My Mother Passes

bob drawbaugh · Post by **bob drawbaugh** » 17 Aug 2013 4:23 am

After a long battle with Alzheimer my Mother went home to be with the Lord last night. She is no longer tormented by the things she can't Remember. She was the Rock of or family and I will miss her every day. I've always liked the old song, "If I could hear my mother pray again." But today it takes on a very different meaning. Mother I love you, RIP.

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 17 Aug 2013 5:33 am

Well said, Bob ! Reminds me of when my Mom went home and while that was 33 years ago, it still seems like yesterday !

Regards, Paul

Donna Dodd · Post by **Donna Dodd** » 17 Aug 2013 8:32 am

Bob, I am so sorry for your loss. God bless you always. Donna

The Long Good-bye
by Bernard Howe

Deep within that hollow stare,
of our presence they're unaware.
A life that is fading away,
in spite of things we try to convey.
Memories locked up in their mind,
and there they're kept all confined.
Good times spent long ago,
and all their love they did bestow.
For these moments will live forever,
and our pride in them will endeavor.
Seeing them lying there we know why,
Alzheimers is called the long good-bye.

Fred Justice · Post by **Fred Justice** » 17 Aug 2013 8:53 am

Bob, God bless and comfort you and your family in the loss of your Mother.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 17 Aug 2013 12:36 pm

My condolences to you and your family, Bob.

bruce fischer · Post by **bruce fischer** » 17 Aug 2013 1:41 pm

so sorry to hear of your loss bob.

Her Journeyâ€™s
Just Begun

Donâ€™t think of her as gone away-
her journeyâ€™s just begun;
life holds so many facetsâ€”
this earth is only one.
Just think of her as resting
From the sorrows and the tears
In a place of warmth and comfort
Where there are no days and tears.
Think how she must be wishing
That we could know, today,
How nothing but our sadness
Can really pass away.
And think of her as living
In the hearts of those she touchedâ€¦
For nothing loved is ever lostâ€”
And she was loved so much.

Chris Boyd · Post by **Chris Boyd** » 17 Aug 2013 2:17 pm

My deepest sympathies to you Bob...

Jerry Van Hoose · Post by **Jerry Van Hoose** » 17 Aug 2013 8:11 pm

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Jeremy Drawbaugh · Post by **Jeremy Drawbaugh** » 17 Aug 2013 10:33 pm

We new this day come eventually but we didnt know it would come this soon. Grandmother apparantly had a heart attack after dinner last night. It is hard to wrap my mind around it, seems like a dream. But I know she has been made whole and all the things she suffered from no longer have any hold on her. So begins her journey in heaven.

Scott Duckworth · Post by **Scott Duckworth** » 18 Aug 2013 3:25 am

Prayers for you Bob.

Larry Garrett · Post by **Larry Garrett** » 18 Aug 2013 6:04 am

Bob, I'm sorry for your loss. I lost my Mother this April so I know it's a tough time for you. May the LORD comfort you and your family.

Leon Champion · Post by **Leon Champion** » 18 Aug 2013 6:48 am

Lost my mom in 07,praying for you're family.May God be with you.

Jerry Humphries · Post by **Jerry Humphries** » 18 Aug 2013 8:44 pm

Bob and Jeremy, I am so sorry for the loss of your mother and grandmother. I face the same situation with my mother. She has this same terrible disease and she doesn't have too many days left for this world. I offer prayers of condolence for your family.

Bill Cunningham · Post by **Bill Cunningham** » 19 Aug 2013 4:42 am

Bob and Jeremy,

Sorry to hear this but as you know she is in a better place where there is no Alzheimer's. Take heart in knowing this terrrible disease wasn't prolonged. I consider you both dear friends. My prayers and sympathy are with you.

Jimmy Campbell · Post by **Jimmy Campbell** » 23 Aug 2013 4:43 am

Sympathy to you and your Family in the loss of your Mother.

bob drawbaugh · Post by **bob drawbaugh** » 23 Aug 2013 5:51 am

I wanted to say Thank you to eveyone for your condolences. You have made a very hard week easier.

Terry Wood · Post by **Terry Wood** » 29 Aug 2013 6:03 pm

Bob just now read this. Prayers for you and family. My mother went to be with JESUS 5 years ago and I miss her all the time. However, like your mother they are in a much better place.

GOD bless you friend!

Terry Wood

bob drawbaugh · Post by **bob drawbaugh** » 2 Sep 2013 7:23 am

Terry Wood wrote:Bob just now read this. Prayers for you and family. My mother went to be with JESUS 5 years ago and I miss her all the time. However, like your mother they are in a much better place.

GOD bless you friend!

Terry Wood

Terry, Thank you very much. I wish I had know your were in St. Louis. I would have loved to get with you and talk about our heros, Zane and Julian. I was big fans of both.

Micky Byrne · Post by **Micky Byrne** » 21 Sep 2013 5:57 am

Donna..In 1999, my mother passed away from an Aneurisum just 6 days before I got my "Call" for my new heart. She lived 200 hundred miles away from me and I wasn't even able to go up and see her in the Chapel of rest. When you are on a waiting list for a Donor, you are not allowed to go further than a hundred miles or so from the heart transplant hospital because a Donor heart needs new blood flow within 3 hours. I was kept asleep for safty reasons for 36 hours...they day they awoke me was the day of my mother's funeral...it's very hard to come to terms that I had to miss my own mum's funeral....But I'm sure she understood.

Micky "Scars" Byrne U.K.

www.micky-byrne.co.uk

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 21 Sep 2013 9:01 am

Bob, you have my sincere sympathy for your loss. I still miss my mother who has been gone now for many years.

.....and Micky, for the loss of your Mom, as all moms do, she understood the circumstances that you described, and with love would not have you stressed for even one minute about the question about "what if"?

Remember your Mom with love and do not suffer from regret about alternative paths.

Micky Byrne · Post by **Micky Byrne** » 21 Sep 2013 10:51 am

Thank you Gene for your kind words....you have been a good friend to me via meeting you on this Forum so many years ago.Take care.

Micky "scars" Byrne U.K.

bob drawbaugh · Post by **bob drawbaugh** » 22 Sep 2013 12:37 pm

Micky, I know that was hard,but you Mom understood, I know.

bob drawbaugh · Post by **bob drawbaugh** » 22 Sep 2013 12:39 pm

Gene Jones wrote:Bob, you have my sincere sympathy for your loss. I still miss my mother who has been gone now for many years.

.....and Micky, for the loss of your Mom, as all moms do, she understood the circumstances that you described, and with love would not have you stressed for even one minute about the question about "what if"?

Remember your Mom with love and do not suffer from regret about alternative paths.

Gene, thank you so much. It's been five weeks but the pain of her lose seems like yesterday.

Micky Byrne · Post by **Micky Byrne** » 22 Sep 2013 1:12 pm

Thank you Bob, and my condolences to you.

Micky "scars" Byrne U.K.

www.micky-byrne.co.uk

Sam White · Post by **Sam White** » 22 Sep 2013 3:57 pm

Bob Anna and I will keep you and your family in our Prayers. My wife lost her Mom back in 1993 and she was 72 with brest cancer. I lost my Mom in 1995 she was 79 and we still miss both of them even today.
Sam White