RIP

oh sad day

may perpetual light shine upon her

My condolences and best wishes for solace to Jane

Jane, I am so sorry for your loss. My mother died in 1999, and I miss her every day. Peace.

Peace, Jane, and godspeed

Our condolences, Jane.

Take as much time as you need, we’ll watch your back.

Such terrible news. Allow me to convey my heartfelt sorrow over Janes loss. Her mother must have been a wonderful woman.

My condolences. be good to yourself Jane.

I’m so very sorry.

So sad for Jane, but I’m so glad she was there. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.

Any of us who have been through this may have felt the surreal feeling when coming back to work and back to the “real” world after such a loss. We need to give Jane time and space to re-enter at her own speed when she is ready.

I hope Jane can feel the warmth and hugs we are all sending her.

So sorry to hear that news. Sounds like a similar ending that my grandma faced… :(

Best wishes, Jane. Your online friends and fans support you.

Please accept my deepest condolences. I am very saddened to hear of this news.

My very best regards.

My deepest sympathies to Jane and her family.

Jane, we send our love and our shared sorrow to you and your sister.

Jane, my sincerest sympathies to you.

Jane, I am so sorry. I wish you all the very best in this time of your great loss. Peace.

Galveston, the shoreline receding in the mist. Wrapped in a blanket of love in the last days, and now, forever.

We love you and wish you peace.

Sorry for your loss Jane, my wife and my thoughts are with you and your family in your time of sorrow.

I missed you the past couple days, Jane and wondered where you were. I guess I missed the announcement. I’m so sorry and I’m sending healing thoughts for you and your sister and all those who loved your mother.

I’m terribly sorry to hear that. Our hearts are with you.

Dear Jane,
Those of us who have lost a parent understand your sorrow. We are very sorry for your loss.
Peace and love to you and your family.

I know how comforting it was for Jane to be there. We join you in sorrow. TMA

As one who has lost both my parents may I extend my condolences and sympathetic understanding. I know what you’re going thorugh, Jane. Your mother must have been extraordinary to have raised a daughter like you.

In time, even though the loss endures, the sorrow passes and the memories remain. I am sure they are good memories. Treasure them.

Dearest Jane

We are a devastated for you. Nothing is this world is as hard as losing a child or a parent and it does not matter how old you or they are.

You do so much for all of us, I just we wish i could do something that would help you bear this pain. Papdoug and I send our love and prayers to you and your family.

Good work, keeping things humming along, Christy!

Jane, I am so sorry about the loss of your mother. I recently lost my father, and there is just nothing that one can say to ease the pain over the loss of a parent. She will always be with you and in your heart. Again, I am so very sorry. Take care of yourself.

My condolences for your loss Jane. *hug*

I’m so sorry to hear that. Poor Jane. :(

My most heartfelt condolences. I’m going to go hug my kids now.

There really are no words, except that we are all you in your sorrow.

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4

To have raised such a one as you, Jane, your mother must have been special. She must have been very proud of you.

My condolences during your time of sorrow.

My deepest condolences Jane. May the times of joy and happiness you had with your Mom give you peace.

So sorry Jane. I feel I know you through your writing — I know you will confront this with strength. Best wishes.

oh, no. so very sorry, Jane.

dear Jane–so many of us want to reach out and touch you in your sorrow. I hope you are surrounded by loving family and friends at this time, just as your blogfriends and blogfamily would love to be able to comfort you in person right now.

and a blessing on the soul of your dear mother–in my tradition we say: “may light perpetual shine upon her.”

Jane,

Deep condolences to you in your sorrow and loss. Everyone I know who has been part of this profound experience of the death of a loved family member is grateful to have had those last moments to be with them, however stress-filled and painful. I hope your mother is at peace now.

My condolences to Jane and her family.

There’s no way to be prepared for this. You think you are, and then it just blows you away.
I wish Jane and her family love and strength…

Jane, my prayers and sympathies are with you and your sister. My mother passed away in 2004. Fortunately I was able to get back to the east coast and spend a couple of weeks with her before the end. The main thing was her knowing that her now grown kids were around her. As seems to have been the case with your mom. May she have peace and good traveling to whatever lies beyond.

