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Tuesday, June 11. 2019

Gerard's Mom died

She always seemed like a part of our friend's website.  Dead aged 104.


She saw a lot of life and a lot of changes, didn't she?  As best I could tell, a darn good attitude too.

Posted by Bird Dog at 10:47 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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She looked quite hale in that picture with her 104th birthday cake. I'm glad for his and her sake she went quickly after a long, full life, not that his loss is any less.
#1 Texan99 on 2019-06-11 10:55 (Reply)
Moms and dads and grandparents and all those others you honor and respect never die. They just move to another home in your heart and brain which can be resurrected when happy, sad, needy, and just requiring a quick slap to bring you back to reality.

I do it often. One is always fortunate to have such remarkable people to travel with us along our journey.

The trick is being that kind of person to others.
#2 jma on 2019-06-11 11:50 (Reply)
I send my sincere sympathy--she left us all a wonderful gift in the man she brought into this world--her son is a gift we can all be thankful for!
#3 faculty wife on 2019-06-11 15:13 (Reply)
Our sincere condolences. No matter how old Mum is, her passing comes always too early. As an accompaniment to the reading, I offer this hymn which we sang at Mum's funeral.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_xNRKvurxA
#4 Frances on 2019-06-11 23:05 (Reply)
Gerard did a wonderful job using his tremendous gift for writing to bring her to life on his site for those of us who never knew her. That's a real gift to others and to his mom too, and he made the world a slightly better place each time he wrote about her.

Remarkable really, think about it, how many blog posts have you read over the years, and of that number, how many brought to life, right befoe your eyes, over and over again, a person you never met? I can think of no other examples.
#5 Jeff Brokaw (Link) on 2019-06-12 08:08 (Reply)

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