Pono
 

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. :hug: :hug: :hug:
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.
:hug:
:grouphug:
PEACE
BMW

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

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

Daddy's Home
 

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. :circlelove:

(((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. :hug:

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

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.

Thinking of you Pono at this very sad time. :hug:

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Oh ((Pono)) I am so sorry to hear the news:hug: 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 :hug:Nikki

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:hug::hug::hug::hug:PONO:hug::hug::hug::hug:

David:hug:

mahalo
 

thanks ALL...
for every word, thought prayer...

for condolances, sympathy & support, caring concern Love...

that is my father's legacy... Love...

and what i feel, see here... that touches so deeply...
thanks esp now...

its been a week since dad passed on...
last Sunday nite...
quietly gracefully
peacefully

he said he had a wonderful life..

he endured so much, without complaint, so courageously
humbling inspiring

he is missed but has given 'sign's that he's in better "place' -the Next place
Moi thanks
you found 'right' words...

as did each, all in your own special ways...
thanks...
each message touched deeply

BMW angel sis, thank you much-- for starting this thread... and all thoughts, prayers, more ...

i hope can "talk" share more
now...
too much...
too many emotions, feelings, memories ....

reality of what to do now, next...
after 7 years of living w/ parents in their home, as primary caregiver, advocate, companion/friend more, for both my father and mother who died in march 2006. today would've been her 83rd birthday. feel loneley, lost, empty....


yes, many memories, thougts, feelings...
and more to deal with....

(((pono))) take your time. And we will be here to offer what support we can. You have a lot to sort through. You are in our prayers. :hug: :grouphug:

pono, hoping you're feeling a bit better today...or now...

keeping you in our thoughts...

(((pono)))

((pono)) Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers and wishing you some relief from the pain:hug:

just thinking of you, pono... :)

mahalo
 

thanks
ALL
for support , compassion concern more..
extended to me
and so many others...

as i've been trying to 'catch up' here... reading posts
so many questions , stories, situations, experiences emotions shared....
also the moving responses of caring outreach...
support

"life lines".... indeed, and in these deep dark times of need...
that come in PM's, or a 'wonder' in that & other threads, posts here

how to explain how so much of what's shared here, deeply touches...

its been month since my father's death
its been hard, harder than ever imagined
things occured never imagined
more 'hurts' with flares of pain exacerbated by crazy weather , changes
stressors... that seem beyond 'control'

trying to understand or at least make or find some PEACE
somewhere, somehow...

i don't know...
so much i can't express--have tried to write before as well as attempts to respond to posts , PM's....
again not finding words, ways...

maybe later???

(((pono))) When you are "ready", please consider a support group.

And of course we'll always be here for you dear lady. :grouphug:

((Pono)) Some times there just aren't words for different things we are feeling. You have been in my thoughts and I am glad to see you have posted:hug: I hope your memories are bringing you comfort and that your pain levels will allow you a measure of peace. Much love :hug:

thanks....
Alffe...
i have been seeking bereavement , grief support... thought Hospice would offer more ... very disappointed.
Nursing care was excellent but 'support' & other services, supplies initially offered didn't materialize.
prior to dad's death, issues had come up with what pain mgt hospice would pay for --different than what was promised when we first signed up ....long story and no longer relevant....
i was surprised that after dad died , no one from hospice even called .... thought grief support for survivors was big part of Hospice..... but quess not with that one.
close friend said Hospice is what got her thru days & year after her sister's death.

i'm wondering what may get me thru... few freinds, family have even bothered to call ...
hurtful, but i quess busy living their lives...
i don't know... so many "hurts" pain and more that are hard....
sorry for rant...



Nikki...
you too have been so much in my thoughts.
i've tried to write, reply to your posts .... so touching, many had me in tears ....
my heart goes out to you, and family....
i pray your pain , levels , more 'controlled' too... (mine not)
will try to write later...
thanks for taking time & energy to reply