Peace and hugs, Jane

So sorry to hear this. For her the pain is done, the healing complete. Our hurt lasts longer, but will also heal with time.

I tried to post a candle and it showed up in preview but not in my comment.

Oh well. There is a candle burning in my heart, Jane, for you and your mom and your whole family.

Jane and family,
my deepest condolences. My mother died in my arms 12 years ago, it was hard but I would’nt have had it any other way. Remember the good times, the love, and the humor!

My heartfelt condolences. I lost my dear brother 10 years ago and…that’s all I’ll say.

Jane
Your whole family is here. Deepest condolences.

My deepest sympathy to Jane and her family. I know how hard it is to lose a parent.

Perhaps, when she has sufficiently recovered, Jane can suggest a cause or charity for FDLers to contribute to in honor of her mother.

I’m very sorry for your loss Jane. My thoughts are with you and your family on this most difficult of days.

My deepest sympathies…

Jane,

Please accept my deepest condolences to you and your family on your loss.

Jane,
I am very sad for your loss. I would love to know more about this strong woman so that I can celebrate her memory.

Jane,
Of course my condolences…but celebrate the best parts of mom’s life along with the grieving.
Have some soup and a Dr.Pepper to keep your strength up.
Dan in Beaverton

Firepups are crying.

Jane,

We are profoundly saddened by your loss and share your grief-

Let us always remember…
Be Generous
..with your time
..your love
..your life

Larry

So very sorry for Jane and her family. Thank goodness Moms phsyical suffering didn’t have to continue. Thanks Christy for keeping us pups informed.

My prayers are with Jane and her family.

Jane, I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m glad you and your sister are there for each other and were able to be there for your mom.

Jane- My heart is heavy with sorrow for you. You have given me so much and I can only give you words in return… I am so sorry for your loss.

Dave Latchaw: yes.

Jane, I am so sorry you lost your mother. I don’t think we “get over it” as time passes. The hole never fills up; it’s just there. No matter how old we get, our parents can still make us feel like lost children, and never more so than when they are gone forever. But the deep wordless bond with a human being who shares unconditional love with you is worth all the pain of losing them. And after a while, the pain leaves the front of your brain to take up residence in a back room where it isn’t so demanding.

My sincere condolences Jane.Wiping away a tear for you and your family.May God hold her in his hands and give you strength to endure.I lost my mom 5 days before my 21st birthday.She still watches over me.Yours will too.

I am so sorry for Jane and her family. My heart goes out to them and hurts for their loss.

I am grateful she was able to be there at this sorrowful time.

Emotions and values intertwined and given life through action across the generations; past on and adapted. Life goes on, the struggle to be decent and caring goes on. Jane has friends and allies she’s never met. Consider me one. And her mom’s spirit moves among us in ways we can’t see or even imagine.

Very sorry to read this. I recall when my own mother died, and it was quite a hole in my life: the absence of a person who has known and loved me since the moment I was born. No one else like that at the time. (My father had died years before.)

It takes time to get one’s head and heart around that absence. My condolences to Jane and the family.

My sincerest condolences. ((((hugs))))

Dear Jane,

Your mother must have been an amazing woman, and you are the proof positive of that, she no doubt had more than a little to do with what a bright, committed and inspiring person you are. You are obviously surrounded by much love within your immediate family and beyond to your extended blogosphere family. For myself I just wanted to add my condolences at her passing and wish you healing and peace.

Grace and peace to you and yours, Jane.

I am so very sorry. Mr. K8 and I send our love.

We know that there is nothing for it, but to go through the pain, as when a mighty storm crashes over you. The pain is the price of love.

Our prayers go out to you and your family.

My heartfelt sympathies to Jane and family.

Robbie 64

And her mom’s spirit moves among us in ways we can’t see or even imagine.

Nice.

So sorry, Jane (and to the rest of your family).

Take care of yourself, hear?

Oh, my deepest, deepest condolences to you and your family, Jane.

Your mother was a joy to us all, because she raised you to be who you are today. She had so much to be proud of.

Take care.

I am sorry of the loss to you and your family, and wish the best for you.

