More Prayers Needed

[Lorraine]

I would just like to ask everyone who has met my friend Carol, who has attendedthe last three reunions with me, to please say a prayer for her and her family. Her father passed away at home last night.

He had diabetes and for the last few years has been in and out of hospitals and nursing homes due to complications of the disease. He had one of his legs amputated last year, and never seemed to fully recover from it.

She called and told me this morning about the sad news. I don't think it really has hit her yet, because she was really calm, and she is normally a very emotional person.

I myself will have had her and her family in my thoughts and prayers as she goes through the wake, funeral and process of grieving. This is the first time in her life, anyone close to her has passed away. Thank You and God Bless!

 

[Ross]

Give her my condolences and thoughts and prayers also.

 

[fyrfytr]

Hi Lorraine,
I am sorry to hear the sad news. Please let Carol know that she and her family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Take Care

 

[bvdr]

Lorraine, Of course I will. Thank you for letting us help. God Bless.

 

[SJJ]

Lorraine,
I will certainly keep Carol close in my thoughts over the next several days. I am so sorry to hear of her loss. I am sure, as her friend, that you will be a source of strength and comfort for her.
Sue

 

[LDS4ME]

I'm So Sorry

I'm So Sorry

I am so sorry to hear about your friends father.we will kept her and family in our family prayers tonite again my condolences from chrsitne ansari

 

[Guest]

I would just like to ask everyone who has met my friend Carol, who has attendedthe last three reunions with me, to please say a prayer for her and her family. Her father passed away at home last night. ... I don't think it really has hit her yet, because she was really calm, and she is normally a very emotional person.

*pauses*

I don't usually post replies to "prayers needed" posts for a couple reasons.... 1) I don't want to leave anyone out ... and 2) my prayers/thoughts go without saying...in other words, consider them done.

*pauses again*

However, I am posting because I have an inkling of how Carol feels. From the way you describe it, Lorraine, it sounds as if Carol feels exactly the way I did when Gram died, October 2002 ... stunned and calm, yet very sad.

And, since Carol is not on this board, per se, and I have met her a few times (both at Chicago area reunions and the "big one" in Chicago last October, I felt the need to post...and send Carol my thoughts/prayers through Lorraine.

Peace...always,
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[Lorraine]

Hi Everyone,

I want to Thank You for your responses. I shouldn't have just sadi member that met her, as I know everyone on our website care what happens in our vr.com familes lives.

I will print them out and show Carol. She truly feels like a member of our group, though she hasn't logged onto the website, even as a friend of mine. As she goes through the grieving process, I know this thread will uplift her some, because she will know that friends she met and I found through my own downfall of discovering valve damge and needing OHS, really care.

Being at our reunions with me has showed her what a caring and compassionate group we are. I believe High Rain called her an honarary member because she has gone to the reunions and is associated with me.

Her and I have been friends since we were 15 years old. We met in High School in Gym class. Yeah, we still had to take gym back then. Not that it hurt us any! What is it, about 30-40% of our school age children are obese and part of it because of the declining funding for gym class?

She is one of two or three people I've kept in contact since high school. Again, thanks everyone.

 

[gijanet]

Consider it done!

Consider it done!

Please let Carol know that she will certainly be added to our prayer list. Many hugs. Take care and God bless...........

 

[hensylee]

Lorraine, I remember hearing about Carol over these past few yrs (from the reunion news). Please pass along my sincerest condolences. It is hard to lose our parents. Prayers are hers - and yours. Ann

 

[Rain]

Thinking of Carol.

Thinking of Carol.

Lorraine,

Yes, Carol most certainly is an honorary member. She knows that.... she?s stuck with us.... she?s part of the family... that?s that.

When I lost my Mom and my Dad I don?t think I reacted the way some people expected me to either. Somehow I?m able to put my emotions ?sorta? on hold until I?m past the situation... until I?ve finished dealing with whatever the ordeal is. When I have all my Ps & Q?s lined up and it?s all over with... that?s when I tend stop, take a deep breath and ?let my hair down?. Maybe that?s how Carol is...

I still have the thread that Janie started after my Mom died. It meant so much to me. Even tho Carol is acting tough... I believe everyone is in a pretty fragile state of mind after losing a parent. Please tell Carol I?m thinking of her and to take care of herself at this most difficult time. And most of all.... know we?re out here thinking of her.

 

[Yaps]

my condolences

my condolences

May peace be with her and her family.

 

[sylviayasgur]

hi lorraine!
please wish carol our best and let her know that she is in our thoughts and prayers. our condolences go out to her.
be well, sylvia

 

[Glenda]

Lorraine, consider it done. She will be in my prayers.

 

[SHerrin Hutt]

Hi Lorrine
Give Carol our love and prayers are with her. She is part of this family for sure. I enjoyed her company in Chicago. We walked to the pier and lost each other !Remember. Tell Sherrin Said Hi!

 

[epstns]

It goes without saying. . .

It goes without saying. . .

Lorraine,

Of course, Carol will be in my prayers -- she is family, too. From the length of your friendship with her, I can see she has become part of your family and by association part of ours.

I know you will be doing all you can to help her through this, and as others have mentioned, some of us don't show or really realize our true feelings until some future time when something triggers it. I'm still going through this for my mom, almost eight months after her death. I can say (or write) the words "her death" but sometimes day-to-day little things trigger a thought and the sadness surfaces. Keep a closer than normal watch on Carol for us, and let us know if we can help.