tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post7731933954527017319..comments2024-02-24T15:33:47.064-05:00Comments on Sooo-this-is-me: Upsetting thought.Sooo-this-is-mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02001864616415319712noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-58649170153218064712017-07-08T15:37:23.006-04:002017-07-08T15:37:23.006-04:00My father died suddenly. I was living a good 12-h...My father died suddenly. I was living a good 12-hour ride away, so my memories of him are ones in which he was living and healthy. <br />I had no last memory of him, just the last memory of when I saw him when I had gone home over the summer. Life is unpredictable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-73619151800627491962017-07-02T00:12:11.119-04:002017-07-02T00:12:11.119-04:00When we were kids some 50 yrs ago, the nuns use to...When we were kids some 50 yrs ago, the nuns use to tell us that Death comes when you least expect it and we should be ready for it. Of course as kids that meant nothing to us, what was death? Something that happened to old people we could not understand.<br />My father died suddenly, no warning whatsoever. I got a call from my sister to tell me that he had died and she had been informed by the hospital in Montreal ER dept. So my memory of him is the person I knew. There was no last meeting or conversation.<br />Life is funny that way.larrymuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14137517764919401795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-62871387150403752612017-07-01T19:38:55.060-04:002017-07-01T19:38:55.060-04:00Rjjs, well at least you know for sure your mother ...Rjjs, well at least you know for sure your mother died peacefully. Plus I don't think you should feel bad, you were there. The post wasn't me being upset because I wasn't there, it was the last memory of him.... being the last memory of him... clear as mud? Anyway I slept like a baby after I posted, so that worked.Sooo-this-is-mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02001864616415319712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-19735881190010496782017-07-01T19:28:27.118-04:002017-07-01T19:28:27.118-04:00Thanks for the suggestion JP, but it's not abo...Thanks for the suggestion JP, but it's not about bereavement, it's something else. I miss dad but you learn to live with loss. I know what is affecting me, I will probably blog about it one day.Sooo-this-is-mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02001864616415319712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-76992290276622018822017-06-30T11:18:07.963-04:002017-06-30T11:18:07.963-04:00I was sitting in the room with my mother on her la...I was sitting in the room with my mother on her last day. I was texting with a friend when she died. I didn't know she had died until my brother walked into the room and said she wasn't breathing. For some odd reason I've never felt bad about not being by her side. Perhaps it's because we didn't have the best relationship. <br /><br />You can't change what happened. Just know your father is in a better place. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167118023573797856.post-23497126867309905552017-06-30T05:21:19.734-04:002017-06-30T05:21:19.734-04:00Try to turn those thoughts around. Think of your k...Try to turn those thoughts around. Think of your kind intentions and how peaceful your Dad was that last time. In the UK there's an organisation called Cruse. It offers help with bereavement (no matter how long ago it was). I think you're in Canada. There may be something similar.<br />JP Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com