For Jane the big hurt begins. Nothing anyone can say will make a difference. I know. Why do mothers have to leave? There should be a rule against it. And for me, there will be one less star in the Oklahoma skies tonight. For we have lost another precious Oklahoman. I sincerely wish Jane the best.

Our family’s deepest sympathy to you and your family, we are simply heartbroken for ya and pray there’s a swarm of Angels to provide comfort to you and your sis

The cord that binds us one to the other can not be cut, surely not by death

Dear Jane - My love and my best efforts of condolances go out to you and your sister. Please take all the time in the world to take care of eachother.

Condolences to you Jane and and to your family.

“You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.”
(Exodus 9:4)

Heartfelt condolences on your loss, Jane. You are not alone, though, we are with you no matter the distance.

Jane,

I hope in time your sadness turns to smiles in memory of you mom.

I’m very sorry to hear of your loss, Jane. I know what that feels like, having it happen to me and my family about three years ago. Best wishes.

Deepest condolences, Jane and your loved ones. It’s a blessing that your mother could see you becoming successful in a young endeavor that is fulfilling and meaningful to so many people.

My prayers and thoughts go to Jane and her family. Love never dies, and that is a great comfort over time.

deepest sympaty

Deepest condolences to Jane and her family and friends.

So sorry, Jane.

W. H. Auden expresses the pain of separation when someone we deeply love dies: (IX in Twelve Songs)
“The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.”

Hang in there, Jane. We’re all thinking about you.

Just…so sorry to hear this. All of our best wishes go with you.

Jane, I am sorry for the death of your mother and my thoughts go with you.

Oh Jane,I’m so sorry.But I am glad you could be there and be with her.

There’s not alot to say at a time of loss,but do know we all are with you in spirit and with love.((((gentle hugs))))

My deepest regrets for the loss of your Mother, Jane. Mothers are truly the heart that keeps on beating — for in you and your siblings, and everyone who has known her and you, her memory will stay alive for a very long time into the future. I believe life is a relay, passing the baton of good heart, strength to endure, and hope for the future on to those remaining on this earth.

Close your eyes and just feel the love of those that have met Life’s only ending. Only to keep that love alive.

My thoughts are with you and your family and you now face this world with only her memory to comfort.

My deepest sympathies to you, Jane -

I trust she saw how much she inspired you in your current role - and how much you inspire others, in turn.

She must have been a remarkable woman to have raised such a daughter as Jane …

My deepest sympathies go out to Jane and her family in this difficult time. Take your time coming back. We’ll all be thinking of you in the meantime.

I am moved by the caring and eloquence of firedoglake’s supporters.

My sympathies for your loss, Jane.

My deepest condolences to you, Jane, and to your family. I’m glad you were able to be there to ease your mother’s passage; I’m sure she felt the sweet comfort of your love and caring, and she will live in your heart forever.

Anne

My deepest sympathies to Jane and her family.

So sorry for your tremendous loss. I hope that you will be gentle with yourself in this very sad time. My thoughts are with you.

Jane and family, deepest sympathies at this time. I’m getting choked up as I type this. My own mother passed away a couple of years ago, but we were able to be with her at the end. Take care of yourself. You will be in my thoughts.

sweetp

Please accept my condolences….

Upon the lotus flower
morning dew is
thinning out.

Sometimes words aren’t enough and poetry can properly step into the breach.

Blessings and God’s speed to your mom, Jane. I send you strength to get you through this passage.

… joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.

Kahlil Gibran

My thoughts are with you Jane.

The thoughts and prayers of our family are with you today. So sorry for your loss.

…she’s on that boat now….

With deepest sympathy, my condolences, Jane, to you and your family.

So sorry to hear the news. My sympathies to all.

Words fail

Hugs to you, Jane, from a daily reader.

“And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”

Jane, I’m sorry for your loss. It’s not an easy thing for a child of any age to go through. Peace to you and your family.

Jane:

A poem by Blaga Dimitrova

“In the beginning was the word,
and in the end - lack of words?
I accept death
in the same way
the child does not.
The forbidden sea-
for the imagination
what is forbidden
is the wind for the fire.
The word is my open sea.
I throw myself in it.
Alone. Wirth the word in my throat
like a stone on my neck-
I sink, I sink-
a sealed bottle-
to emerge in the word.

