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The_jackalope

(1,660 posts)
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 01:14 PM Sep 2017

Thank you all for your warm wishes.

There is no sadness in the Jackalope home today. Instead there is a spirit of quiet celebration and joy. We both feel a profound sense of completion.

The journey that we began 45 years ago at a smoke-filled hippie party has wound its idiosyncratic way through friendship and decades of separation, and culminated in a seven-year explosion of unconditional love when we re-united in 2010.

We have done everything that needed doing; we have left no thoughts unspoken. We have forgiven everyone whether they needed it or not; we have told all our loved ones how much we love them. We have said our good-byes, no more words are needed. The look in her eyes tells me that we are truly one soul.

When we look into each other's' eyes for the last time, as the doctor empties his syringe, it will be with full consciousness and the certain knowledge that neither of us is really going anywhere.

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Thank you all for your warm wishes. (Original Post) The_jackalope Sep 2017 OP
(((((((jackalope))))))) niyad Sep 2017 #1
You are not alone. SonofDonald Sep 2017 #2
My ex-wife went through a summer of hell like that too. The_jackalope Sep 2017 #4
Godspeed......... samnsara Sep 2017 #3
PEACE democrank Sep 2017 #5
I am so, so sorry renate Sep 2017 #6
hugs. barbtries Sep 2017 #7
Hugs. gademocrat7 Sep 2017 #8
Sending blessings your way. iluvtennis Sep 2017 #9
Hugs madamvlb Sep 2017 #10
You are both ready, and that is such a blessing, my dear jackalope... CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2017 #11
Peace to both of you. GentryDixon Sep 2017 #12
Love and peace be with you. nt Granny M Sep 2017 #13
Love to you and yours volstork Sep 2017 #14
Peace to you and yours, brother SCantiGOP Sep 2017 #15
Blessings to you both. redwitch Sep 2017 #16
What a beautiful message of light! ananda Sep 2017 #17
Blessings and peace to you both... Hekate Sep 2017 #18

SonofDonald

(2,050 posts)
2. You are not alone.
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 01:35 PM
Sep 2017

Thank you for your message of love and togetherness, it's so hard to find and you are blessed when you do.

I had mentioned my own Fathers passing after 18 months of home hospice, it was a blessing when he passed but it still hurts and he is always in my thoughts.

I lost my second Father, my Uncle Richard in 2008 on July third, his Family, my Aunt and cousins had left for something to eat after I arrived at the hospital, I was one of two in the room when he passed along with my oldest cousin Joe.

Since that day we've lost My Father, my Brother in law Jeff who was my best friend , his wife, my little Sister Nancy, then Joe, then my Uncle Charles.

All before their time, in a six year period.

It will take time but after losing so many so quickly there's one thing I know, you will heal, you will smile again, life will get better and you will still have your memories.

If I can deal with such loss anyone can.

I wish you peace and recovery.

Mark

The_jackalope

(1,660 posts)
4. My ex-wife went through a summer of hell like that too.
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 01:50 PM
Sep 2017

She lost three close friends and her mother, all within a few months, 15 years ago. She was devastated, but like you, she healed over time.

I'm confident the same will apply to me. thank you for your caring and support.

renate

(13,776 posts)
6. I am so, so sorry
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 02:32 PM
Sep 2017

I was just looking back at your previous posts... she is absolutely beautiful.

I'm glad that the two of you had those precious years together and I hope that your sense of oneness sustains you in the days and months and years to come.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,069 posts)
11. You are both ready, and that is such a blessing, my dear jackalope...
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 03:30 PM
Sep 2017

May her transition, and yours, come gently and easily, without pain or trouble.

GentryDixon

(3,009 posts)
12. Peace to both of you.
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 03:35 PM
Sep 2017

I've been there. So sorry for what you are both going through. May her passing be easy. Love

SCantiGOP

(14,238 posts)
15. Peace to you and yours, brother
Fri Sep 1, 2017, 03:47 PM
Sep 2017

A life lived well and with few regrets is the best any of us can ask for.

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