I know....its been a while...

[W7XF]

...but I have some sad news.

Mom passed away Sept 12th.

I can hardly handle this,

[WØTKX]

Yea, your FB friends know. And now the Islanders do too.

I know she was your "real" family, FWIW, we are too.

Big giant man hug, my friend. When you are ready...

Tell us some good stories.

[KD8TUT]

...but I have some sad news.

Mom passed away Sept 12th.

I can hardly handle this,

So sorry to hear. It's the hardest thing you can go through. Time makes it better.

<<hugs>>

[WZ7U]

That sucks dude. Very sorry to hear about it and I hope that time will help the hurt subside to tolerable. I know I'm NOT looking forward to that phone call either.

You are loved here too, we are here for you in any capacity required.
At least those of us with compassion are.

Like Dave said, when you're ready. We're here.

[KG4CGC]

Sorry about your mom. No words.

[NQ6U]

Sorry to hear about your mom, Kevin.

Lost my dad in 2015; the pain wasn't acute at the time and the situation didn't allow me to grieve. Now, I've found it to be chronic instead. Here's hoping you can work through it quickly by grieving at the moment instead of later.

[PA5COR]

Sorry reading the bad news Kevin.
Most of us are at an age we all have been through that, i did.
For the rest ^ i agree with the above writers.

[AA1OH]

Sorry to hear of your loss- as said above we both here have lost our parents and my brother to soon. Talk to someone. If you need help you can even PM me.

[n0iu]

Yep, that sucks. My father will have been gone 35 years in January but my mom will be 95 (god willing) in January. Cherish them while you have them. Whenever they go, its too soon.

[K7SGJ]

I'm sorry for your loss Kevin. As mentioned, time is your friend, and it will get easier. Soon, you'll just have a boatload of only the happy times.

[ad4mg]

My condolences, Kevin. I grieved for a very long time after my Mom passed. It was a very difficult time for me. Time dulls the pain, but the loss will be with you forever. You just have to learn to live with it.

I did... mostly.

[suddenseer]

I'm sorry for your loss Kevin. Mr dad left us in march. I'm the one that found him.its good to come here in our virtual island.

[W3WN]

Condolences from here as well, Kevin.

[W7XF]

It's been 17 days....but the pain reeks hard in me. Maybe, time will reduce the sorrow/grief.

[AA1OH]

For me now after a few years it is the hardest on mothers/fathers day and birthdays. And every once and a while I think " Mom/Dad/Dan would like this-I must tell them" and then remember that they are gone. But it does get better and the grief gets shorter, just never totally gone.

[KK4AMI]

Time will heal the hurt. When my Mother died, she was hurting so bad from cancer that she asked everybody in the family for permission to quit fighting it and die. That was a gut twister for me. Now I have the fond memories of my Mom and the occasional twinge when I can't call her about something good happening in my life.

[NQ6U]

[...] And every once and a while I think " Mom/Dad/Dan would like this-I must tell them" and then remember that they are gone [...]

My father loved boats but never had one of his own. Every time I'm aboard mine, I think “Dad would really like this,” then remember he'll never see it.

[X-Rated]

There are stories that only parents can tell. Besides losing a loved one, we lose trillions of terabytes of information of the stories of the good times and of the bad. Save the good memories of them as they will last a lifetime. So sorry for your loss.