I agree that he could have had more years and the way Covid affects the body is very distressing. It’s so sad that the person can’t have family there to hold their hand and comfort them either. This is such an awful disease. I’m sorry your brother caught it. RIP.
So very sorry to hear that and I know exactly how you feel as my sister died of covid as well. I couldn't see her from March until July when she died and then they let me come and see her body.
I am so, so sorry for you Kathleen - we will meet again in Heaven .... where there are no more tears. *hugs* you tight
It is a lovely tribute
But, I am so sorry to hear that he died without family. (Mum & Dad's neighbour died in hospital of bowel troubles, but still alone.) it is so hard in these difficult days. Yes, I don't wish people harm but there are so many people who are being so careful and still succumbing
*hugs* again ... wish I was nearer (and in days when we could meet) as I would love to give you that hug in person
His daughter and her husband were with him so that was a blessing. Now they are still in quarantine and their children (adults) cannot be there to help them cope. They were all very close and loving and this is so hard on them.
Thanks again. Yes, heaven will be wonderful and not only the place to be with our missing family but to be with the friends we have made (even those we haven't yet been blessed with meeting in person yet are nonetheless as dear and important as those we see often). Prepare to have the stuffing hugged out of you at that point at least!
Thank you so much. He truly was a treasure. He retired from work decades ago and former co-workers would still make the trip from Texas to California to visit and kept in touch. He went back often for visits with them and their families too. He truly was one of those people who was beloved.
I am so sorry. And how very sad that he should have died that way, rather than making it to his 100th birthday celebration and, eventually, dying peacefully with his family all around him, and then a suitable family funeral.
I can't help but feel that if Trump had got some sort of grip on the pandemic (early on would have been good, but at any time would have been something!) there are people like your brother who would not be dead.
Yes, I hold certain people (Trump chief among them) as mass murderers because, while not responsible for the virus nor ALL the deaths, this did not have to take this many lives. Mismanagement is one thing but this slid into the criminal in my mind. The intent was for people to get the virus and they have. People died before they should have and in a horrible, horrible, way that didn't have to be the cause.
In time they will cremate Bob but it's all up in the air about what and when we can see to his being laid to rest. His daughter hasn't the comfort of her kids being able to come to grieve with her either and they were very close to their grandfather.
Bob likely would have had only a few years but low blood pressure was his only issue. Till COVID he traveled and was active. He was mentally alert and pretty hale and hearty physically. He shouldn't have died struggling to breathe for hours.
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*hugs* and love,
Kathleen
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I am so sorry you lost PetziSis and especially in this way and with all the added hardship the pandemic causes to those left behind.
*massive hugs*. I am so very sorry for your loss and know that grief eases but never leaves.
You were blessed with a closeness that siblings should have and memories of lives well lived.
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It is a lovely tribute
But, I am so sorry to hear that he died without family. (Mum & Dad's neighbour died in hospital of bowel troubles, but still alone.) it is so hard in these difficult days. Yes, I don't wish people harm but there are so many people who are being so careful and still succumbing
*hugs* again ... wish I was nearer (and in days when we could meet) as I would love to give you that hug in person
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His daughter and her husband were with him so that was a blessing. Now they are still in quarantine and their children (adults) cannot be there to help them cope. They were all very close and loving and this is so hard on them.
Thanks again. Yes, heaven will be wonderful and not only the place to be with our missing family but to be with the friends we have made (even those we haven't yet been blessed with meeting in person yet are nonetheless as dear and important as those we see often). Prepare to have the stuffing hugged out of you at that point at least!
*hugs* and love,
Kathleen
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Thanks again for your words of comfort.
*hugs* and love,
Kathleen
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I can't help but feel that if Trump had got some sort of grip on the pandemic (early on would have been good, but at any time would have been something!) there are people like your brother who would not be dead.
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In time they will cremate Bob but it's all up in the air about what and when we can see to his being laid to rest. His daughter hasn't the comfort of her kids being able to come to grieve with her either and they were very close to their grandfather.
Bob likely would have had only a few years but low blood pressure was his only issue. Till COVID he traveled and was active. He was mentally alert and pretty hale and hearty physically. He shouldn't have died struggling to breathe for hours.
Thanks again.
*hugs* and love,
Kathleen
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