liquidfear on 12/6/2006 at 04:30

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I don't even know what to say. I'm tearing up here, a rare occurance nowadays. He looked like a good man, and your affection is so present in what you've wrote.

You're both in my prayers and thoughts. Just remember, those that have passed never really leave us.

Peace find you, Dia.

Ockhams Razor on 12/6/2006 at 05:33

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My condolences, Dia. May his memory be for a blessing.

Shayde on 12/6/2006 at 06:37

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Dia I am so sorry that you are hurting right now. :(
It may not help much but this passage has helped me grieve in the past.

On Death

You would know the secret of death.
But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.
If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;
And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.
Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.
Is the sheered not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?

Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?
And what is to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

From The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

Lacerta on 12/6/2006 at 12:09

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You have my every condolence Dia. Don't be afraid to show your grief. Just keep on going one step at a time. Take care.

Rogue Keeper on 12/6/2006 at 13:57

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My condolences Dia. :(

I believe your souls will meet again one day!