Well it is the end of another year. A sorrow filled year. I know that part of life is death. I know that, but it doesn't make it any easier when it happens to the people that we love. 2008 started with deaths and ended with deaths of people that I have been close to.
It started early last year. January 4th my one of my oldest and dearest friends Karin lost her father. He battled and lost a hard fight with cancer and the last few months of his life he was in horrible pain. This truly was one of the kindest men I ever knew. He never and I do mean never raised his voice. Even raising 4 girls, some of whom (even Karin) would at times make any parent scream, he never did. Called everyone "kiddo". At his funeral they asked if anyone had any words they would like to say. I hate talking in public, but this man treated me like his own child, he always told me how beautiful I was and he made me feel that way. That is what I said when I stood up to tell of this wonderful man. Good bye Dale I Love You!
January 25th Shane lost his battle with addiction. A prelude to that was when we had gotten a call from his younger brothers Dec. 19 and said he couldn't wake him up. Jade and I got there and immediately told them to call 911. He wasn't breathing. It was so frightening I have taken about 12 CPR classes in my life never had I had to use it (and in all honesty I hope I never will have to again). It seemed like I forgot everything. Thank God for the 911 operator.
We knew Shane had a problem, but we didn't know how horrible it really was, his last month with us here was a roller coaster. I know he didn't want to be addicted, he was not a bad or evil kid. He was sweet, he did tell us things we wanted to hear at times, what kid doesn't. He didn't want to disappoint people. The day he left us he actually went to rehab. I don't know nor will I till I can see him again, but I truly think he wanted to get high just one more time. It bothers yet comforts me knowing he was holding a guardian angel when he died. That is my question, I don't think he meant to die, I think he got scared. I love you Shane so much!
April 7th I lost an old classmate of mine. Angie she lived just down the street from me and we met in kindergarten. We always either walked to and from school. Or get driven by her mom ever day till we graduated. After graduation we parted ways like alot of people do, but I seen her about 6 months before she passed. Diabetes made walking difficult. And that disease was too strong for her to overcome. She was only 40 years old. I missed her so much through the years, and now I will always miss her till I see her again.
The mother of one of my parents oldest and dearest friends past away this fall.
A grandchild of a friends died at 3 months of age. What can you say about a terrible thing like this?
My ex-sister in laws father died Dec. 10. Mr. Hurley's wife helped raise Jade as she was our day care provider for years.
Pets are often members of the family and my little Boston Terrier Peggy was no exception. She was killed by a car in July (she shared the same birthday as my niece Stephanie who died in March of 2007), and I so blame myself for her death. I am the one that opened the door. The only time she went into the road was chasing after animals, I did not look out that morning. She was a great little dog. I'm sorry Peggy.
Some of the many famous people that left us this year:
Paul Newman
Heath Ledger
Charlton Heston
George Carlin
Bernie Mac
Issac Hayes
Eartha Kitt (I seen her in the Wizard of Oz, at the Fox Theatre)
Michael Crichton
Estelle Getty
Larry Harmon
Tim Russert
Bo Diddley
Harvey Korman
Sydney Pollack
Dick Martin
Arthur C. Clarke
Roy Scheider
Suzanne Pleshette
Sir Edmund Hillary
Good Bye 2008, I hope 2009 brings more happiness then sorrow.
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Thanks, Anita for visiting my blog. I can only say that I do the best with what I have been given. A lot of my furniture is hand me down or we purchased it very inexpensively. I am a lover of antiques, but rarely can afford to buy any. I often take other peoples' cast offs and re-paint, upholster, or try to make it look better than when I got it.
In regard your post, I think the older we get, the more in tune we are to the precious gift of life. I remember losing my cousin to drugs a couple of years ago, also we have already lost a few close friends to cancer, or some other awful disease. When you are faced with a year like major loss of loved ones, it is always so good to start over with a new year. This new year was not too exciting for me. We have had such a bad two years, that I hesitate to get geeked for the new one. It is all in God's hands and so we continue...
Have a great day, ginny
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