know
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I really hope you're ok. I will call.
<3 U
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Mom, Dad, Lily and I are leaving at 3 am tomorrow morning to go to Kansas for the funeral on Saturday morning in Wichita. Will you be there tonight for the "family only" thing here?
I love you Audie, I will talk to you soon.
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Your grandfather was only a year older than my father, and it is so hard to see someone so active pass into that slow decline.
I think that in the end , much as it hurts those of us left behind, death can come like a friend to some. I still grieve every day, but I also think that my father was truly blessed in that he went at peace with himself and with God.
May we all be so blessed when our time comes.
My boys still remember their Poppa in their prayers every night.
The hurt doesn't go away, but it becomes more bearable.
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Everytime someone close to you dies, it feels like a little piece of your heart goes to sleep. It makes you quieter, but the love is always there. I know I will see him again someday in a better place.
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His heart and soul are safe within Heaven.
"Merciful G-d in heaven, grant perfect repose to the soul of Hubert Hughes, who has passed to his eternal habitation; may he be under thy divine wings among the holy and pure who shine bright as the sky; may his place of rest be in paradise. Merciful One, O keep his soul forever alive under thy protective wings. The Lord being his heritage, may he rest in peace; and let us say, Amen."
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