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Pretzel_Warrior

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15. I am so very sorry to hear of your losses. I am so thankful I was trying to sort things out

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 01:50 AM

Dec 2012

about my life in 2007 (my mother's mom died February that year). She lived with our family through much of my teenage years and continued to live with my mom and dad and was cared for by my mom in assisted living until she died.

I cannot believe how important family and friends are. It is the meaning of life in many ways.

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I have a question about life [View all] Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 OP

I'm for GPS locks on guns and machines that melt the barrels, should you enter a gun free zone... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #1

My sympathies for your losses nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #2

thank you for your kind words, nadin. I appreciate your longevity here Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #16

KICKING post!!! Well said! patrice Dec 2012 #3

DU Rec. CrazyOrangeCat Dec 2012 #4

very poignantly and very well said renate Dec 2012 #5

thank you for your kind words. what I have been through is a first for me. it was overwhelming Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #6

If I could be granted a super power Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #11

42 Whovian Dec 2012 #7

sorry.....I don't know what that means. :) Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #8

42 is the answer to life, the universe and everything in it. Whovian Dec 2012 #9

that's true. I should. I just googled it Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #12

For a nice rendition the movie penned by Douglass Adams is available on YouTube and other venues. n Whovian Dec 2012 #14

that's the easy way out. :D I will grab a copy from Powell's Books and give it a go. Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #18

Very well said. Precious life made it's power known to you in three very clear experiences. As a LuckyLib Dec 2012 #21

My father died suddenly when I was six Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #10

I am so very sorry to hear of your losses. I am so thankful I was trying to sort things out Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #15

I am currently having Quixotic Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #24

Yes. I know how it is. More than once. No notice. Take good care of yourself. freshwest Dec 2012 #13

I am sorry for the losses you experienced. That is the horrible part of life for me. Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #17

Thank you. It changes one's view of the world, of reality. It's not something i talk about here. freshwest Dec 2012 #19

May you have a long life and still not live to see your child's death. Why is it that so many of us Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #20

K&R, I like your post and welcome to DU. smirkymonkey Dec 2012 #22

Thank you for the welcome! Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #25

My 12 year old niece was struck by a car and killed back in 1992 Kennah Dec 2012 #23

Thank you for sharing your experience Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2012 #26

Your post takes my breath away. nt MrYikes Dec 2012 #27