tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452977.post109574614768216362..comments2023-11-03T15:25:27.764+02:00Comments on If I forget thee......: Musings on mortalityGillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17918591911755348702noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452977.post-1095885445154034412004-09-22T22:37:00.000+02:002004-09-22T22:37:00.000+02:00Gil, I am so sorry. My own Dad passed away after a...Gil, I am so sorry. My own Dad passed away after a heart attack when he was a young 65, so I do know the pain you are going through. I was 22 at the time. He never met his future son-in-law or his grandchildren either. I constantly think about him and my Mom, who passed away almost 2 years ago at 87.<br /><br />My thoughts are with you,<br />Jenniferj-jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543729290369671186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6452977.post-1095753378745142802004-09-21T10:56:00.000+03:002004-09-21T10:56:00.000+03:00My wife lost her mother to ovarian cancer two shor...My wife lost her mother to ovarian cancer two short years after we were married. Like you, she often grapples with the unfairness... and seeming randomness... of who dies early, and who late.<br /><br />I can't share any wisdom on the subject other than to say that the responsibility now falls to you to make sure that your wife, and especially your children (IY"H), have an ongoing relationship with your father... through pictures, stories, and the example he transmits to them through you.<br /><br />G'mar Chatima Tova<br /><br />David (www.treppenwitz.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com