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retrowire

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Wed Oct 12, 2016, 06:24 PM Oct 2016

So my Brother in Law just passed away in a car accident [View all]

I'm driving out to see my sister's family right now. This man helped us with so much. He was my man of honor at my wedding.

I'm crushed and destroyed by the text message from my teenage nephew that simply reads, "I think my dad just passed"

I lost my own father suddenly to a heart attack when I was 17 and I know my nephew's sense of shock right now. You literally don't know what to think of the world when your first parent passes.

I'm still in shock myself.

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I am so sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and your family. In_The_Wind Oct 2016 #1
My deepest condolences, my dear retrowire...... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2016 #2
your post made me cry retrowire Oct 2016 #3
... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2016 #4
Oh no. I'm so sorry, retrowire. femmocrat Oct 2016 #5
There are no words that can console you or diminish your grief. Fla Dem Oct 2016 #6
Oh dear.. annabanana Oct 2016 #7
My condolences on your family's loss. MicaelS Oct 2016 #8
So sorry UTUSN Oct 2016 #9
Oh, that is heartbreaking! AwakeAtLast Oct 2016 #10
I am so sorry my friend. irisblue Oct 2016 #11
damn, sorry for your loss hibbing Oct 2016 #12
My deepest condolences. susanna Oct 2016 #13
Oh retrowire, I am so sorry. I can understand the shock. When this kind of thing happens it's just Upthevibe Oct 2016 #14
Oh I'm so sorry TuxedoKat Oct 2016 #15
Very sorry. Initech Oct 2016 #16
There are no words DFW Oct 2016 #17
Condolences benld74 Oct 2016 #18
Sorry for your loss Stuart G Oct 2016 #19
So very sorry. displacedtexan Oct 2016 #20
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