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dianeduane) wrote2007-07-30 09:49 am
dianeduane) wrote2007-07-30 09:49 am
The sad inevitable
Peter's Mum passed away peacefully at a little after 9 AM our time.
Lost for words, for once...
Lost for words, for once...
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While a certain expectation makes it easier than a sudden departure, it is by no means easy to lose a close family member, especially one so deeply loved. As I wished Peter on his blog, may your surviving family be all you need each other to be.
peace, and love, from Keith's mom
I'm so sorry to hear that. My condolences to you and Peter.
Please accept my condolences upon your loss.
My condolences to you and Peter.
Words are hard to find at a time like this; I'm glad that at least her passing was peaceful. My sincere condolences to you and Peter, and to the rest of his family.
p@ (a deep bow with a flourish),
Glenn
p@ (a deep bow with a flourish),
Glenn
Condolences to Peter, you, and family.
All our sympathies to you and Peter.
So sorry to hear that even though it was expected.
Loving thoughts and hugs to you both.
Loving thoughts and hugs to you both.
Sorry to hear that. Given her son, she must have been a good woman.
Take care, both of you, and will see you soon I trust.
Take care, both of you, and will see you soon I trust.
Condolences. Thoughts and prayers.
Our thoughts are with you and Peter's family
...
*fails to think of anything actually useful to say*
*fails to think of anything actually useful to say*
I'm so terribly sorry, Diane. It's never easy losing anyone you love, even when you know it's coming. My sincerest and deepest condolences and sympathies are with you. Please give Peter a long, hard hug from me, and then have him give you one also.
I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.
So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind:
Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned
With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned.
Lovers and thinkers, into the earth with you.
Be one with the dull, the indiscriminate dust.
A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew,
A formula, a phrase remains, --- but the best is lost.
The answers quick & keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love,
They are gone. They have gone to feed the roses. Elegant and curled
Is the blossom. Fragrant is the blossom. I know. But I do not approve.
More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world.
Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
"Dirge without Music", Edna St. Vincent Millay
I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.
So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind:
Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned
With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned.
Lovers and thinkers, into the earth with you.
Be one with the dull, the indiscriminate dust.
A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew,
A formula, a phrase remains, --- but the best is lost.
The answers quick & keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love,
They are gone. They have gone to feed the roses. Elegant and curled
Is the blossom. Fragrant is the blossom. I know. But I do not approve.
More precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world.
Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.
"Dirge without Music", Edna St. Vincent Millay
I been wanting to say something but everything I wanted to say seems trite
hugs to you both
kate
hugs to you both
kate
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