Alas, My Sister-in-Law Passed Away This Morning

[flameburns623]

Sorry for your loss.

[Kenngo1969]

On 6/11/2016 at 8:09 PM, Jeanne said:

3 hours ago, flameburns623 said:

Sorry for your loss.

Thank you, Sir.  (Sorry for the "On 6/11/2016 at 8:09 PM, Jeanne said:"   Can't get rid of it.  I'm loving the new Board software ...  

[Jeanne]

53 minutes ago, Kenngo1969 said:

 

oh..I get what you are talking about.  I end up responding to something because what I have written before has popped up again! 

[Kenngo1969]

My Father's Day Message to My Brother:

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If what they say is true, that the best thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother, in your case, mission accomplished.  (Rita certainly makes that pretty easy.)  Happy Father’s Day.  No doubt you’ll feel her loss (temporary though it is) pretty keenly for some time to come, but when a gentleman (I assume he’s from your ward) told me, “Rita was a great lady,” I immediately corrected him: I felt bad, because when I thought about it afterward, my reply was so immediate that I was worried maybe he thought I was upset with him, even though I wasn’t, but I immediately said, “Is.”  And that’s my message to you this Father’s Day: at times, the veil will be very thin and she will feel very close; perhaps at other times, she might feel a bit further away.  Regardless, you know where she is: hold onto that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love you.

—Ken

 

 

Edited June 21, 2016 by Kenngo1969

[Meg Stout]

On June 5, 2016 at 10:34 PM, Kenngo1969 said:

I know we have some widowers here on the Board.  I'm not sure what to say beyond the typical, the standard, the (alas!) seemingly wholly inadequate...  

Thoughts?

 

I am sorry for your family's loss.

I like what I believe was the original poem written to assure a widower of eternal union with his deceased wife:

Conjugal

Like two streams whose gentle forces, mingling, in one current blend,

Like two waves whose outward courses to the ocean's bosom tend,

Like two angels who kiss each other in the presence of the sun,

Like two drops that run together and, forever, are as one,

May your mutual vows be plighted,

May your hearts, no longer twain,

And your spirits be united

In an everlasting chain.

http://www.millennialstar.org/manuscript-of-elizas-journal/

 

Other than that, a heartfelt "I'm so sorry for your loss" is never wrong.

[MorningStar]

I'm so sorry for your family's loss! 

[Kenngo1969]

On 6/21/2016 at 5:58 PM, Meg Stout said:

I am sorry for your family's loss.

I like what I believe was the original poem written to assure a widower of eternal union with his deceased wife:

Conjugal

Like two streams whose gentle forces, mingling, in one current blend,

Like two waves whose outward courses to the ocean's bosom tend,

Like two angels who kiss each other in the presence of the sun,

Like two drops that run together and, forever, are as one,

May your mutual vows be plighted,

May your hearts, no longer twain,

And your spirits be united

In an everlasting chain.

http://www.millennialstar.org/manuscript-of-elizas-journal/

 

Other than that, a heartfelt "I'm so sorry for your loss" is never wrong.

I like that, too, but, as an Eternal Bachelor, it does make me a wee bit jealous!   I think my brother will like it, as well.  

[Kenngo1969]

On 6/22/2016 at 7:43 PM, MorningStar said:

I'm so sorry for your family's loss! 

Thanks much.  We had some beautiful music at the funeral that I'm sure you could appreciate.  One of Rita's friends is an opera singer, and she was a part (actually, if I can be forgiven for "playing favorites," she was the star) of a quartet that sang a medley of LDS standbys.  (Talk about putting a different spin on Mormon music ...)  A few weeks ago, they had her over to the house and she sang an impromptu operatic rendition of "Itsy Bitsy Spider."  My brother recorded it on his phone, and it's hilarious.  

[MorningStar]

3 hours ago, Kenngo1969 said:

Thanks much.  We had some beautiful music at the funeral that I'm sure you could appreciate.  One of Rita's friends is an opera singer, and she was a part (actually, if I can be forgiven for "playing favorites," she was the star) of a quartet that sang a medley of LDS standbys.  (Talk about putting a different spin on Mormon music ...)  A few weeks ago, they had her over to the house and she sang an impromptu operatic rendition of "Itsy Bitsy Spider."  My brother recorded it on his phone, and it's hilarious.  

That sounds awesome!