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Permalink Reply by mellissa odell on May 8, 2011 at 8:47pm

Sorry for your loss and i know what you mean i lost my dad 15 years ago i was 14 at the time im grown now with kids of my own but the hurt is still there it feels like just yesterday he passed away : ( i wish i could give you some hope but im still looking for some myself i guess i need some sort of closure or something it all just happened so fast and soo many things were left un done its just really hard but i guess we just have to hold on to the good memories we have of them and cherish all the good times weve shared with them : ) Keep smiling cause she wouldnt want you to be sad im sure!!

Permalink Reply by Francis Valente III on May 9, 2011 at 7:07pm

mellissa odell said:

Sorry for your loss and i know what you mean i lost my dad 15 years ago i was 14 at the time im grown now with kids of my own but the hurt is still there it feels like just yesterday he passed away : ( i wish i could give you some hope but im still looking for some myself i guess i need some sort of closure or something it all just happened so fast and soo many things were left un done its just really hard but i guess we just have to hold on to the good memories we have of them and cherish all the good times weve shared with them : ) Keep smiling cause she wouldnt want you to be sad im sure!!

Thanks Mellissa for the nice words! I was 49 when my Mom passed so I cannot imagine losing a loving parent at such a young age as you did! You are made of strong stuff! It was very tough this Mother's Day--seeing all the Moms and familes together! Even tougher than the Holidays. I hope somehow the loss will get a little easier! Maybe someday?

God bless!

Frank

BTW-Mellissa here is a Catholic prayer that keeps me going! I have the prayer card right next to a photo of Mom's 

SAFELY HOME

I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
In this everlasting light.

All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.

Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the valley of the shade?
Oh, but Jesus'love illumined
Every dark and fearful glade.

And He came Himself to meet me
In that way so hard to tread;
And with Jesus' arm to lean on,
Could I have one doubt or dread?

Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still,
Try to look beyond earth's shadows,
Pray to trust our Father's will.

There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand;
Do it now, while life remains,
You shall rest in Jesus' land.

When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!