Remembering my son

Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club!
USN (RET), COTEP #192

"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.

July 02, 2022, 03:28 AM

Pickle Rick

May my Blessings offer some degree of comfort to you and your Family. John

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Nice is overrated

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July 02, 2022, 05:07 AM

tacfoley

Forty-four years ago we had a son for six days. Trust me, folks, I think about him every day, and what might have been, but never was.

He died on your country's birthday, 4th July, in 1978.

So bald1, what you and your family must be going through is unspeakably painful, and in a very small way, Mrs tac and I share it.

Bless you all.

July 02, 2022, 05:20 AM

Elk Hunter

So terribly sorry to read this. My screen must be getting bad as it is getting all blurry. Know that you will meet him again, in a much nicer place!

Elk

There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour)

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. "
-Thomas Jefferson

"America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville

FBHO!!!

The Idaho Elk Hunter

July 02, 2022, 06:18 AM

tk13

I can't say I know exactly how you feel, but I can say that I understand your pain.

"A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. There is no word for a parent who loses a child. That's how awful the loss is."

July 02, 2022, 07:22 AM

Warhorse

I can't imagine the depth of your pain at losing him but know that you have my sincerest condolences.

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July 02, 2022, 07:53 AM

benny6

I don't know what to say, but thank you for sharing. Very sorry for your loss.

Tony.

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July 02, 2022, 08:23 AM

SIGnified

Our family’s thoughts and prayers to yours. It takes a lot of courage to outlive your children.

"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein

July 02, 2022, 08:24 AM

WaterburyBob

I'm very sorry for your loss.

The pain eases, but it never goes away entirely.
We lost our son in 2009 at age 25. We also think of him many times a day, every day.