Posted on 04/16/2007 2:48:18 PM PDT by Jemian
Prayers to you and your family.
Thank you for the link.
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Prayers and condolences to you, poppyseed, and your family and friends who grieve with you. :*(
I rejoice that your mom is no longer suffering, and has now touched the face of God. :*)
Take care...
Jim, do we have a “memorial wall” type of page that lists FReepers who have crossed over? It seems only fitting to recognize those who are waiting to welcome the rest of us someday...
Thanks for the thread. It’s a sad read. All the best to family and friends.
D1
So very terribly sorry to hear our dear Kay has passed away. My deepest condolences to family and friends of this wonderful, kind and gentle soul. My thoughts and prayers will be with them daily.
Please accept my deepest sympathy for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
UGH....my sincere condolences. :( I am very saddened to hear this news. Such a wonderful prayer warrior.
I recall the times she faithfully hit her prayer ping list for my sister as Sarah was dying at the age of 32 also due to a lung disease.
She will be missed but I rejoice in her faith and her reward.
God’s grace to Kayak and her family....forever.
Amen
Mike
Thanks for the link!
prayers for comfort, peace going up! May God wrap His loving arm around you all.
That “memorial wall” is the loveliest idea I have heard all week! V’s wife
Thank you for letting us know.
We will all miss Kay so much. We shouldn’t mourn her passing to eternal life, but still there are tears.
Raise a glass to Kayak and all our absent friends on FR .
Prayers up for your family today, as you lay your Mama to rest...
We love you!
Kay,
As you are laid to rest today know that you are loved.
Missing you always.
Oh (((((((poppyseed!))))))) I am so sorry.
There is no good time and no good way to lose someone you love.
Prayers for kayak and prayers for you and your family.
poppy, your family was so blessed with a wife/mother/grandmother like kay ... she is now at peace and you have her legacy to guide you.
It just seems so appropriate that Kay was born on Valentine's Day, for surely she represented the best of what that holiday is all about.
In reflecting on the Kay I had the privilege to know, love and triumph are the words which come immediately to mind; we all agree that she has left us too early (and I note, we all agree - rare unanimity for FReepers!), her ability to care about everyone and to raise above circumstances has been inspirational.
Kay lived long enough to see her children past the trials of young adulthood and into settled and secure lives. She had the courage and fortitude to start and maintain a business enterprise. She kept everyone organized and in-line, she demonstrated a gracious wit and intelligence that many tried to emulate both on and off these FR boards, and she gave a last, inspirational example of how to triumph over her final earthly challenge.
Others have made more eloquent tributes to your dear mother -- the key note of all our comments is that she was admired, respected and leaves a gap in the FR community which will not be easily - nor quickly filled.
To Kay - who is probably at this point helping St. Peter get his payroll organized! Miss you...
My condolences. The good ones have a way of getting away from us. We are left poorer, except for the memories of them. These, at lest, will endure.
Semper Fidelis,
My prayers, hugs, and condolences to your and your family..
God be with you and your family in this difficult time. Prayers up!
The loving and heartfelt posts on this thread is a beautiful testament to how your mother touched people’s lives. She was a friend to all of us. She will be missed.
God rest her soul and God bless you and your family, poppyseed.
Prayer Request for Tony Snow
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poppyseed, I grieve with you in your loss. May God grant you His consolation and peace, and may He grant you His eternal Hope.
Cordially,
Well, it’s been a week since Mama died. It hasn’t gotten easier; it hasn’t even gotten more real. But we’ve settled into a new routine, one that doesn’t center entirely around her, at least not externally.
I suppose her funeral was beautiful, but I found no beauty in it. I confess that I found little comfort in the words of the minister. My comfort is only that she is no longer in pain, but that doesn’t ease my pain at losing my mama. I suppose that, like the rest of grief, will take time to work out.
I came here because of Mama. Many of you probably don’t know that I am not, ideologically speaking, a FReeper. I came here at a time when she couldn’t, to tell her friends what was happening to her. I worried that it would be an intrusion, both for her and for y’all, but she was glad and y’all seemed glad to have me here, speaking on her behalf. She loved you folks. And with good reason. We may not agree politically, but I didn’t come here for anything as crass as politics. What I came here for was for my mother’s friends, as a bridge. And I found here so much love and comfort, not just for Mama, but for my own self. Good people here, good reason Mama loved you all. Thank you for that.
