I want you to know I miss your parents every time I am in church! They
were so friendly and wonderful to me. It is funny, before I got to know
them I thought they were awfully serious people....then as time went on
and your dad started to tease me a little and smile at me, I realized
how wrong I was! They were at Mass so often....then one Sunday Steve
and I went to St. Paul's in Bloomington and lo and behold, there they
were! We laughed as we said hello...it was like they are everywhere!!
:) They were amazing people who are definitely missed by our parish
community. But missing them is selfish, I know....because if anyone is
experiencing the Glory of being with Our Savior, those two are!!!!
I hope you find comfort and hope in knowing they are now helping
us from another place, and that our community is a prayerful force for
your family. You were so fortunate to have such a solid, religious,
Catholic home life!! That gives we Catholics a sense of direction and
tradition that others miss.... Please call if I can help. Becky
Sprinkle
Hello. I hope this works for everybody. Not sure if it will, but I wanted to have an online spot where family and friends could post anything they wanted to share or anything they were feeling about Mom and Dad. I hope to use it as a place where we can share memories or how we're getting through all this or whatever. Please post whatever you like. I might use it as a daily journal to record my thoughts. You can do the same. Then we can share in this together. Love, Susie
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- Happy Birthday, Mom
- Went over to Mom and Dad's today. Her dogwoods hav...
- I had a dream about Mom and Dad this morning. Firs...
- Today is John's 48th birthday. Happy Birthday, Jo...
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1 comment:
I was browsing through blogs this mornings and found yours, Susie. I don't know you, but wanted to tell you that I am so very sorry for your loss. My parents are about the same age as yours and I can only imagine the pain you are going through right now.
Several years ago I lost my mother-in-law to an aggressive cancer. One of the things that I've never forgotten during that time was a poem that a dear pastor friend sent to me. It is called, "A Death Has Occurred" and is by Paul Irion. (You can type that information in on Google and it will pull it right up). I think it tells us that it's ok to grieve and that in our eventual moving-on, we will find that life is changed because of our loss, as it should be.
Your parents sound like such beautiful people and I think that the writing process is a wonderful way to remember and honor them.
May God bless you and your family during this time as you find strength, peace and comfort in Him and one another.
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