Fire and Deep Water

Today, I am an uncle. My sister gave birth to a baby girl. Mother and child are well.

Also today, my father died.

17 comments:

  1. My sympathies, Grim.
    And welcome to your baby niece.

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  2. Eric Blair10:55 PM

    And so the cycle of life continues. Sorry for your loss. Welcome to your niece.

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  3. Anonymous11:46 PM

    Definitely a day for whiplash. Congratulations and condolences.

    Valerie

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  4. Anonymous6:57 AM

    Sorry for your loss. Glad that mother and child are well.

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  5. I'm sorry about your father. That's a hard thing.

    Wonderful news about your sister and new niece.

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  6. Anonymous9:08 AM

    I'm sorry for your loss, Grim, and I'll add your family to the prayer list. I sing for joy at the news of your niece.

    LittleRed1

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  7. I'm so sorry. I know you'll hold him in your heart forever, even if it's breaking right now.

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  8. William11:13 AM

    Sympathies and Prayers for you and yours. May you find peace in the passing of your father and joy in the birth of your niece.

    Sincerely, William sends.

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  9. Anonymous12:30 PM

    My sincerest condolences along with celebrations of great joy. Tough, conflicting emotions, hang in there and don't forget to spoil her every chance you get ;-)
    nmewn

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  10. Can't find the words...

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  11. May he rest in peace, and may the little one take part of his place in your heart.

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  12. Valerie has it right.
    Whiplash, Congratulations and condolences.

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  13. Anonymous10:35 PM

    Now the Organ failure and 95 mph become clear.

    May your father rest in peace, and may your niece be a bright shining star in your life.

    -Mississippi




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  14. I'm so sorry about your father's death, Grim.
    Congratulations on the birth of your niece.

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  15. Deepest sympathies, Grim.

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  16. raven5:09 PM

    I am sorry to hear of your Fathers passing. It is a hard blow to deal with.
    Perhaps some comfort here- when my Mom passed on, she had been laying comatose for a week, at the last, she raised her head with wide open eyes and an expression of pure joy on her face. Wherever she saw on the other side of this life met with full approval and then some.

    And congratulations on your new family member!

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  17. Catching up after traveling last week to a cousins wedding, only to find this out now.

    Congratulations on the birth of your niece- it's a wonderful thing.

    I don't know what to say of the death of your father- what can I say that would matter really. Perhaps the only thing is that from what I know of the man through your recollections here, and what I know of you, he had to have been a hell of a man, and it's clear he'll live on in you and his other children in some sense.

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