It’s time I leave, though, I think, since Mama isn’t around any more. I’m not the least bit interested in politics these days, one way or the other. I am interested in keeping in touch with some of you, though, especially those of you who were especially close to Mama. I’ll check FReepmail the next couple of days, give any of you who are interested a way to get in touch with me off FR. And then, after the next few days, I’ll probably go back to MY homes on the Web, and off Mama’s turf.
I want to thank you all, again, for all your many prayers; for your comforting words for Mama and my whole family; for loving my mama, whom I still miss so much it physically aches. There are not enough words for my gratitude, nor for how much my mother loved you and how much you buoyed her up, for years. Thank you will have to suffice, though, since I lack the proper words. I think maybe the English language lacks the proper words for how much you’ve meant to my mother over the years, and to me and my family over the last few months.
If you could copy and paste this to ATRW, the Dose (I’m not even sure what that is), anywhere Mama’s FRiends might be, I’d appreciate it a great deal.
Much love and gratitude to you all.
Dear, sweet, poppyseed.
God bless you sweetie..and God and your Mom are very, very proud of you.
You have done a great job of keeping us informed..and even close to Kay during the last few months.
I know you are in a lot of pain...and I pray God relieves you of some of it soon...
Please, have a happy life..you know that is what your Mom wants for you. Where ever life takes you, just know that you, as well as your Mom were much loved here on Free Republic.
sleuth
We love you, poppyseed, and can’t thank you enough for coming over here to share your Mama with us...and YOU.
Thank you is JUST NOT ENOUGH, but it’s all I have.
Love always,
BG
I’ve pinged Logans Prayer Warriors one last time to this thread...
Thanks for checking in with us, poppyseed. Your Mother would be so very proud of the way you kept us all updated.
We all loved and respected your Mom, so much. Please tell her grandchildren how much she was loved by total (well almost total) strangers.
I know you’re hurting now, but with time the pain will ease, and you will have all those beautiful memories to hold on to.
And to you, as well, Poppy, for giving so much of yourself to both your mother and her Friends.
May God Bless you and Keep you, for all of your days, Amen.
Your mama was a wonderful person and we all loved her here...it seems Kay did a mighty fine job raising her children....God Bless you and your family.
So sweet of you .. just like your Momma. Whatever your next chapter, I’m sure she’ll be with you all the way, buoying you up. Your Mom is one special lady, wanting a special life for you and your family. God bless you all.
What a beautiful and honest post...thank you. I haven’t been on FR much lately and was so shocked to just find all this out. I wish you all God’s blessings...more peace will come in time,...lots of love to you all...
With sympathy and caring,
Daughter of Eve
Blessed be Your Name, both now and forevermore, Amen ...
Blessings to you dear. Enjoy your life. Your momma would want that.
Grammy
BTTT. Thank you Poppyseed.
Prayers up poppyseed. Go well and thanks.
I wish I could express to you how very sorry I am for your loss. It is our loss as well, as Kayak as we knew her was very special here. May God give you and your family comfort, and Please know we share your loss.
BTTT
Wishing you happiness and peace and thank you for sharing with us during such a difficult time. Your mom is in a better place.
Kay was loved and inspiration to us. We appreciate your efforts to communicate with her friends here on FR.
This is foremost a political site but as you have experienced, Freepers support one another and their families in many ways....especially by prayer.
May God bless you and your family. And may the Peace and Love of Our Heavenly Father comfort and guide you.
May the good Lord bless and comfort you and your family.
Thank you. I hope peace will come to poppyseed and she can learn to recall happy memories of her beloved mother. I’m glad she saw Freepers for what they really are. But, we all make our choices and that’s what’s great about the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Woudln’t have it any other way.
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I’m so sorry. I’m sitting here getting chilled as I read about Kayak. My pastor’s mother is going through the very same thing right now. One day they will both fall asleep in their rooms and wake up in God’s. What a glorious day that will be! Our hearts may be broken, but theirs will be made whole and well. God bless you all and give you HIS peace.
Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me, still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee; nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, darkness be over me, my rest a stone; yet in my dreams I’d be nearer, my God, to thee; nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
There let the way appear, steps unto heaven; all that thou sendest me, in mercy given; angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to thee; nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
Then, with my waking thoughts bright with thy praise, out of my stony griefs Bethel I’ll raise; so by my woes to be nearer, my God, to thee; nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
Or if, on joyful wing cleaving the sky, sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly, still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee; nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
Sarah F. Adams, 1841
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