MisterOJ Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I'm sorry for your loss. I feel like I know exactly the type of person your friend was, because we have one such individual in our church too. This seems like a good week to let her know how much I appreciate all her little contributions to the congregation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted01 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I'm sorry for your loss, ES. It sucks when an amazing person is no longer in your life. :grouphug: I hope you can take comfort in your shared love, bees. There are many people from this board about whom I feel the same way - role models and fabulous friends. I hope you all know how much I appreciate you. :love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elder Sister Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Thanks, everyone. I love y'all. <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lykos Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Elder Sister, all strength to you and your friends family and further friends. :grouphug: As it happens I've seen this weekend a documentary on traditional trades where the special mourning ceremonies for beekeepers were mentioned. Looking for that on the interweb took me to the guardian's poem of the week - "Telling the Bees" by John Greenleaf Whittier - which might be a little consoling, though quite sad. " - ... Just the same as a month before,— The house and the trees, The barn's brown gable, the vine by the door,— Nothing changed but the hives of bees. Before them, under the garden wall, Forward and back, Went drearily singing the chore-girl small, Draping each hive with a shred of black. Trembling, I listened: the summer sun Had the chill of snow; For I knew she was telling the bees of one Gone on the journey we all must go! Then I said to myself, "My Mary weeps For the dead to-day: Haply her blind old grandsire sleeps The fret and the pain of his age away." ... - " . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalThor Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I'm very sorry for your loss, ES. He sounds like the type of person who positively affected those around him. Hopefully his good deeds will be carried on by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady narcissa Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 So sorry for your loss, ES. He sounds like a rare gem. We need more people like him in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seventh Pup Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Very sorry for your loss. It sounds like the world is poorer for his loss. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli Fury Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 So sorry ES ❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I'm sorry you lost a good friend and a genuinely good person. :grouphug: He sounds like he was a lovely man appreciated by many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaceBannon42 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 So sorry for your loss my friend. :( *HUGS* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitac Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Aww, I missed this. I'm so sorry your friend passed suddenly. I know he meant a lot to you and my heart hurts for you and his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elder Sister Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 Elder Sister, all strength to you and your friends family and further friends. :grouphug: As it happens I've seen this weekend a documentary on traditional trades where the special mourning ceremonies for beekeepers were mentioned. Looking for that on the interweb took me to the guardian's poem of the week - "Telling the Bees" by John Greenleaf Whittier - which might be a little consoling, though quite sad. " - ... Just the same as a month before,— The house and the trees, The barn's brown gable, the vine by the door,— Nothing changed but the hives of bees. Before them, under the garden wall, Forward and back, Went drearily singing the chore-girl small, Draping each hive with a shred of black. Trembling, I listened: the summer sun Had the chill of snow; For I knew she was telling the bees of one Gone on the journey we all must go! Then I said to myself, "My Mary weeps For the dead to-day: Haply her blind old grandsire sleeps The fret and the pain of his age away." ... - " . What a lovely poem; thank you. I love this community. Y'all are the best. I've had so many people say the same thing I wrote in my OP: they are going to try harder to be a better person because of the example this man set for us. What a testimony to a life well lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteGabriel Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 I am sorry for your loss, ES. There is a kind of unique bleakness to feeling like a certain sort of cherished individual is becoming more rare in the world. I felt that way at the passing of some of my parents' friends. The only thing we can do, I suppose, is try to encourage similar qualities in the children and young adults around us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlle. Zabzie Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 So sorry to hear. :grouphug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalLeopard Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 People like him may seem to be a dying breed, but rest assured, God used him to plant seeds, and others are growing like him every day. He wasn't born that way, someone planted a seed in him. And it appears he did the same for you, if you strive to be the same way, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillio Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 So sorry ES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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