Comments on: Bittersweet

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:12:41 +0000

Tim. Thanks for the post. I think I can relate. My wife, Lisa, and I had our first child–Evelyn–just a few months after Lisa’s sister, Nicole, died. Lisa remembers being in the funeral and feeling Evelyn jumping and kicking up a storm. We like to think she had some connection to Nicole then and was jumping for joy. That conclusion may not be doctrinally sound, but the experience meant something to us.

By: Stephen M (Ethesis)

Stephen M (Ethesis) — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:14:31 +0000

Very sweet, nicely said.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:37:58 +0000

What a sweet post–full of healing.

I met my father for the first time three years ago. The more I learn about him the more I like him, but I will never address him as “dad.” Praise and honor to those good men who have rightfully earned that title.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:08:58 +0000

Thanks all who commented. I didn’t realize how many of you had gone through similar things in recent days/weeks/months/years. There certainly is strength in numbers.

Kristen,
I went back and read your posts about your dad. Thanks for sharing those feelings.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:03:09 +0000

Poignant. Thanks.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:49:22 +0000

Tim,
This is very nice. Thanks for sharing with us.

Keryn,
It was Tim, not I, who lost his father. If my father passes you’ll all know it because he won’t be posting here anymore.

By: Keryn

Keryn — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:52:25 +0000

Thanks so much for relating your feelings on this, Rusty. I’m so sorry about the sudden loss of your father. My father died about two months ago, after a year-long fight with cancer; my youngest sister had her first baby four weeks ago.

One of the unexpectedly hard things for me to deal with as we were preparing for my father’s death was the contrast between life and death. Once, I got off the phone with my mother, cried a bit, and then my baby girl took her first steps! I was thrown for a loop at the contrast between her and my father. And yet there was a lot of comfort, too, in how life goes on.

By: Eric Nielson

Eric Nielson — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:50:18 +0000

Very nice.

By: kristen j

kristen j — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:43:59 +0000

I enjoyed your post Tim. My dad died about 4 months ago about a week after he was released as bishop and then he had a new grandson about 3 mos after that.

I guess I can relate a bit to what you are going through. I miss him a lot, often wanting to call him and chat about things but I know he’s where he needs to be. I think it helps knowing that I had a really great dad who I can be proud of.

Thanks for sharing.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:13:23 +0000

Thanks for this wonderful post.

My sister died about a month before my daughter was born. I can relate.