I have a story for you. I called to do repairs in the town I grew up in. As I knocked on the door I noticed the name was that of a Police Sergeant who cared for my Dad during his drinking sprees.

I introduced myself to lady of the house and asked after the Police Sergeant. Her eyes welled with tears as she told me that Ted had died five years before. She apologised for being teary after all this time.

My thought is that you need to grieve as much as you need to, that it’s healthy. Think of your loved one whenever you need to, Cherie.

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Thanks for the inspiration.
Happy Holidays!
Carl

Susan

All of your family have been on our minds for weeks now. We are so happy that Alexandria will be coming home soon and her progression has been beyond belief. It will be great that the Paxton’s will be all together once again.

Life is a mystery for sure. We wonder so much about the tragic events of our families and what purpose God had for such a tragedy to occur.

We lost a 12 year old wonderful grandson in July 2002. So we understand the loss of a loved one very much and the affects it has on the whole family. I have always felt that Jacob was in a better place, but we miss him so very much. We miss seeing him grow up. Jacob would now be 16, almost 17 next month. Jacob was such a fun loving personality, like your Alexandria. Our tears have not been so much for Jacob as they have been for our son, daughter in law and Jacob’s sibley’s. Imagine trying to explain the death to his siblings. It was horrible. Just imagine the affects on the family for the rest of their lives.

Our families (your and ours) have had a tremendous tragedy in our lives. We are not alone and that is why they have groups such as “Compassion Friends.” People that can relate to each other over their losses of loved ones and talk about the stages of grieving and coping.

Again, we are elated with Alexandria’s progress! Happy Holidays and keep your spirits up!

I can relate to the incident with your Dad and the kids. My mom has told our grown children and nieces, to be careful with our computers. When they leave she sometimes says I hope they didn’t do anything to your computers. It is the age, and still some sense that they have controll over something. My mom was never that way! Luckily that is the only change the Alzheimers has made to her personality.

I was with my Dad when he died, his was a very peaceful passing. He was ready, he knew his heart was giving out, and mom would be with us and cared for, and he was at his home. He was able to mouth to me right before he died that he loved me. I will always be grateful to God for that.Hospice had come in for about 4 weeks, they were very helpful. I was with another loved one in the hospital, at their passiing. This individual was not as comfortable and was not able to speak. I think Todd is right, it depends on the circumstances, but we do not know how their soul is feeling, we can only tell by what the physical body language is showing us. But Cherie you are right too, you are speaking of how you know you felt, when you were near death. The physical body could say to the world, I am in pain, but the soul is probably very much at peace. Thanks for talking about this, this has helped me to deal with the second individuals death I mentioned. I think maybe I can hold on to the fact that the individuals soul was at peace.

Dean and I so enjoy listening, it’s like we are sitting right there, visiting with you. You are not dumpy and dopey! Life is always full of questions and emotions.

Love & Prayers to all,

Pokey & Dean

Thank you so much for your show. I am enjoying how down to Earth and real it is. I recommended it on my last show at thehumanexperience.typepad.com (which will be posted tonight). Thank you also for using the graphic in the album art.

The primary reason that I am writing though is to let you know that I have noticed problems with iTunes updating with your last two shows (2 & 3). I have had to manually download them which defeats the purpose of podcasting of course, but I will continue to do it if iTunes is causing the problem for you.

Keep up the great work and God bless,

Christopher