miss_thenorth
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I am saddened to hear of your loss. 
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Words can't replace your Oma, but your friends can certainly pray for the safety of all those who travel to be together in this time of loss. You have our deepest condolences for the loss of your Oma but remember, "Heaven is for real" so maybe everyone will realize she is happier. If you haven't read that book, now is a very good time to do so. It will definitely ease your sadness in ways you won't imagine.
Mourn for her but be happy for her. She is now happy and while it is difficult to understand, it IS TRUE.
Warmest Regards
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Mourn for her but be happy for her. She is now happy and while it is difficult to understand, it IS TRUE.
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TanksHill
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I am sorry for your loss. It sounds like4 your Oma was a wonderful woman who had an amazing long life. Prayers for all of your family.
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dragonlaurel
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Sorry she passed. Sounds like you have lots of good memories with her at least.- Thread starter
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Thanks everyone
The one joy in it all is that most in the family have faith as well and we do know that Oma is in a better place and feeling no more pain and age. I say most, as there is a generation in there that tested everything they were taught and have only begun to come around in recent years, but I'm hopeful (and prayerful) that they will all come/come back to Christ before long.
Of everyone, this has hit my Mom the hardest as it's her family that don't live nearby and although she has gone quite often to spend time with her Mom since she moved into the care home 6 years ago, she is the daughter who wasn't there at the end. It's been hard on my Mom over the years living at a distance (for my Dad's work) but we always had good visits.
The one joy in it all is that most in the family have faith as well and we do know that Oma is in a better place and feeling no more pain and age. I say most, as there is a generation in there that tested everything they were taught and have only begun to come around in recent years, but I'm hopeful (and prayerful) that they will all come/come back to Christ before long.
Of everyone, this has hit my Mom the hardest as it's her family that don't live nearby and although she has gone quite often to spend time with her Mom since she moved into the care home 6 years ago, she is the daughter who wasn't there at the end. It's been hard on my Mom over the years living at a distance (for my Dad's work) but we always had good visits.
Henrietta23
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I'm so sorry! I was just thinking of my own grandmother last night. She also lived to be 96, almost 97. She died similarly, just faded her last few months. I never cried when my mom called that she had passed. I was unable to cry at her service. It was odd. Last night, I bawled my eyes out finally. She died 11 years ago!!
I was just thinking of my own grandmother last night. She also lived to be 96, almost 97. She died similarly, just faded her last few months. I never cried when my mom called that she had passed. I was unable to cry at her service. It was odd. Last night, I bawled my eyes out finally. She died 11 years ago!! - Thread starter
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Back from Oma's funeral and feeling quite at peace. She lived a long, and good, life and she is at peace and in a much better place with her Lord and Saviour. The potential for family drama didn't turn into reality, and other than my Mom being asked to do a reading during the service (and breaking down part way through, which was heart-breaking as I wanted to go up and help her) and the long trip out and back, it was a good time of family remembrance and visiting. Oma's 96 years with us were celebrated, and her pastor had some lovely things to say. My uncle in particular spoke of something that the minister at my Aunt's funeral had said 5 years ago that has stuck with him (a Newfoundlander and lover of the sea)--about how the loved ones at a funeral are watching a boat set out to sea and saying, "there she goes" with fond remembrance, while Jesus and all the Heavenly host are standing on the farther shore watching as the ship comes in and saying, "here she comes, welcome home!".
I've come home with a box full of the multi-photo frames that graced the walls of Oma's house and later her care home unit--because I have the scanning and editing equipment to restore the faded and light-damaged photos. My Mom and her sisters would each like copies of the photos they don't already have, and all 3 have promised to let me go through their own photo albums over the next year to create a more complete visual family record. I have already copied a number of my parents' old photos, so I'm well on my way there, but my two aunts have photos I've never seen before (some of my own childhood!) so I'm really looking forward to the project and walk down memory lane. My plan is to create hard cover photo books for each branch of the family, hopefully for Christmas 2012. But it's going to take a lot of scanning, restoring, and getting the stories behind each photo (or at least the names and dates).
On the home front I've been canning up a storm lately--before we left town for the funeral I put up 11 half-pints of Sweet Pickle Relish and 6 quarts of Tomato Sauce on Saturday and 11 half-pints of Black Cherry Jam and 9 pints of Dilly Bean Pickles on Sunday afternoon after church. I still have more tomatoes to process as they ripen, and still need to purchase cases of pears and apples to can and make into sauce over the next few weeks. I'll post photos of my recent efforts later today once my phone is charged up again--I'm always letting the battery die.
