A Very Sad Day In The Holler

Phil, I am deeply sorry for your loss. Karen and I send love and prayers.
Mike
 
My daughter is 30 and I can't imagine what it would be like to be in your shoes.
My sincere condolences and prayers for you all to make it through ok.
 
We have two grown children that we love beyond words. I cannot imagine the grief and sorrow you are feeling. My sincere condolences to you and your family.
 
As others have said, Sorry to hear of your loss of your daughter. I have a hard time finding the right words to say, they never seem to express what's in my heart. May the Lord heal you and your family,G
 
Dear Phil, Nikki is in Jesus's arms, the most any of us could ASK for.

Prayers for you and your family,

God Bless,
Wayne & Debi
 
I'm sorry to hear about your loss of Nikki.
Condolences to you and your family.

Regards,
Steve
 
Shocking news Phil, so sad to hear of your loss. Sending you a bunch of hugs from the Kennel. :cry:
 
You're in our thoughts today, UP. May you take some small amount of comfort in the happy memories you shared.
 
Uncle Phil said:
At around 2:30 AM this morning our beloved only daughter Nikki at 47 years old left this world after an illness.
She leaves behind four children, two heartbroken parents, and a bunch of precious memories.
When she was child, I would put her on the back of my old 73 Triumph Trident and we would go riding for the day, searching out a new hamburger joint.
She had rather have a good hamburger than anything else for lunch or supper.
We would finally get back to the Holler and she would tell her mother - 'Momma, Daddy sure does like to take those curves fast!' ;)
She would often tell me those were some of her favorite memories of growing up.
Often when things were going sideways in her life as she got older she would tell me 'I need some Daddy time' and I would go pick her up.
We'd find a restaurant somewhere and she'd have a hamburger and we would talk about life and stuff.
For those parents of you who have had to bury an adult child, you can fully understand the profound sense of loss and grief that we feel at this time.
But God is gracious to us and He will sustain us and we will heal over time.



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Life is hard. Love will get you through.
Condolences Phil.
 
There are no words. As a father of three sons I simply cannot imagine what you are going through. I have experienced a lot of death in my family. I lost my brother many years ago in a plane crash and I saw how it affected my parents. All my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Some words that I have clung to during sad times that mean a lot to me, that I have posted before, from Kahlil Gibran on death:

Then Almitra spoke, saying, We would ask now of Death.
And he said:
You would know the secret of death.
But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.
If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;
And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.
Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.
Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?
Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
 
Uncle Phil said:
At around 2:30 AM this morning our beloved only daughter Nikki at 47 years old left this world after an illness.
She leaves behind four children, two heartbroken parents, and a bunch of precious memories.
When she was child, I would put her on the back of my old 73 Triumph Trident and we would go riding for the day, searching out a new hamburger joint.
She had rather have a good hamburger than anything else for lunch or supper.
We would finally get back to the Holler and she would tell her mother - 'Momma, Daddy sure does like to take those curves fast!' ;)
She would often tell me those were some of her favorite memories of growing up.
Often when things were going sideways in her life as she got older she would tell me 'I need some Daddy time' and I would go pick her up.
We'd find a restaurant somewhere and she'd have a hamburger and we would talk about life and stuff.
For those parents of you who have had to bury an adult child, you can fully understand the profound sense of loss and grief that we feel at this time.
But God is gracious to us and He will sustain us and we will heal over time.



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So sorry to hear this Uncle Phil. My condolences to you all and I will be thinking about you.
 
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