[Burntmarshmallow]

I want you to know how sad and sorry I am for the loss of your farther. As you know I have held you and your family in my prayers and asked for things to be in Gods hands, for God to guide all of you threw this time. I think God has reached down and your father is in a pain free better place no longer suffering.
my prayers are still with you even more so now as you are hurting and feeling the emptiness left.
sending my deepest sympathy and many healing prayers to you and your family.
Please know WE are all here for you, we care and Love you.


PEACE
BMW

P.S. Will try to call you after I am back from work. hang in there and take things one step at a time.

[Alffe]

I'm sorry pono....but glad he is no longer suffering. Thanks for letting us know BMW.

[FeelinGoofy]

[just drea]

My sympathies in the loss of your Father, Pono. Seems was a rough road for him and now he's a free spirit.

Take care of you and yours....celebrate Dad's life....and one day you'll be reunited.

[mistiis]

(((Pono))) ....we know, sometimes there are no words, but if you feel up to it please share your grief with us, it helps to lighten the load a little, and fill the emptiness. He is your angel now, my friend. He will look after you. Your love unites you dear friend. By the end of today, I will have a new song for you. Now is the time! luv u bunches, and bunches, and holding you tight, but gently.

[Lara]

I'm so very sorry to read this news.
My thoughts are with you, pono.

[who moi]

pono...

not sure what to say, but this always pops up in my head whenever I hear of someone's passing...

you're in our thoughts

~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Next Place
By Warren Hanson

The next place that I go
will be as peaceful and familiar
as a sleepy summer Sunday
and a sweet untroubled mind.
And yet...
it won't be anything
like any place I've ever been...
or seen...
or even dreamed of
in the place I leave behind.
I won't know where I'm going,
and I won't know where I've been
as I tumble through the always
and look back toward the when.
I'll glide beyond the rainbows.
I'll drift above the sky.
I'll fly into the wonder,
without ever wondering why.
I won't remember getting there,
Somehow I'll just arrive.
But I'll know I belong there
and will feel much more alive
than I have ever felt before.
I will be absolutely free of the things that I held onto
that were holding on to me.
The next place that I go
will be so quiet and so still
that the whispered song of sweet belonging
will rise up to fill the listening sky with joyful silence,
and with unheard harmonies of music by no one playing,
like a hush upon the breeze.
There will be no room for darkness
in that place of living light,
Where and ever-dawning morning
pushes back the dying night.
The very air will fill with brillance,
as the brightly shining sun
And the moon and half a million stars
are married into one.
The next place that I go won't really be a place at all.
There won't be any seasons-
winter, summer, spring or fall-
Nor a Monday,
Nor a Friday,
Nor December,
Nor July.
And the seconds will be standing still...
while hours hurry by.
I will not be a boy or girl,
a woman or a man.
I'll simply be just,
simply, me.
Nor worse nor better than.
My skin will not be dark or light.
I won't be fat or tall.
The body I once lived in
won't be part of me at all.
I will finally be perfect.
I will be without a flay.
I will never make one more mistake,
or break the smallest law.
And the me that was impatient,
or was angry or unkind,
will simply be a memory.
The me I left behind.
I will travel empty-handed.
There is not a single thing I have collected in my life
that I would ever want to bring except...
The love of those who loved me,
and the warmth of those who cared.
The happiness and memories
and magic that we shared.
Though I will know the joy of solitude...
I'll never be alone.
I'll be embraced by all the family and friends I've ever known.
Although I might not see their faces,
all our hearts will beat as one,
And the circle of our spirits
will shine brighter than the sun.
I will cherish all the friendship
I was fortunate to find,
all the love and all the laughter
in the place I leave behind.
All the good things will go with me.
They will make my spirit glow.
And that light will shine forever in the next place that I go.

[Koala77]

Thinking of you Pono at this very sad time.

[Nik-key]

Oh ((Pono)) I am so sorry to hear the news It is so hard letting go. Goodbye will always be the hardest words one can ever say... I hope you can find comfort knowing his fight is over, that he is now in peace. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayer dear friend Nikki

[DMACK]

PONO

David