We're having a landmark family day: our oldest daughter started High School today--first day of grade 10. She was so excited, she got all the courses she wanted and needed and was so happy to see her friends again. Our younger daughter starts classes tomorrow--grade 9. They are growing up so fast--in height, and beauty, and wisdom. I'm always amazed at how such tiny little people have grown into such beautiful young women in so short a time.
I've come home with a box full of the multi-photo frames that graced the walls of Oma's house and later her care home unit--because I have the scanning and editing equipment to restore the faded and light-damaged photos. My Mom and her sisters would each like copies of the photos they don't already have, and all 3 have promised to let me go through their own photo albums over the next year to create a more complete visual family record. I have already copied a number of my parents' old photos, so I'm well on my way there, but my two aunts have photos I've never seen before (some of my own childhood!) so I'm really looking forward to the project and walk down memory lane. My plan is to create hard cover photo books for each branch of the family, hopefully for Christmas 2012. But it's going to take a lot of scanning, restoring, and getting the stories behind each photo (or at least the names and dates).
On the home front I've been canning up a storm lately--before we left town for the funeral I put up 11 half-pints of Sweet Pickle Relish and 6 quarts of Tomato Sauce on Saturday and 11 half-pints of Black Cherry Jam and 9 pints of Dilly Bean Pickles on Sunday afternoon after church. I still have more tomatoes to process as they ripen, and still need to purchase cases of pears and apples to can and make into sauce over the next few weeks. I'll post photos of my recent efforts later today once my phone is charged up again--I'm always letting the battery die.
We're having a landmark family day: our oldest daughter started High School today--first day of grade 10. She was so excited, she got all the courses she wanted and needed and was so happy to see her friends again. Our younger daughter starts classes tomorrow--grade 9. They are growing up so fast--in height, and beauty, and wisdom. I'm always amazed at how such tiny little people have grown into such beautiful young women in so short a time.
TanksHill
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justusnak
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Letting go of a family member is never easy, however I must say you did it with grace.What a lovely way to put it...-about how the loved ones at a funeral are watching a boat set out to sea and saying, "there she goes" with fond remembrance, while Jesus and all the Heavenly host are standing on the farther shore watching as the ship comes in and saying, "here she comes, welcome home!".
It always a blessing when there is no drama at a funeral.
Watching our children grow into young adults is bitter sweet.
It always a blessing when there is no drama at a funeral.
Watching our children grow into young adults is bitter sweet.
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Thanks justusnak, it was something that was said at my Aunt's funeral (that I was unable to attend because it took place in England) that stuck with my Uncle, and it will stick with me.
Fall arrived for a moment early last week with cool nights and a few leaves starting to turn, but we are still having lovely blue-sky 80s daytime temps--my favourite time of year
Been super busy lately getting back into the school season swing of things, and have been taking photos of my various things but haven't downloaded them for a while, so here goes!
A pile of books that I've been relying on heavily over the past couple of months:
The garden, at the start of September:
Long English Cukes
Early Girl Tomatoes
The last of the Peas
Romas
Valmaine Lettuce, last head!
Heirloom Sheboygan Tomatoes
Heirloom Yellow Pear Tomatoes
Canning Tomato Sauce:
Canning Fruit Cocktail:
Canning Split Pea Soup with Bacon:
Sweet Pickle Relish:
And a couple of phone photos I took as we drove through the Canadian Rockies to get to Oma's funeral:
Fall arrived for a moment early last week with cool nights and a few leaves starting to turn, but we are still having lovely blue-sky 80s daytime temps--my favourite time of year
Been super busy lately getting back into the school season swing of things, and have been taking photos of my various things but haven't downloaded them for a while, so here goes!
A pile of books that I've been relying on heavily over the past couple of months:
The garden, at the start of September:
Long English Cukes
Early Girl Tomatoes
The last of the Peas
Romas
Valmaine Lettuce, last head!
Heirloom Sheboygan Tomatoes
Heirloom Yellow Pear Tomatoes
Canning Tomato Sauce:
Canning Fruit Cocktail:
Canning Split Pea Soup with Bacon:
Sweet Pickle Relish:
And a couple of phone photos I took as we drove through the Canadian Rockies to get to Oma's funeral:
