My wife - Page 2

gunbugs · 10-18-2020, 04:37 PM

My prayers and understanding are with you. I am currently experiencing a similar circumstance with my wife. May the Lord's blessings be upon you and your family. Doug

rhuff · 10-18-2020, 04:41 PM

May God soften your pain, and give you strength to go forward. I have been there, and know your pain.

mrerick · 10-18-2020, 04:45 PM

Bill, I'm sorry to hear of your loss.

In time, I hope that the good memories are the ones that will be with you.

lugerholsterrepair · 10-18-2020, 07:18 PM

Bill, So sorry to hear of this my Friend. I have lost the use of Ellie, my Wife for a year recently and one hardly comprehends what they do and mean to you..until something bad happens. ALS is a vicious malady. A good Friend has it and is managing..but for how long I shudder to think. Tough as heck on caregivers too. No fun to watch it happen and nothing you can do but provide what little comforts you can. Life is short..make it sweet.

Kiwi · 10-18-2020, 08:56 PM

Bill, sorry for your loss.
She will return in your dreams and memories.
You will see silly inconsequential things that will bring her back.

remember the good times, remember her not the disease

4 Scale · 10-18-2020, 10:49 PM

Very sorry for your loss. I'm glad she had such a devoted companion for so long. It reads that there were many good years spent together. I wish those fond memories may someday push aside your current hurt and hope that day arrives as soon as it can.

Proofed · 10-19-2020, 06:22 AM

Sorry for your loss

Bill_in_VA · 10-19-2020, 07:32 AM

Thank you so much for everyone’s kind words.

mcg · 10-19-2020, 11:08 AM

So sorry to hear of your tragic loss Bill. She appears to be a beautiful, fun loving partner.
May she Rest In Peace.

Pistol · 10-19-2020, 12:52 PM

So, sorry to hear of your loss. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. I am glad we have this forum with good folks that genuinely care for the members. God bless.

Sonofeugene · 10-19-2020, 05:04 PM

May the passage of time bring you a measure of comfort and peace.

Zorba · 10-19-2020, 06:37 PM

My completely inadequate condolences. However, I'm a bit weird so I look at these things differently from most. So please accept this in the spirit in which it is meant: "May she dance in joy!"

Sonofeugene · 10-19-2020, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Zorba

My completely inadequate condolences. However, I'm a bit weird so I look at these things differently from most. So please accept this in the spirit in which it is meant: "May she dance in joy!"

That reminds me of this passage from Khalil Gibran's "The Prophet":

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?

And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.

And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

spangy · 10-19-2020, 10:13 PM

I don't know you Bill but I know your pain.
Jan 8th, 2017 2:12pm for me

Thats the day my life changed forever.
I spent all of 2017 crying and cursing God... wondering if life was worth going on.
I knew that she would be devastated if I followed her and my knowing this she saved me one last time.
It still hurts to this day and always will ... but the hurt does change over time as you accept thats the way life is.

Be well Bill because thats what she would have wanted.

Greg

ithacaartist · 10-19-2020, 10:51 PM

Curly1 · 10-20-2020, 02:05 PM

Condolences to you and your family.

Eugen · 10-20-2020, 08:43 PM

Bill, I am sorry to hear about your loss. May the Lord be with you and your family.

I lost my wife 9 years ago. We were married 38 years. The grief can be undescribable. But, I was determined to recover and with time I did.

10-18-2020, 04:41 PM	#22
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,271 Thanks: 2,690 Thanked 958 Times in 704 Posts	May God soften your pain, and give you strength to go forward. I have been there, and know your pain. __________________ Need DWM breechblock #21

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,900 Thanks: 1,372 Thanked 3,094 Times in 1,503 Posts	Bill, I'm sorry to hear of your loss. In time, I hope that the good memories are the ones that will be with you. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

10-18-2020, 07:18 PM	#24
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,761 Thanks: 4,855 Thanked 3,101 Times in 1,427 Posts	Bill, So sorry to hear of this my Friend. I have lost the use of Ellie, my Wife for a year recently and one hardly comprehends what they do and mean to you..until something bad happens. ALS is a vicious malady. A good Friend has it and is managing..but for how long I shudder to think. Tough as heck on caregivers too. No fun to watch it happen and nothing you can do but provide what little comforts you can. Life is short..make it sweet. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

10-19-2020, 07:32 AM	#28
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10-18-2020, 04:37 PM	#21
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 636 Thanks: 335 Thanked 1,141 Times in 379 Posts	My prayers and understanding are with you. I am currently experiencing a similar circumstance with my wife. May the Lord's blessings be upon you and your family. Doug

10-18-2020, 08:56 PM	#25
Kiwi User Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wrong side of the Delaware river Posts: 292 Thanks: 201 Thanked 415 Times in 163 Posts	Bill, sorry for your loss. She will return in your dreams and memories. You will see silly inconsequential things that will bring her back. remember the good times, remember her not the disease

10-18-2020, 10:49 PM	#26
4 Scale User Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 544 Thanks: 194 Thanked 489 Times in 251 Posts	Very sorry for your loss. I'm glad she had such a devoted companion for so long. It reads that there were many good years spent together. I wish those fond memories may someday push aside your current hurt and hope that day arrives as soon as it can.

10-19-2020, 06:22 AM	#27
Proofed User Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Pa. Posts: 157 Thanks: 535 Thanked 338 Times in 90 Posts	Sorry for your loss

10-19-2020, 11:08 AM	#29
mcg Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Houston, TX. Posts: 89 Thanks: 252 Thanked 28 Times in 20 Posts	So sorry to hear of your tragic loss Bill. She appears to be a beautiful, fun loving partner. May she Rest In Peace.

10-19-2020, 12:52 PM	#30
Pistol User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: TN Posts: 421 Thanks: 430 Thanked 214 Times in 95 Posts	So, sorry to hear of your loss. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. I am glad we have this forum with good folks that genuinely care for the members. God bless.

10-19-2020, 05:04 PM	#31
Sonofeugene User Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 157 Thanks: 1 Thanked 118 Times in 64 Posts	May the passage of time bring you a measure of comfort and peace.

10-19-2020, 06:37 PM	#32
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 951 Thanks: 776 Thanked 526 Times in 289 Posts	My completely inadequate condolences. However, I'm a bit weird so I look at these things differently from most. So please accept this in the spirit in which it is meant: "May she dance in joy!"

10-19-2020, 10:13 PM	#34
spangy Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 607 Thanks: 2,984 Thanked 1,047 Times in 422 Posts	I don't know you Bill but I know your pain. Jan 8th, 2017 2:12pm for me Thats the day my life changed forever. I spent all of 2017 crying and cursing God... wondering if life was worth going on. I knew that she would be devastated if I followed her and my knowing this she saved me one last time. It still hurts to this day and always will ... but the hurt does change over time as you accept thats the way life is. Be well Bill because thats what she would have wanted. Greg

10-20-2020, 02:05 PM	#36
Curly1 User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,229 Thanks: 111 Thanked 702 Times in 364 Posts	Condolences to you and your family. __________________ Laugh hard and often. Gary

10-20-2020, 08:43 PM	#37
Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 767 Thanks: 368 Thanked 601 Times in 319 Posts	Bill, I am sorry to hear about your loss. May the Lord be with you and your family. I lost my wife 9 years ago. We were married 38 years. The grief can be undescribable. But, I was determined to recover and with time I did. __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain