 |
|
Mom is resting peacefully now.....
03-14-2013, 05:03 AM
|
#1
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
Posts: 9,071
|
Mom is resting peacefully now.....
No more struggling to breathe or having to deal with pain. As I posted the other day, she was a good one.
Always tough to lose a parent, but I certainly can't complain. She lived to the ripe old age of 95 and in mostly good health. I was very fortunate.
__________________
Retired 3/31/2007@52
Investing style: Full time wuss.
|
|
|
 |
Join the #1 Early Retirement and Financial Independence Forum Today - It's Totally Free!
Are you planning to be financially independent as early as possible so you can live life on your own terms? Discuss successful investing strategies, asset allocation models, tax strategies and other related topics in our online forum community. Our members range from young folks just starting their journey to financial independence, military retirees and even multimillionaires. No matter where you fit in you'll find that Early-Retirement.org is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with our members, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create a retirement blog, send private messages and so much, much more!
|
|
03-14-2013, 05:05 AM
|
#2
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,021
|
Dawg, I am very sorry to hear of your mom's passing.
__________________
Numbers is hard
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 05:29 AM
|
#3
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Charleston, SC
Posts: 13,566
|
Oh dawg, I am so sorry for your loss.
What a fine tribute to a wonderful lady. Take a long walk with that good dog when you can, and remember you are still the best son she could have ever hoped to raise.
Peace to you.
__________________
“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching.”
Gerard Arthur Way
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 05:37 AM
|
#4
|
|
Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 40,696
|
Dawg, sorry for your loss.
__________________
In economics, things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.”
― Rudiger Dornbusch
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 06:07 AM
|
#5
|
|
Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Pocono Mtns.
Posts: 899
|
Sorry for your loss, Dawg.
With time, your sadness will pass.
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 06:24 AM
|
#6
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Naples
Posts: 2,179
|
Dawg, sorry to hear about your mother. You were lucky to have her so long. May her soul rest in peace.
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 06:25 AM
|
#7
|
|
Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Flyover country
Posts: 25,340
|
Sincere condolences. My mom died at 96 less than a year ago, so I can relate. The way I look at it, her struggle is now over, which is a good thing. And you have a lifetime of good memories.
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 06:30 AM
|
#8
|
|
Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 984
|
I am sorry for your loss Dawg....you were both so lucky to have each other 
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 06:42 AM
|
#9
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 1,500
|
My sincere sympathies to you for your loss.
__________________
Chief Retirement Strategist
The AR Group
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 06:46 AM
|
#10
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
|
Sincere condolences Dawg. May she rest in peace.
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 07:02 AM
|
#11
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Illinois
Posts: 16,591
|
Sorry for your loss, Dawg.
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 07:04 AM
|
#12
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 17,774
|
I am so so sorry, Dawg. She was lucky to have such a devoted son, but it sounds like you were just as lucky to have her.
In our house, one of our moms passed too soon, the other near your mother's age, just as painful in different ways. Take good care of yourself these next few months.
__________________
“Would you like an adventure now, or would you like to have your tea first?” J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 07:07 AM
|
#13
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: No. California
Posts: 1,858
|
I'm so sorry for your loss.
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 07:18 AM
|
#14
|
|
Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
|
So sorry for your loss ! Take care !
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 07:18 AM
|
#15
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 21,286
|
Very sorry for your loss. There are no words, but living 95 years is a gift in itself.
__________________
No one agrees with other people's opinions; they merely agree with their own opinions -- expressed by somebody else. Sydney Tremayne
Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 07:57 AM
|
#16
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,487
|
Sorry for your loss, Dawg.
__________________
Find Joy in the Journey...
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 08:13 AM
|
#17
|
|
Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 983
|
Very sorry for your loss, Dawg.
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 08:40 AM
|
#18
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
Posts: 14,183
|
Sorry for your loss, Dawg. Moms are irreplaceable...
__________________
Have Funds, Will Retire
...not doing anything of true substance...
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 08:57 AM
|
#19
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 13,141
|
Dawg, I'm sorry to hear about your mom.
__________________
Have you ever seen a headstone with these words
"If only I had spent more time at work" ... from "Busy Man" sung by Billy Ray Cyrus
|
|
|
|
|
03-14-2013, 09:09 AM
|
#20
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,498
|
Oh Dawg... I am so sorry. I know she was dear to you, as you were to her. As you say, she is resting peacefully.
It is so hard to lose one's mother, even at an advanced age; at least it was for me, too, a few years ago. You have my heartfelt sympathies.
__________________
Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.
Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Threads
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
» Quick Links
|
|
|
