[curlybenswife]

Love you hunny sending you lots and lots of hugs and millie ones too xxxxxx

[RubyPitbull]

You know the sloppy pitbull kisses will be waiting for you when you get back. I am glad that you all were able to get there in time and be with him. I know it meant the world to him. Love you J. xxxooo

[Emland]

Thank goodness no one had to make that decision you were worrying over.

Will be keeping you in my thoughts.

[moomin007]

~hugs~
~hugs~
My deepest sympathies to you J_9. I too watched my parent (mom) pass by into God's hands.
I have been reading the posts here.
My thoughts, prayers & love are yours & your family, as this new phase of life begins..
God bless you all & bring you peace & grace. May His loving arms surround you and comfort you.
Moomin

[AKaeTrue]

[Allheart]

J we love you so much.

Thank you for sharing Dad with us. I just know he is resting and will now and forever be beside watching over our girl.

I just love you so much. Hugs to Mom and your entire family.

Love you now and always.

[shygrneyzs]

You are continually in our prayers, J. My heart goes out to you and your family in sympathy and love. May God grant you all that you need and more. Hugs from the Barney Family.

[grammadidi]

Enveloping you in hugs from AMHD, Janine. There are just no words to express how I feel. Always here for you sweetie (except when that old computer acts up like last night! GRRRRR). You are right, though... now the healing process begins.

Love, Didi

[J_9]

You are all so wonderful. I didn't cry until I read a PM from Laura, yeah, thanks Laura, tears from a couple thousand miles away and I cry too. LOL, Goes to show you how close two peas in a pod are.

As my beautiful friend AllHeart stated so eloquently, "there are no reddies in heaven." LOL Thanks for that memory AH

Shy, my special Barney Family, you know just how special you are in my heart. I Love You, You Love Me. LOL

Kae, the card is beautiful. We can always count on you for beautiful visualizations.

Moomin, my new friend. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

Joe and Superbaby family, you know you have a special place in my heart. I thank you too for being such a wonderful friend.

Now for you Didi. The computer, LOL, technology huh? Sometimes we love it and others, well... I understand how it goes. I can hardly get a cell phone signal here, so it is hard to call the ones I love. I have felt a connection to you from the start.

Oh, Ruby, love the wet sloppy kisses. They are great for a laugh when I just want to cry. LOL And just looking at you staring at me in that silly little party hat just warms my heart.

Em, you have become a wonderful part of the AMHD family too. Yes, it was nice that we did not have to make any decisions, that was going to be our next step after he slipped into the coma.

And Laura, you are just you and I love you.

If I missed anyone, please forgive me. I am here just trying to keep my mind occupied right now.

[Myth]

Hugs and coffee.

[Skell]

I just want to echo everyone else words here J. Your in my thoughts and it is an inspiration to 'see' how you have handled this situation with such dignity and strength. Your dad sure did raise a great girl!

[J_9]

Myth, thanks for the hugs and coffee, can I have mine with some Baileys in it please?

Skell, thank you for your kind words. Glad you see my strength, I knew it was in there somewhere. Sad that it sometimes takes something like this to bring it to the surface.

I will, however, remember how my father was treated by his caregivers during his last days and take that with me when I begin to pracitice nursing. I will remember the good and use it for my patients, I will remember the bad and vow to never treat anyone in such a way.

AH, CBW, and Ruby, thank you all for your calls today. You really have no idea how special you are to me.

[Myth]

Any way you want it hun...

[chaplain john]

Janine
May God wrap you and yours up in his loving arms; pick you up and carry you through this dark time into the light and joy that surely is ahead.
Prayers and Blessings,
John

[momincali]

Just an update. Dad passed today at 2:30 pm. He went peacefully after a bath, LOL, in his sleep.

Now comes the healing process.

Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers and friendship. I could not ask for any better friends than I have here. You all are wonderful.

I am so sorry for your loss. I disappeared myself for a while myself for the same reasons. I have suffered 4 losses in less then 6 weeks time. 2 aunts (my dad's sister here in California and my mom's little sister in Mexico) a beloved elderly neighbor and an old acquaintance.

Janine, words cannot express my sympathy. I've been there, I know the loss of a father. The pain, the sadness and even some feelings of hopelessness tend to linger. I will continue to pray for you and your family that the Lord will bring you peace and comfort as only he can. Lucky you that you had him as long as you did, blessed is more like it. If you're a believer, then you will see him again and he will not be sick, but the fun loving dad you remember.

All my love to you!

[J_9]

Thank you for your heartfelt sympathies. It was a blessing that he is gone. I am sure in my heart now he is playing golf on evergreen courses, and riding his horses that he loved so dearly. I will see him again, he will be whole and healthy.

MC, I am sorry for your losses. It must be horrendous suffering so many losses in such a short period. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers as well. Just as you said to me, know that the Lord will give you peace and comfort.

My love to you MC!!

[momincali]

Janine - How can one cry and laugh all at the same time? Try reading your post and looking at your ridiculous Sponge Bob Square Pants Avatar who just so happens to be one of my husband's heroes and secretly one of mine, just don't tell my hubby...

Thanks!

[J_9]

LOL, I have been doing a lot of laugh-crying lately. We are a very happy family, we play practical jokes on one another, etc etc, Every time someone crys about dad's death, another one of us cracks a joke.

Now, please don't anyone take this as crass but at the visitation Mom was carressing the urn, saying goodbye to Dad, then she looks up at me and says, and I kid you not "This would make a good doorstop!!!" I said "MOM!!!!" She said "Dad made me say it." You see, Dad's nickname was joker.

And Spongebob is a friend of mine too. LOL

Janine - How can one cry and laugh all at the same time? Try reading your post and looking at your ridiculous Sponge Bob Square Pants Avatar

Thank you for pointing that out. PMSL!!

I see now how it is hard to take me seriously.

[lovelesspa]

I think Rubypit is so right, you mom has been with your dad so long she won't accept any idea like the hospital is suggesting, I'm sure. You have to be there and check it out for yourself and then have a heart to heart. Sorry to hear all this J9 if you need anything let me know!

[J_9]

Loveless, I am sorry to tell you that my father passed almost two weeks ago. I was there and luckily we did not have to make a choice as his kidneys eventually failed him.

Thank you for your thoughts though, it was very kind of you to respond.