tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9807422.post115256703988980380..comments2023-10-20T04:57:35.975-07:00Comments on Daily Views, Pop Culture, Rants and News: Yesterday we finally put my father to restThe Humanity Critichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17952770577150500798noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9807422.post-1153241410517490112006-07-18T09:50:00.000-07:002006-07-18T09:50:00.000-07:00My father died in 2000, and my mom & I grieved tog...My father died in 2000, and my mom & I grieved together and got through it. But it wasn't until 5 years later, when it was time for her to remarry and move away that we had to totally get rid of everything; my father had a huge amount of stuff in our garage that we coudn't physically move or just didn't have a place for. <BR/><BR/>So we hired some help and rented a dumpster and once we got started we realized we didn't truly want most of that stuff we had left in there; we were just holding on to it. And it was so freeing for us to throw it away and let him go. <BR/><BR/>Sorry it's so long. I just say that to mean that I have been through something similar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9807422.post-1152712485372589472006-07-12T06:54:00.000-07:002006-07-12T06:54:00.000-07:00Yeah, letting go is hard. How nice that you were ...Yeah, letting go is hard. How nice that you were all there going through it together. Even if none of you were particularly verbal about what you were going through in that moment, having your additional family members there is a blessing.<BR/><BR/>p.s. guys who express their emotions are hot...Piscean Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07164273788212504172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9807422.post-1152670140510876982006-07-11T19:09:00.000-07:002006-07-11T19:09:00.000-07:00this post made me tear up a bit. my mother died a ...this post made me tear up a bit. my mother died a little over two years ago, and we still haven't really put her to rest. as you pointed out, letting go of a close family member is more about the emotional process as opposed to the physical one...blkbutterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02938145312798108811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9807422.post-1152594272451003632006-07-10T22:04:00.000-07:002006-07-10T22:04:00.000-07:00God bless... man, letting go is some hard shit. th...God bless... man, letting go is some hard shit. thankfully i haven't yet had to endure the deaths of any extremely close family or friends, but i can just imagine how i would take it. glad you have a strong mother to lead the family though. somebody's gotta be able to take the reins in hard times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com