Peter,
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss.
May God be your comfort in this time of grief.

Peter,
That is indeed most sad news. Everyone here expresses their deep sympathy and wishes you strength in traversing this time of grief. May peace grow in you.

Serena

Peter, My deepest regrets on the loss of your wife. I will keep her and you in my prayers.

~jr

Grazie, please pass along my sympathies. I know Peter only by our mutual association on this Board, but my thoughts are with him today.

Peter will get here. G

Peter, we are all very sorry to hear of your loss. This is a sad time for everybody here. Let it be of some comfort to you that our thoughts are with you and your family.

If you need any help to get through this, you know where we are.

Alan

Guys - you are just great.

Thank you

Allow me to tell you who has been my everything for more than 37 years.

Doreen was a nurse who until last September was in charge of a nursing home.

She was a legend among staff because she rarely walked - she ran everywhere, to make sure that her residents got all the care she knew they deserved.
Most of the people she cared for had dementia, as did her mother.

She loved them, she cuddled them.
Woe betide anyone trying to shortcut giving them the care they needed.

She brought up, fought for and loved three fantastic kids, now young wonderful adults that anyone would be proud of.

She never smoked, drank, or had any bad habits, save possibly her husband.

But she got lung cancer.

We did the chemo - support group - naturo - homeo - dieto - vitamino journey, but she's gone.


If there's any justice, she's having a good time.


Peter

Peter,

Thanks for sharing. She sounds like a wonderful person, and you were truly blessed to have her by your side.

My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Tom

Very saddening news, Peter. When someone is close they become embedded in everything we do and we remember them at every turn. My hope is that every happy moment will remind you of her, and every thought of her will be a happy moment. If not today, soon.

Rob Mack

"When Tomorrow Starts Without Me"

When tomorrow starts without me
And I'm not there to see;
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
filled with tears for me.

I wish so much you wouldn't cry
The way you did today;
While thinking of the many things
we didn't get to say.

I know how much you love me...
As much as I love you;
And each time that you think of me,
I know you'll miss me too.

But when tomorrow starts without me
Please try to understand,
That an Angel came and called my name
And took me by the hand.

She said my place was ready
In Heaven far above;
And that I'd have to leave behind,
All those I dearly love.

But as I turned and walked away,
A tear fell from my eye;
For all my life ,I'd always thought
I didn't want to die.

I had so much to live for,
So much yet to do;
it seemed almost impossible,
That I was leaving you.

I thought of all the yesterdays,
The good ones and the bad;
I thought of all the love we shared,
And all the fun we had.

If I could relive yesterday
Just even for awhile,
I'd say goodbye and kiss you
And maybe see you smile.

But then I fully realized
This could never be;
For emptiness and memories
Would take the place of me.

And when I thought of worldly things
I might miss come tomorrow;
I thought of you, and when I did,
My heart was filled with sorrow.

But when I walked through Heaven's gates
I felt so much at home;
When God looked down and smiled at me
From His great golden throne.
He said "This is Eternity"
And all I've promised you;
Today your life on earth is past,
But here it starts anew.

" I promise no tomorrow,
But today will always last;
And since each day's the same day,
There's no longing for the past.

"But you have been so faithful,
So trusting and so true;
Though at times you did things,
You knew you should not do."

"But you have been forgiven
And now at last you are free;
So won't you take my hand
And share my life with me?"

So when tomorrow starts without me,
Don't think we're apart...
For every time you think of me ,
I'm right here in your Heart...
God Bless

Peter,

Thanks for sharing about your wife, an inspiration.

My heart goes out to you - and your wife!

Bjorn

Peter,
My deepest condolence in the sad demise of your loving wife.

Hi Peter -

Please accept my condolences as well - We are in the fray right now with my middle son so I know the courage Doreen must have shown - Her legacies are those she left behind - these are the testaments to the person she will always be.

As to whether she's having a good time, there's really no doubt. And to quote form one of my songs "Lose the final battle, win the war". She's won - Never forget that.

Bruce

Hi Peter,

I don't generally have much to say, I'm not sure that's always fair, but I keep my mouth shut and learn what I can; however, this is one of those time when we need to speak up and wish you, a serious, continuing contributor to this forum, our heartfelt sympathy. We don't have to know the person to understand loss. There is Someone Who watches over us. I trust He'll be watching over you now.

Bob

All my best to you and your family in the absence of a woman who was clearly a wellspring of love in your life :(

I wish you the best.

- jim

Peter,

Sad to read your beloved wife has passed away, all i can do is send you
Love and Light for you, your family and friends in the times ahead.

"Spirit lives when Man dies"

Rudi

Peter, My deepest condolence for you and your family.

She sounds like a wonderful woman. My sympathy to you and your family.

Peter
My deepest condolences for you and your family.

I really appreciated your encouragement and good wishes, few weeks ago, when my surgery was imminent - especially appreciated as you were going through such sad and tough times at the time.

May she find eternal peace.

Peter, so sorry for your loss - our prayers are with you and your family.

"In a beautiful blue lagoon on a clear day,
a fine sailing ship spreads its brilliant
white canvas in a fresh morning breeze and
sails out to the open sea. We watch her
glide away magnificently through the deep
blue and gradually see her grow smaller and
smaller as she nears the horizon. Finally,
where the sea and sky meet, she slips silently
from sight, and someone near me says, 'there,
she is gone!'

Gone where? Gone from sight. That is all.
She is still as large in mast and hull and
sail, still just as able to bear her load.
And we can be sure that, just as we say,
'there, she is gone' another says, 'there, she comes!'."


Henry Van Dyke

Peter,
our thoughts are with you today.

There is justice in this world, she is at peace.

Bob and Amy

Peter, as a member of the Vegas "family", I would like to express my sincere condolences on the loss of your wife and mother of your children. She sounds like a wonderful person who touched many lives in a positive way.

It reminds me of something I read once that said "Whatever we have done with our lives makes us what we are when we die. And everything, absolutely everything counts." If that is so, then your wife has certainly spent her life in a way that counts while she was alive and now, in the minds and hearts of all the lives she has touched.

Hope you are well.