Bad news 1st:
My Mom passed away Thursday at age 63.
She had Conjestive Heart Falure and was under Hospice care at the hospital for a Month and a half.
So that’s where I have been She gets burried Tuesday.
Good news:
I found my pic of my BIG 8lb Channel Cat She took in 1995. (BIG for this part of the Country) 35mm scanned…not the best cuz it was a zippy camera. I fixed it as best I could.
Jim Bolden Sr
I caught a Fish so big once I couldn’t weigh it.
Took a picture of it and the picture weighed 20LBS! (My Dad)
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I am so sorry to hear this, she was so young. I lost mom when she turned 50. And that was 20 years ago. But if you do it right they never leave. WE do not hear their voice, nor do we see their face, but if you take them fishing with you they spend the time with you. I look into my grand kids eyes and think of her, I wonder if she would be proud of me in what I became. And something will happen that I cannot explain and I realize she is around, and I know if I was doing wrong she would find a way to hit me with a frying pan.
She has developed a way of hitting me in the back of the head with a clouser when I am fishing, and not paying attention.
AT least that is what I tell people when I get hit in the head. She would find the humor in my statement.
Jim discuss this until you are comfortable with her passing… We all need to heal. I miss mom every day, but that just shows me how much I loved her.
We are here if you need us. I have my e-mail in my profile use it any time you feel the need or if you just want to pass on something. Our FAOL family will share this pain with you. You are being prayed for and so is your family.
Dear Jim,
I am so very sad to hear of the passing of your mom. What Harold said is right, Jim. Your mom will always be with you and I know that when the time comes you will be with her again. I hope you can take some comfort in the fact that where she is now there is no suffering, only love and joy. It’s ok to be sad, Jim. It shows how much you love your mom. If you would like to talk just send me an email from my profile. You are in my thoughts and prayers. I wish you could talk to my Amy as we lost her mom five years ago this April. I miss Amy’s mom, Jackie, very badly at times but she still brings a smile to my heart when I think about her and the love she showed me. God Bless you, Jim. We are here for you anytime you need us.
Jim,
Sorry for your loss. My wife & I lost both our Moms & Dads years ago, but the memories stay with us. Our kids were over for dinner tonight & we talked about those memories as we often do.
Mike
BJ, nothing should take your memories away. Keep a positive attitude in your mind and heart…honor your mother with your daily rememberance of her. They say time heals, I’m of the opinion that time gives our hearts and minds some space to get accustomed to the loss. You’ll get the space soon also.
Sorry to hear that Jim. Both my parents and my wife’s are gone and there will always be a little empty corner in your heart. It will get better with time though.
Howdy Jim
Your Mom did well in your raising. For you have become a fine fisherman.
I bet she would say you were a keeper.
May you find the peace that comes with Gods love.
ol Al
Jim…hope this helps. It appeared in one of my articles, “Ripples”…I’ve always found comfort in it. I don’t know who the author was…
?TOGETHERNESS?
?Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room.
I am I, and you are you. Whatever we were to each other; that we still are.
Call me by my old familiar name. Speak to me in the easy way in which you always used.
Put no difference in your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Pray, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was; there is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner.
All is well.?
Lost my mom this past December at age 85. Condolences to you and your family. She left behind lots of fond memories and photos too. Found out mom had been keeping a daily journal for the last six years. Slowly reading through it. Laughter, humor and tears there too; but, also the knowledge that we’'l meet again somewhere down the road. As long as one person remembers no one forgets.
