My mother passed away

Jim Sliff · Post by **Jim Sliff** » 5 Sep 2009 9:02 am

My mom passed away yesterday. She'd been in ill health for years and her body simply gave up.

She and I had not had any kind of relationship for years, which I'd prefer not to talk about. But please pray or throw some good karma towards my brother, who is the executor and in seriously bad shape with lung cancer; his wife, who is trying to hold things together; my 14 year old son, who is sort of a blank wall about it right now and worries me, and our daughter, who has been through some awful times and is, despite all her recent successes, very fragile. She's the only one from our family who still talked to her grandmother periodically and took the news very, very hard.

Thank you.

Leland Ogle · Post by **Leland Ogle** » 5 Sep 2009 9:36 am

Jim, I will lift you and your family up in my prayers. My thoughts are with you.
Lee

Fred Shannon · Post by **Fred Shannon** » 5 Sep 2009 9:52 am

Jim, our sympathies and condolences to the you and the Sliff family. Our prayers are with you all.

phred

Hook Moore · Post by **Hook Moore** » 5 Sep 2009 10:16 am

My Condolences to you and your family..

Mike Poholsky · Post by **Mike Poholsky** » 5 Sep 2009 11:22 am

Jim, I am very sorry about your loss. Although it's a sad and emotional time, it is also an opportunity to help your kids & family through this inevitable fact of life. Thoughts and prayers go out to you.

Terry Wood · Post by **Terry Wood** » 5 Sep 2009 1:22 pm

Prayers for your family.

My mother passed away alittle over a year ago and I really miss her. I know she is with JESUS now and that is my biggest comfort.

I will pray for you and your family and that you all have peace. Since my mother passed away my sisters are not speaking.

JESUS says we must forgive others no matter what. It's not easy, but with GOD's help we can do it. It is the only way that peace will ever be established. If others do not forgive they will not find peace but if you forgive you will have peace. GOD will deal with the rest. Ask HIM to help and leave it in HIS hands.

LORD, I pray for this family and their loss and GOD give them YOUR peace! In JESUS CHRIST's Name!

May GOD bless!

Terry Wood

Dickie Whitley · Post by **Dickie Whitley** » 6 Sep 2009 4:14 pm

...in my prayers. My deepest sympathies on your loss.

Danny Bates · Post by **Danny Bates** » 6 Sep 2009 4:28 pm

So sorry Jim. Your entire family is in my thoughts and prayers. Peace be with you.

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 6 Sep 2009 7:25 pm

You may not have had a great relationship but you still lost your mother which is a great loss. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.

David Collins · Post by **David Collins** » 7 Sep 2009 3:46 am

Jim,

My Prayers are with you and your family.

May you find peace and comfort.

Jim Sliff · Post by **Jim Sliff** » 7 Sep 2009 9:23 am

Thanks guys. It's a really complicated situation that is very tough physically (just due to mental strain) on my brother; since this happened Friday he had a bad reaction to one of the chemo "cocktail" compounds and while we do not know for sure yet that may seriously affect his prognosis. I'm trying to do everything I can to help but due to mom's wishes I'm somewhat limited in what I can control...we think, though, as executor he can still sign duties over to me, which will be a Godsend - he's 120 miles away as well and can't travel. We're hoping that when the attorney gets back in town tomorrow he'll be able to work with what Greg (my brother) really needs - which is to do as little as possible.

Thanks again for the posts and emails.

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 7 Sep 2009 1:13 pm

Sorry for your loss Jim. I'll say a prayer for you and your family that Our Lord will give you strength and comfort during this trying time.

Russ

Joe Harwell · Post by **Joe Harwell** » 8 Sep 2009 7:35 am

My thoughts and prayers for you all, Jim.

The Lord knows the details
and that's all that matters.

If somehow, some way,
you can put in His hands,
leave it there and trust Him,
He can work it all out perfectly.

He has for me and He will for you.

Sincerely your friend-

Tommy Young · Post by **Tommy Young** » 10 Sep 2009 4:53 pm

Sorry to hear this and my condolences to you and your entire family..

Chris Boyd · Post by **Chris Boyd** » 14 Sep 2009 5:58 am

My deepest condolences to you and your family Jim.....

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 14 Sep 2009 6:27 am

my sincere condolences to you & your family Jim

Larry Bressington · Post by **Larry Bressington** » 15 Sep 2009 7:08 pm

Jim, i'm not a religious man, but you are a great part of our community, and i am sorry for what you are going through my friend, you are an important figure here, so i hope you can stay with us with your input etc.
Take care for now jim.

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 16 Sep 2009 1:42 am

Jim, sorry to hear this, condolences and prayers to you and your family at this time.

tony

Susan Alcorn · Post by **Susan Alcorn** » 16 Sep 2009 7:03 am

Jim, you and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Take good care,
Susan

Joel Meredith · Post by **Joel Meredith** » 18 Sep 2009 2:18 pm

So sorry to hear, Jim.

Tommy Shown · Post by **Tommy Shown** » 18 Sep 2009 11:36 pm

I understand what you are going through,Jim. I lost my mother six years ago.I'm not going lie, it does get hard for while. But time will heal. My wife Roxanne and I will keep you in our thoughts and prayers for you and your family and ask God to send his angels to comfort ya'll. Again I am so sorry to hear about it.
Peace and God's Blessings,
Tommy and Roxanne Shown

Dennis Olearchik · Post by **Dennis Olearchik** » 23 Sep 2009 9:16 am

Jim, my condolences and prayers go out to you and your family. Dennis

Rick Schmidt · Post by **Rick Schmidt** » 23 Sep 2009 8:04 pm

So sorry for your loss Jim

Jim Sliff · Post by **Jim Sliff** » 27 Sep 2009 6:19 am

Thanks everybody! We're doing fine; my concerns now are for my brother, who doesn't seem to be capable of handling the executor's gig for long due to his illness. Mom left land mines all over a new will and trust as she was not quite "right" mentally, and her neighbor/lawyer I think saw it as an opportunity. Since she disliked my wife (for, as a former banker, offering her some investment advice; she thought my wife was trying to "steal her house", which is absurd)we're sliced out of almost everything, which really doesn't bother me.

But the door is wide open for the attorney to make a killing. He tried to set a trap where if we contest when new California law goes into effect in January (nullifying "no contest" clauses), he becomes the executor, family members are banned from buying her house, and legal fees come out of my kids' inheritances. It's really ugly. It looks like I'm going to have to flip the 9 pounds of paperwork into my attorney's lap and let him decides what's best (he's my brother in law and won't be looking for the deal with the most fees).

It's just very sad.

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