Jane, I am so sorry for your loss. May you find strength in your mother’s love.

Jane, you are in my thoughts and prayers. In times to come, memories will get you through - and even, sometimes, make you smile.

Oh, Jane, I’m so very sorry to hear this. Although you may be feeling inconsolable at the moment, please accept my deepest condolences. There are never the right words. Your mother has imprinted such amazing qualities in you. Take those and in time go forward in her honor.
Warmest regards,
Gayle

My deepest condolences. Let us know if we can do anything for you. :(

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

Love really is all there is. Hope you can feel ours for you and yours, Jane.

I saw an epitaph which rings true:

“The death of a mother is the first sorrow we won’t share with her”.

Best wishes and prayers from an inveterate lurker.

I am so sorry to hear this, Jane. My deepest condolences to you, your sister and all of your family.

Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep Peace of the flowing air to you
Deep Peace of the quiet Earth to you
Deep Peace of the shining stars to you
Deep Peace of the gentle night to you
Moon and stars pour forth their healing light on you.
Deep Peace to you. Deep Peace!

Condolences.

Ghostman

So very sorry to hear it. Jane, you and your sister are in my prayers. Blessings.

Jane, profound condolences for your loss. Tears here, too.

I am so sorry, Jane. Please know that we are all praying for you and sending our warmest thoughts and sympathy to you. May God enfold you in His mercy and bring you comfort through this painful time.

Much love,
David

Condolences and warmest thoughts to you during this time.

Soisialach

Jane, I’m so sorry for your family’s loss.

Most sincere condolences, Jane.

When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave
Their mirth and their employments, and shall come
And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages glide away, the sons of men,
The youth in life’s green spring, and he who goes
In the full strength of years, matron and maid, The speechless babe, and the gray-headed man –
Shall one by one be gathered to thy side By those, who in their turn shall follow them.

Dear Jane– my heart goes out to you. She may be gone, but she is not lost. Love endures.

Jane, your family here at the Lake are mourning with you.

Jane, Please remember your mom at her best and remember that what she wanted most for you was to be happy, the prayer of all mothers.
Regards,
Marion

My sincere condolences, and wishes for peace beyond the sorrow.

I wanted to extend my condolences as well to Jane and her family. From what Jane has written - her mom sounds wonderful. My thoughts and sympathies are with all of them.

‘Sleep sweetly, tender heart, in peace;
Sleep, holy spirit, blessed soul,
While the stars burn, the moons increase,
And the great ages onward roll.’”
- Alfred Lord Tennyson

Dear Jane,
I’m so sorry to hear of your mother’s passing and your sorrow. Suzanne

Jane — my sympathy and prayers to both you and your family.

I wrote this when my father died this year:

“With grace moving in the world, my father will stop being afraid, and his spirit will at last be free.”

Your mother’s spirit will be with you and your family. The loss may be devasting now, but as the grief passes, you will find comfort in her memory and her presence.

I’m real sorry for you Jane.

My heart goes out to you and your family in this time of loss.

Jane,

My deepest sympathies and empathies. I lost my Dad in 1992, Mom in 1993.

Grieve in your own way, there is no ‘right’ or ‘correct’ way. Laugh, cry, scream, shout, do what what feels natural at that time.

{{{{hugs}}}}

Jane,

My condolences go out to you and your family.

Peace be with you and your family, Jane. Know that you are beloved by so many of us.

Jane, I’m so sorry to hear about your mother. She must have been so proud of you. Sending warm, supportive thoughts your way.

Jane; my sincerest condolences.

Jane,
You have touched us in very profound ways through this blog.
I know this to be more true now because my heart hurts and I feel sorrow.
We will be here and strong for you.

Peace.

T-

Oh Jane, I am so sorry. I read fdl every day, and I feel like you’re my family. My heart is breaking for you today.

Oh, Jane. Big hugs to you.

Deepest sympathy, Jane. While there is obviously no silver lining at a moment like this, there’s value in the fact that you were able to be there for her, that family was there, that you and your mother had at least some opportunity to make peace with the dictates of fate. Warmest thoughts in this difficult time.

We are thinking of you and your family and we are sorry for your loss..