Comments on: filling a void http://blog.thedaysman.com/2008/11/07/filling-a-void/ because motives matter Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:01:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: something to say: a retrospective | the daysman http://blog.thedaysman.com/2008/11/07/filling-a-void/#comment-25561 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:36:59 +0000 http://thedaysman.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-25561 [...] other two in the top five were an obituary I wrote for my mom, and a post about her passing called filling a void. In fact, five of the top ten were about my mother’s death, including amazing graces, traveling [...]

]]> By: Michael Jennings, UK http://blog.thedaysman.com/2008/11/07/filling-a-void/#comment-24985 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:04:14 +0000 http://thedaysman.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-24985 Jennifer and I found your reports of your experiences to reflect an honesty and dignity consistent with the values of Christian humanism. Thank you for sharing what was happening even as it happened, especially when so much was going on at the time. We think and pray for Katie and you regularly.

]]> By: Sherrye Booher http://blog.thedaysman.com/2008/11/07/filling-a-void/#comment-24976 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:34:32 +0000 http://thedaysman.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-24976 Sailor, I understand the feeling of being overwhelmed with calls and cards and aren’t they a blessing, to bring those smiles and tears to our hearts. I enjoy hearing from you. Tell Katie hello and that I am keeping you in my prayers. Sherrye

]]> By: Tom Ball http://blog.thedaysman.com/2008/11/07/filling-a-void/#comment-24975 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:29:16 +0000 http://thedaysman.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-24975 Wally… I, too, have been uplifted as I read your reports about your mother’s dyng process. As Ann is now under Hospice care, and interventions have ceased, I have a particular interest in and sensitivity to the feelings and insights you and Katie experienced. Thank you, very much, for sharing so poigntly such an intensely private experience.

Tom

]]> By: Rochelle Clark http://blog.thedaysman.com/2008/11/07/filling-a-void/#comment-24974 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:23:17 +0000 http://thedaysman.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-24974 Wally,

Thank you for sharing your thoughts during this difficult journey; it’s such a beautiful tribute to your mother. Dave and I are keeping you and the family in our thoughts and prayers. Sending love your way!

]]> By: wmetts http://blog.thedaysman.com/2008/11/07/filling-a-void/#comment-24973 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:53:14 +0000 http://thedaysman.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-24973 Corrected. Thanks. I’m sure there are more. I’ve often observed that if God wanted us to spell correctly all the time he wouldn’t have invented editors.

]]> By: Michael A. Longinow http://blog.thedaysman.com/2008/11/07/filling-a-void/#comment-24972 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:42:53 +0000 http://thedaysman.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-24972 Wally,

This is powerful writing. But it made YOU smile. Not my. And I’m smiling as I write that. Typos are the fabric of all good writing. Ernest Hemingway would agree, I’m sure. Your Mom is smiling, too. Thanks for sharing the stories. Keep ‘em coming. And maybe find a publisher. The world should see this stuff, too.

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