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logoslidat
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Posted 9/8/2016 10:11 AM (GMT -7)
This is the post I tried to write a few weeks back...but went awry...now I know why

Memories are real...not just to feel comfort in a loss...but to know the loss in a way that binds us eternally...to know that person is always there with you...
where they belong...no tears...but in joy...no anger...but in tease...no sadness...but in impatience with reunion that knows no tarry...always...to be able to carry...nay...have...that person with you where ever you go as they carry...memories exist...memories are real...and the grandest evidence of love...life...reality...and yes...even irony...this is why we never get over loss...why would anyone want to....

For you myman and all that struggle with loss and want to be found....be assured of the pearl of great price...bury this pearl deep within...nothing can contain it...
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BillyBob@388
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Posted 9/8/2016 3:09 PM (GMT -7)
Yes!.....................
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81GyGuy
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Posted 9/8/2016 3:44 PM (GMT -7)
Well said, Bololidat. I understood every word you said.

As for memories, they are to be cherished forever.

/www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8TflIIfuhs
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Bobby Mac
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Posted 9/8/2016 4:02 PM (GMT -7)
Nice - Thanks - Bololidat
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sheepguy
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Posted 9/8/2016 4:41 PM (GMT -7)
So if you bury your dead, bring a shovel, if you burn them, warm to the fire. Look into whatever riddance you consign them to. Lend a hand, or stand and weep, or watch and wonder. But stay until it is over, until it's done.
Keep the names of your dead alive among your people. You get one father, one mother, one true love, one life. There's no easy way to do this. So do it right: weep, laugh, watch, pray, love, live, give thanks and praise; comfort, mend, honor, and remember.
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logoslidat
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Posted 9/8/2016 7:17 PM (GMT -7)
I read that three times sheepman and liked it more each time...three is a nice fulfilling number...
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halbert
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Posted 9/8/2016 7:40 PM (GMT -7)
"And he died, old and full of years, and he was gathered unto his people"
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jetguy
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Posted 9/8/2016 7:41 PM (GMT -7)
great huge tears

stinging as they run down the cheek

sobbing with unbearable sorrow

eyes red with weeping

convulsive sobs

wracking the body

empty and hollow

with grief and misery

unending

?

perhaps hope

and determination

persistance and

grit

the future

with love

yes
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Explorer59
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Posted 9/9/2016 12:14 PM (GMT -7)
Bolo,

Thank you. That is so rich.

Explorer
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rockyfords
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Posted 9/9/2016 12:19 PM (GMT -7)
beautiful post Bolo- and to all who added

thx
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Almost a 10
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Posted 9/10/2016 1:12 PM (GMT -7)
Thank you for the post. Well written and probably won't get locked. :-)
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myman
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Posted 9/16/2016 8:00 PM (GMT -7)
Bolo, I cannot say how many times I have read your words. Until i wept and and until I smiled because I saw truth therein. I treasure all Don and I experienced and I have those many memories to carry with me always, until we meet again. Thank you so much for sharing that with me, with all of us.

jetguy, I thought, from the words you wrote, that you could see me.

Love,
Susan
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logoslidat
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Posted 9/16/2016 8:32 PM (GMT -7)
Susan...what you just shared...well..." it means a lot to me "...... cry :-)
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Pratoman
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Posted 9/16/2016 8:41 PM (GMT -7)

myman said...
Bolo, I cannot say how many times I have read your words. Until i wept and and until I smiled because I saw truth therein. I treasure all Don and I experienced and I have those many memories to carry with me always, until we meet again. Thank you so much for sharing that with me, with all of us.

jetguy, I thought, from the words you wrote, that you could see me.

Love,
Susan

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Purgatory
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Posted 9/16/2016 10:55 PM (GMT -7)
Bolo,

As usual, I didn't understand your post at all, I could only see the literal words, not the intent of what you were writing. My problem, not yours. But from the responses so far, everyone else got it, and that's what is important.

You and I go back a long time here, and I appreciate you own special type of communication. Takes different words to reach different people, and I respect all aspects of that.

My writing exposure and inspirations came from John Steinbeck. I had the unique opportunity to be invited to meet with him in person, but he died shortly after the visit was arranged. He wrote in a real non-abstract realisms that someone like me clearly can see and understand.

I will read your words several more times, and see if I can pick up what you were intending, Keep on keeping on.
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Aimzee
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Posted 9/17/2016 12:50 AM (GMT -7)
Such beautiful words - yet sad also. Thank you.
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