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Please call your moms and if at all possible please go see them and hug them with the most loving hug ever possible... I lost my mother two years ago this December 14th... She really loved me and thought highly of me.... It hurts so bad to lose the ones that really really love you and you love them.... She was the most amazing woman ever and I should have spent more time with her and showed her more how much she meant to me.... She was only 59 when she passed away due to cancer... My step father called me at the airport as she had been hospitalized due to the cancer.. before my flight left for Atlanta he called me and said she was real bad and wanted to know what I wanted him to do... I asked him to stop her suffering.. I didn't even get to look at her in her face one last time and tell how so proud of her I was.... MOM, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND REALLY REALLY MISS YOU........

(((((((((((((((Kevin))))))))))))))))))

Lost both my parents 5 and half months apart 6 years ago... can't believe it's been that long now.

Blessings,
Mark

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Kevin, I unfortunaly have a similar story I lost my mother 2 years ago as well at age 57. She passed away from a brain hemerage. I recieved a call at work that my mother was taken to the hospital and that I need to get there immediately. When I arrived she was gone,brain dead. I was fortunate that I was able to be there when the machines were turned off and got to spend the last moments with her. My life will never be the same. I think about her every night before I go to sleep. It is always easy to regret what you did not do or could have done better. Just try to remember the good times and remember her for who she was, she would love you just the same and would not want you to be sad or depressed thinking about what could or should have been. In an uncertain world there is only one certainty, death. There are only two questions that remain to be answered. How? and when?. Some of the how's are more tragic than others and the when's are much sooner than they should be.
Thanks for posting your personal feelings, it really means alot to me and helps me to know that I am not alone in my feelings ~ Jason

Thanks Mark, thanks Jason... It was a real hard morning for me and I am so glad to see the support and stories you shared.... Thank you sooooooooooooo much.....

Kevin/Jason/Mark,

I know exactly how you feel. I lost my father 2 years ago this coming January at the young age of 58. My father slipped and fell on ice going into work during the Holidays of 2002. While in the hospital for a severly sprained knee he developed namonia and never recovered.

Thanks for sharing guys,

Scott

Kevin, Scott, Jason, Mark. I'm sorry for your loses. I still have both parents and in fact I'm going for bruch at the country club with them on Sunday. I sort of know what your going thru as my parents are snowbirds and go to Arizona for 4 months every year. But at least they come back. I was close to my Grandmother who passed back in '99 just as me and my wife, Jennifer, were getting togather. Her funeral was the first serious thing we did together as a couple. It really help bring us together. Sometimes just have to let go knowing that there better off.
John

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Kevin.......I'm sure your mom knows

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Thanks Jimmy, really....

For Kevin,Mark, Jason, and Scott. You have all been in my thoughts all day.
I can't come up with the words to tell you how I feel . I know that you all loved your parents deeply ,and I'm sure that they knew that then and still know it today.
When my wife passed away a man told me that Gods plan isn't for us to know. It didn't help much at the time, but now I realize that He does work in many ways and all we can hope for is that we can all be reunited in heaven.
Sorry it isn't much, But know that I'm praying for everyone.

Thanks Rick, your reply made me think and smile a little....

Sorry for everyones lose.

I know how you feel Kevin......I lost my mother some time ago now (I don't remember exactly what year - was very hard for me) on Dec 31. So New Years is not the easiest day for me.

My mom was my best friend....co-worker and most importanly...MY MOM. She was my cheerleader and my Rock of Strength and Power when I needed a recharge. Her favorite song the spring and summer before she passed on was "Don't Worry Be Happy". That song will always hold a special place in my heart and mind.

Thanks everyone for sharing.....

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For Kevin, Mark, jason, John,Rick & Sledgehammer.

God Bless You All, and thanks for sharing your hearts with us. In 8/99 while Jodi and I were on a date I received a call from a family member saying that Jodi's father had passed unexpectedly from a massive heart attack what a way to start a relationship but EZ is right it made us strong for each other.

In 10/00 my father passed some what unexpectedly due to a massive heart attack & stroke, my father only had 30% function of his heart which had begun back in 1975 so I had 25 good years with my father. during that time he had 2 by pass surgeries, 2 pace maker implants, several heart attacks so we knew in all our hearts it was a matter of time and we could see him failing.

I spoke to my father the night before and when I asked him how he was feeling he said that he felt the best he had felt in many years. I told him that I loved him and was glad to hear he was feeling better, he then told me that he wanted me to make sure that I took good care of mom because he had all the bills taken care of, so if anything was to happen she would be okay, I said okay dad but lets don't worry about that right now.

Jodi and I married in march of 2000, we both had come from a very bad 1st. marriage, I had been divorced 15 years and Jodi 17 years, and I strongly believe in my heart that my father held on till he saw me happily married to the woman that my Lord and Saviour had given me. The very next day my wife called me to tell me that my dad had passed.

It still hurts and I miss him ever so much but I know that he is sitting next to our Lord and after that judgement day we will walk down that street of gold talking to my father and I will tell him how much I have missed him.

From the time we are born, we are led and directed by our parents to be the best we can be so that when it is their time we will have them as our roll model. Then our wives continue to mold us into the men we are today.

These days are sad, but they are also happy with memories, again I thank you all for sharing your hearts, I would like to ask you men to do something for me, HUG your wife and tell her thank you for all she has done to help make you what you are today because she is not only your wife, she is your children's mother and she makes your house a home.

Thanks for the tears that I have been able to shed.

God Bless you all

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460 C.I. 10.83 NA @ 122.98
1/8 Mile 6.841@ 100.65

Thanks Phil, Sharing of these stories has helped me get through this sad time....

Kevin, I am sure today was a difficult day for you having to deal with the loss of your mother. I am lucky enough to have my Mom and Dad still and I tell them I love them pretty much every day.
I hope that you will find strength in knowing that she is in a good place now and she is looking down on you smiling.
I am sure she was a very special lady and I am also sure that she knows how much you loved her.
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