Prayers, thoughts needed for sister

I'm sorry for your loss, Dave. Good wishes to you and your family.

 

rip, melanie. :'( :'( :'(

deepest, most heartfelt sympathies, dave. man, this thread is how many days old? we here at SportsJournalists.com nation somehow feel like we've shared this emotional roller-coaster ride with you and your family. effin' effin' eff. life is an mf'er. :'(

 

My thoughts and prayers are with you Dave. It's good you were able to be there with family during this tough time.

 

Morning everyone..and thanks again for the notes of support..especially from those of you that I've maybe traded barbs with over what now feels like insignificant crap.

Today the focus shifts to celebrating my sister's too brief but full life. We will plan her service and make the other final arrangements...she wanted to be cremated and her ashes interred with our grandma, who passed away in 1987.

I also have been drafted -surprise, surprise - to write her obit. Not a job I am looking forward to...but I am the best man for it, I suppose.

I will also give her eulogy, I guess. All part of that oldest brother deal.

Shockey..this thread is now nine days old.she was rushed to the hospital Saturday afternoon, March 26...it all happened so fast. Still doesn't seem real.

 

Hang in there man. Prayers for you and your family.

 

What will happen to her kids? Can they all stay together?

 

Thanks mizzou and 21...and everyone else...

My sisters two oldest kids ...18 and 15...live with their dad...the youngest four will be with their dad...her boyfriend. It will be challenging...but he knows he is not alone. We are a phone call, text or email away...

 

Good luck, Dave. Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

 

Prayers to you and the family. I feel for the six children who will grow up without a mother. Very, very sad.

 

Dave,

I'm not trying to pry and feel free to tell me to fuck off if you don't want to answer, but hearing about someone dying at 39 scares the living shit out of me.

What were her health issues? Is this someone who just abused herself to get to this point? Is there a family history?

Again, feel free to tell me to fuck off if I'm overstepping, but any possible way to understand why something happened to someone so young is helpful.

Again, prayers to your family and I hope everyone is doing as well as can be expected.

 

Dave, so sorry to hear such sad news. Prayers for you and the family, especially Melanie's children. All of you will be impacted, but the children especially.
I can totally understand the sad but relieved part. That's how it was for us when my mom passed away.
If I could pass along anything I learned from that experience, it would be this: don't focus on the negatives, in your case the health concerns you had brought up with Melanie. Focus instead on the positives. The first few years after my mom passed I was focused on the negatives. It did me absolutely no favors. It wasn't until a friend's dad passed away and he remembered his dad so warmly that I realized I had been looking at things the wrong way.

 

so sorry for your loss