Thank you - no news today, yet

Just catching up on this thread....so much loss since I was here last. Many to all in need of them

Thank you all, for your thoughts & prayers
This, from Margaret's daughter:

"I just talked to the nurse. Margaret is still sick but stable. They've taken her off the blood pressure meds and she's no longer sedated. She's awake and obeying commands but they still have her on the ventilator for right now. They may try to take her off it tomorrow. She's on dialysis and doing well with it.
So all around, seems like an improvement. I told Beth all this during her layover in Dallas. Tomorrow I drive to Montreal to catch a plane to Calgary - I only have a passport card, so I can only drive (or boat, swim, or walk) over the border. Yes, I'm kicking myself in hindsight.
Love to you all,
Sandy"

So sorry for those of you who suffer all this sadness. While it is hard at anytime, it is especially difficult this time of year.

Debbie Reynolds just passed away today.

how old was she?

82.

That seems young

I just heard that on the news, how strange to pass the day after her daughter died, very sad.

I never made the connection that Carrie Fisher was her daughter

So very sad for the family

Carried (age 60) died of a heart attack, and apparently Debbie (84) died of a stroke
How very sad for the family.............

My attitude towards these deaths of entertainment figures is mostly life goes on, but for some like Gabor, who was not healthy, I am glad the misery is over,
As cold hearted as I amm yet at the same time a decade ago, Herbert Keppler a long time writer for a photo magazine died.
He was unknown except to those who were familiar with photography.
He wrote for Modern Photography and when that went belly up its main competitor Popular Photography.
He was there in the sixties and still there in the oughts.
Yet one day I bought an issue of Pop. Photo and saw he had died, I felt what you call true sadness; it hit me to the point that castigated myself for feeling that way for some one I never met, so I can see how some feel true sadness when some one not in their circle passes on.

Losing someone is always so tough. I can imagine how it feels, since I also have similar first hand sorrow from Dec 2015 when we lost my mom two days before Christmas, bringing her cremains to our homeland in April 2016 as we promised, and then coming back again unexpectedly for my mother-in-law in June 2016 to Aug 2016 as she went critical and then passed away. Then in early December this same year, lost grandma of my hubby as well. I can only pray a merciful stop already, have reached our own quota of sadness. My mom was 83, my mother-in-law 67, and grandma in law was about 94. Is there an appropriate age to go..when it is time, it is time..but always a pain to bear. I am just thankful, that I was given opportunity to say goodbye, to all of these loving mothers, all part of our lives.

But life moves on, slowly. Got to look ahead and just cherish memories, and be thankful for family and friends who help us get through the darkest moments.

Tarev, I am sorry for your losses, I hope 2017 will be a year full of happiness for you.

Tarev
There is no "expected" age, nor is there an expected time to stop grieving.....

@tarev

If we do not grieve it means we do not love...everyone is different and I feel no matter the age or the reason, death is sad even if it is a welcome release. There is no time limit for our own grief and should never be rushed or pushed aside.

To all of us that get to love and grieve...even if it only for someone we didn't even know

luvsgrtdanes said:If we do not grieve it means we do not love...everyone is different and I feel no matter the age or the reason, death is sad even if it is a welcome release. There is no time limit for our own grief and should never be rushed or pushed aside.

To all of us that get to love and grieve...even if it only for someone we didn't even know

There is NO time limit on how long we grieve