Hello to all my friends, This morning I was awoken by the police informing me that my Dad had been found dead at his house. It appears he passed away sometime during the night. He lives quite a way from me as I moved with my mum when they divorced years ago.
I am to go back there tomorrow to sort things out with registrars, vicars etc. as I am the eldest child and so next of kin. I am trying to be strong for everyone else, but ask for your thoughts and prayers as this has come as the biggest shock. He was only 59 and we were just laughing over some silly family gossip the other day on the phone.
Am not sure when I will be online over the next few days but if I know you all I know that you will be thinking of me and that will be enough. Best to you all and treasure every moment with your loved ones. Tony
Scottyee
Senior Member
Registered: 12/01/99
Posts: 10427
Loc: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, US...
Dear Tony. My deepest condolences go out to you and your family. I lost my father 6 years ago so understand what a profound loss it is to lose one's father.
Tony. I commend you for being the pillar of strength for your family, but please don't forget to allocate enough time to take care of your own emotional needs as well. Hoping that my words (as well as from your many other SZ friends here as well) provide the comfort & strength needed during this challenging time. Here's a hug.
Sorry to hear the news my friend... I've been through so much with my own parents it hard to think one day they'll be gone... And what a shock for you... I hope you find strength which you may never knew you had... My very best to you. DJ
[This message has been edited by beachbum (edited 07-20-2003).]
_________________________
I don't steer the ship... I bail out the water...
Sorry to hear of your sudden loss. Like Scott, I lost my father some years ago and a huge hole was left in my life. But we do find strength from somewhere, and you will too. My sympathies are with you. God bless.
Tony God sends us loved ones and says here enjoy and watch over each other for an unspecified period of time, however one day I will call them back home to me, should I send them to you? Of course he should because though their physical presence may be gone, they live on forever in our minds.
tony mads usa
Senior Member
Registered: 01/16/02
Posts: 14376
Loc: East Greenwich RI USA
Tony .... My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family ... My father passed away 25 years ago and hardly a day goes by that I don't think of him ... He was 64 years old at the time, two years older than I am now, and the older I get the more I realize how young he was when he passed ... I wish you well ... t.
Registered: 07/23/02
Posts: 562
Loc: Oceanside, CA USA
Tony, I am truly sorry to hear about your Dad's passing. We never know what we really have many times until they are no longer with us. This is another reminder that each and every day is precious and to let those we love know that we truly do love them by our words, actions, and true affection towards them.
I am glad your relationship with your Dad was close Tony as it indicates from your post.
My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family in this time of your sadness and mourning.
Registered: 12/12/00
Posts: 275
Loc: Madison, Wisconsin USA
Dear Tony. I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. My deepest condolences to you and all your family. None of us knows how much time we have here. Yes, let us treasure every moment we have in the living years.
notlos
Member
Registered: 04/03/00
Posts: 353
Loc: Belgium
Tony,
My condolences to you and your family.
Dirk
------------------
_________________________
Every time a tree is cut down here on earth, i believe it will grow again somewhere else-in some other world. So, when i die, it is to this place that i want to go, where forest live in peace... ACJ
Registered: 04/24/02
Posts: 191
Loc: Sonnega, Friesland, The Nether...
I'm sorry to hear that Tony, You and your family have my condolences, I'll pray for you and your family, and for your father. So he will have a good place in heaven.
Registered: 11/15/00
Posts: 255
Loc: Marietta, GA USA
My deepest condolances with your loss, eventhough my dad lives 5000 miles away it is hard to imagine my life without him. May the Lord give you and your family the strenght to deal with these hard times.
_________________________
Arno Thijssen mailto:arnothijssen2002@yahoo.com
Hello All, Apologies for not replying sooner. Thankyou all so much for your support and kind words. It means an awful lot to me.
Obviously we are all devasated and can find no sense or reason in what has happened. It seems so unfair. We have not had the results of the post mortem yet, and neither has my Dad been released to us and none of this seems real.
Registered: 07/14/03
Posts: 27
Loc: Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
Tony
Deepest sympathies to you and your loved ones. I trust your memories of your Dad are fond and if so, this will help sustain you at this most difficult time. God bless.
Previous Topic
Index