MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Genie
Date: 20 Aug 11 - 05:50 PM

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Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: katlaughing
Date: 20 Aug 11 - 04:23 PM

More hugs from Colorado for you, your mom and sis.

The main character in a new series, to me, I've been watching on netflix, "Emily of New Moon," writes as a little girl to her deceased dad. Each letters starts out, "To Douglas Star, on the Road to Heaven." (The spirit of her mother said he was on the road to heaven, to her.) It's every bit as good as Anne of Green Gables and takes place on Prince Edward Island.

luvyamuchlykat

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: SINSULL
Date: 20 Aug 11 - 02:01 PM

Janie,
Holding you close, girl.
Mary

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: catspaw49
Date: 20 Aug 11 - 01:52 PM

You can have all the hugs I got Janie!

Spaw

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: jacqui.c
Date: 20 Aug 11 - 03:47 AM

Hugs and love to you all Janie.

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 19 Aug 11 - 11:16 PM

Hugs. Lots of them.

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Janie
Date: 19 Aug 11 - 11:00 PM

Thanks all. And hugs back at you.

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 19 Aug 11 - 10:05 PM

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and they are all free!

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: maeve
Date: 19 Aug 11 - 07:54 PM

Missing my daddy too, Janie. Check your email.

Maeve

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Bobert
Date: 19 Aug 11 - 07:02 PM

(((Hey, dad)))

B~

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: ranger1
Date: 19 Aug 11 - 07:00 PM

(((((Janie & Mom)))))

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: olddude
Date: 19 Aug 11 - 04:53 PM

All my love my dear friend

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Jeri
Date: 19 Aug 11 - 04:32 PM

Janie, I don't remember the dates my parents died - Dad was sometime in August and Mom was in July, 20 years apart - but I remember their birthdays.

Hugs.

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: gnu
Date: 19 Aug 11 - 03:14 PM

Give him a hug and a kiss for me.

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Janie
Date: 19 Aug 11 - 03:08 PM

Free hugs welcomed. Today is Daddy's birthday.

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: olddude
Date: 02 Apr 11 - 07:28 PM

All my thoughts prayers and heart with you and your family my friend
love
Dan

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 02 Apr 11 - 07:04 PM

Very sorry to hear it Janie.

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Janie
Date: 02 Apr 11 - 04:35 PM

Just one more thank you for all the good thoughts, prayers and intentions offered over the past year, and your recent words of comfort and caring. It truly mattered to Mom and Dad, as well as to me.

Janie

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: mouldy
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 05:12 PM

Only just picked up on this..

My sincere condolences to you and your family. It sounds like your dad's passing was just as it should be, and we should all be lucky enough to have something similar. Your tribute to your dad is very touching, and it's often only after something like this that we actually find out everything else about the person.

I used to do care work, and although I was never actually at a death, I was privileged enough to be involved in some palliative care work. All our hope was to be able to make our people as comfortable as was possible, and to take a little bit of the caring burden off the families at such a time, in the short periods we were visiting

Andrea xx

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 04:22 PM

Light and love and condolences, dear one.

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: ranger1
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 01:04 PM

My condolences, Janie, to you and the rest of your family.

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Bill D
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 11:41 AM

Sounds like the kind of guy I'd like to have known...*smile*. Now, I feel like I 'almost' did...

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Maryrrf
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 11:33 AM

I'm sorry for your loss, Janie. May your dad RIP.

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 11:13 AM

Thanks, Janie. It's difficult to write, yet impossible not to, when you lose someone so close. Thanks for posting that.

SRS

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: GUEST,VaTam
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 11:08 AM

Oh Janie... How very fortunate you are to have fond memories of a man you held in such high regard.

Would that we all had Dad's like yours. The world would probably be a better place for it.

Hugs to you and your loved ones.

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Nancy King
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 11:02 AM

Sounds like your Dad was a truly fine man, Janie, and that doesn't surprise me a bit, knowing you. It's a huge loss, I know, but hang on to all those wonderful memories.

Love to you, Annie, and the rest of your family --

Nancy

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: SINSULL
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 11:00 AM

That is beautiful, Janie. Many of us here at Mudcat hold you in the same esteem.
Mary

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: jacqui.c
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 10:47 AM

Darling Janie - your eloquence had my eyes tearing up. As Kendall said - the apple didn't fall far from the tree and we are lucky to have a friend who was raised under the influence of such a man.

((((((((((((Janie, Annie and family)))))))))))))))

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: MMario
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 09:09 AM

Janie - I can't add anything to what has been said. Thoughts are with you and yours - hugs...

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Bobert
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 08:09 AM

Thanks for sharing your dad's story, Janie...

Sounds like the kinda man that Mark Twain described in say "live your life so that when you pass even the undertaker will be sad..."

((((((((((((sniff)))))))))))))))

Bobert

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 07:41 AM

Sounds like he left this world a better place than when he found it; and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. My best to all of you.

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Micca
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 06:52 AM

Janie, My condolences also to you my dear friend is this time, Hugs to you and a wish for peace to you and your family

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: KT
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 02:07 AM

Janie, what a beautiful tribute from a daughter who has been, I've no doubt, very deeply loved by her Daddy. And it's not hard to imagine he was fiercely proud of you, too. Take good care during this time, dear Janie. Holding you and your family in love and light.
KT

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed 3/31/11)
From: Genie
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 02:04 AM

Janie,

I know this is a hard time for you and all your family, and pretty much what I want to say has already been voiced by 'Spaw, Bobert, Kat, and so many others.   I haven't been around the 'Cat much for the last few weeks, so I hadn't been up on what was happening with your dad, except that you had shared a lot of it with me last fall at Getaway time.    Having been through times like this with my sister and later with my dad, I do understand the many conflicting feelings, including the comfort that it is when a loved one can make the "transition" peacefully and surrounded by love (even if they choose to make the final step of that journey without having others around to draw their attention away from the passage itself).

Your dad sounds like a real mensch, the kind of person anyone would be blessed to have in their life, especially as a parent.    It's obvious that a lot of those qualities you appreciated so much in him were passed on to you, as well.   The fact that there are millions of other such humble, hardworking, honest, compassionate, humorous people who love their families does not make his life any less special.

As Joe said, may you find comfort in his memory. And also in knowing that he really does live on in you and in the lives of the many others he touched.


Genie


{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Janie}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 01:17 AM

agreed

condolences to you & your family

sandra

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 12:56 AM

Well, Janie, you are also "just a good, good soul." Guess you're a chip off the old block. May you find comfort in his memory.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Janie
Date: 01 Apr 11 - 12:49 AM

Dad was, plain and simple, just a good, good soul. He was one of only a few truly humble people I have ever known. Dad always strove to do the "right" thing in all his dealings with his family, in his career and within his community. He lived his own life in strict accordance with his values, and the first and foremost things he valued were love, compassion, and responsibility to family and community. At the same time, he steered away from judging others. He was a man who counted his blessings and counted his blessings as just that, gifts, not "just desserts."

Dad was a mentor to so many people, and a leader within his community, without any sense within himself of that reality.

These last couple of months, when he reached the place where it was no longer possible for him to get out and about, there had been a steady stream of people coming to visit him. Neighbors, friends, former employees, business associates, old family friends, drunks from the local tavern (Dad was never much of a drinker, stopped drinking ethol at all several years ago in support of some one dear to him who has a problem, but has very much enjoyed spending an hour before supper at the local beer garden since I was a young girl,) friends of my sisters and I from high school who developed their own relationships with Mom and Dad and maintained them long after we girls had flown the coop and moved away, even naming children after them, or after my deceased sister, knowing what that would mean to my parents.

These are indeed good, good friends to my parents, and that is how my Dad has understood their visits - good friends reaching out to support a friend in need. Indeed, that is what they were doing. Good, good, friends indeed. At the same time, they have made clear to my mother, sister and I they were simply trying to return in some measure what Dad has given and wanted to try to convey to him what he has meant to them.

I know what my darling father has meant to me in my life. I am stunned by what he has meant to others.


Dad had a talent for story-telling and for humor. He had the gift of laughter, and saw to it that his daughters learned there is always cause for laughter, no matter the situation.

Coming from a very religous, United/Old Regular Baptist upbringing, in our younger years he was strict and and initially uncompromising, but never harsh. He was not an intellectual by any definition, but always thoughtful and willing to reflect and question himself and his positions. He had rules by which he lived. Some few of those rules he ultimately thought everyone should live by, and counted anyone who did not a scoundrel, particularly those related to adultery, or lying for personal gain. In all other areas, his first principles were love and compassion, and a bonafide belief that he is among "the least of these."

This is my little tribute to my Dad. I believe he was realistic in his conviction that there was nothing unique about him in terms of how he lived his life and loved his family, and how he made a difference in the lives of others. I believe there are millions of daughters who could write pretty much the same thing I have written here.

Blessed be.

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 04:53 PM

Sincere condolences, Janie.

Bruce

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: maeve
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 04:36 PM

"...begin to realize all the more how much of him is in you and in the things you think and do..." SRS/Maggie

I have tears on your behalf, Janie, yet you will find smiles too, as you see Stilly's words, above, returning from time to time throughout the rest of your life. What a rare gift you've been able to give one another!

Maeve

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: ClaireBear
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 03:21 PM

Gentle hug, wildwood flower. Peace, comfort, release, sweet memories, and strength for whateve's next, even though it's my sincere hope that strength will not be needed.

Wish I could bring you a casserole.

Love,
Claire

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Neil D
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 03:02 PM

You have our deepest sympathies. May our prayers now bring you peace and comfort.

                                    Neil and Christina

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: SINSULL
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 02:39 PM

Peace to you too Janie.
Mary

Subject: RE: MoreGoodMojoPleaseJanie'sDad(Passed31Mar)(Mom)
From: Amos
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 02:34 PM

Hugs and comfort, sweet heart. You are in my thoughts.


A

Subject: RE: BS: More Good Mojo Please Janie's Dad (Mom)
From: katlaughing
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 02:09 PM

{{{{{Janie & Family}}}}} May we all have a similar passing.

Subject: RE: BS: More Good Mojo Please Janie's Dad (Mom)
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 01:23 PM

Now is when you begin to realize all the more how much of him is in you and in the things you think and do, or respond to. I hope this time is peaceful for you all.

Maggie

Subject: RE: BS: More Good Mojo Please Janie's Dad (Mom)
From: gnu
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 01:05 PM

Agreed.

My condolences.

Subject: RE: BS: More Good Mojo Please Janie's Dad (Mom)
From: catspaw49
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 01:03 PM

Bill had exactly the right word.............peace.........

Pat

Subject: RE: BS: More Good Mojo Please Janie's Dad (Mom)
From: Bill D
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 12:32 PM

.......peace.......

Subject: RE: BS: More Good Mojo Please Janie's Dad (Mom)
From: Ebbie
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 12:16 PM

{{{{{{{{{{Janie and her loved ones}}}}}}}}}}}

Subject: RE: BS: More Good Mojo Please Janie's Dad (Mom)
From: fat B****rd
Date: 31 Mar 11 - 12:00 PM

Please accept my very best regards and condolences, Janie.