Comments on: Late Nite FDL: We Are Gold Dust in Our Hands http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:58:45 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jeff http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-249541 Jeff Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:02:51 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-249541 <p>You’re in my prayers tonight, you and Little E.</p> You’re in my prayers tonight, you and Little E.

]]> By: Afriend http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-248610 Afriend Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:59:35 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-248610 <p>TRex, you’re just <em>SUCH A GIFTED WRITER</em>. My God! Anyway, just wanted to say I’ve been reading your blog since the Lamont-Lieb race. I’m a huge fan. . .</p> <p>Secondly, I’m sorry about your friend. Times like this call for faith of some sort. Personally, I’ve found strength in the teachings of Buddhism, but to each his own and I respect all faiths. I say whatever leads you to the way and your own path of understanding. You’ll know it when you find it. And when you find it, you’ll have found a form of peace. It can be fleeting, but it will provide for a temporary respite, and ultimately that is all we can hope for in our current human form . . . Hang in there.</p> <p>Take care. Many of us are sending you and your friend our good wishes and prayers.</p> TRex, you’re just SUCH A GIFTED WRITER. My God! Anyway, just wanted to say I’ve been reading your blog since the Lamont-Lieb race. I’m a huge fan. . .

Secondly, I’m sorry about your friend. Times like this call for faith of some sort. Personally, I’ve found strength in the teachings of Buddhism, but to each his own and I respect all faiths. I say whatever leads you to the way and your own path of understanding. You’ll know it when you find it. And when you find it, you’ll have found a form of peace. It can be fleeting, but it will provide for a temporary respite, and ultimately that is all we can hope for in our current human form . . . Hang in there.

Take care. Many of us are sending you and your friend our good wishes and prayers.

]]> By: Vicki http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-248565 Vicki Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:20:17 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-248565 <p>TRex,<br /> It is hard, I know. But at this point, she probably wants to go, and may need to hear from her friends and family that it’s okay for her to to, that you love her but you know she needs to let go and rest. </p> <p>And go ahead and yell at God. He can take it, and if you ask him to, he’ll send you peace. He sent me peace when my husband died, in a weird and wonderful way that still makes me marvel. Yell at him, then demand he send you peace….<br /> Love,<br /> V</p> TRex,
It is hard, I know. But at this point, she probably wants to go, and may need to hear from her friends and family that it’s okay for her to to, that you love her but you know she needs to let go and rest.

And go ahead and yell at God. He can take it, and if you ask him to, he’ll send you peace. He sent me peace when my husband died, in a weird and wonderful way that still makes me marvel. Yell at him, then demand he send you peace….
Love,
V

]]> By: A Hermit http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-248425 A Hermit Thu, 17 Aug 2006 19:05:48 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-248425 <p>Look at that…tearstains leaking through my monitor…</p> <p>I’m so sorry Trex…</p> Look at that…tearstains leaking through my monitor…

I’m so sorry Trex…

]]> By: Lizzy L http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-248142 Lizzy L Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:14:17 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-248142 <p>TRex, so sorry. My prayers are with you and your friend.</p> TRex, so sorry. My prayers are with you and your friend.

]]> By: Mary Katharine http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-248081 Mary Katharine Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:25:36 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-248081 <p>My thoughts are with you. Your tribute to your friend is beautiful, and I just pray you get to spend some time with her. (Tori Amos has always done that to me, too.)</p> My thoughts are with you. Your tribute to your friend is beautiful, and I just pray you get to spend some time with her. (Tori Amos has always done that to me, too.)

]]> By: Kathryn in MA http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-247975 Kathryn in MA Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:11:53 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-247975 <p>Gosh, that happened to me, too. A good friend and mah jongg partner said i should date her husband. (She had salivary gland cancer.) So i said that, in my eyes, he would always be her husband.</p> Gosh, that happened to me, too. A good friend and mah jongg partner said i should date her husband. (She had salivary gland cancer.) So i said that, in my eyes, he would always be her husband.

]]> By: Peterr http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-247945 Peterr Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:42:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-247945 <p>Way late to this thread, but want to offer my thoughts and prayers, too. Peace be with you, TRex, and with your friend too.</p> Way late to this thread, but want to offer my thoughts and prayers, too. Peace be with you, TRex, and with your friend too.

]]> By: Sharon http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-247941 Sharon Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:36:17 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-247941 <p>Ed*ard Teller #107,</p> <p>Your story reminds me of a former coworker whose wife was dying of lung cancer. He thought I was very supportive (I listened to him with sympathy), and he said his wife told him it’d be ok to date me after she passed. Oh my, but then he took a leave of absence from work, and hardly came back so it wasn’t too much of a problem. I feel for you.</p> <p>These are making me cry too much, I have to walk to the wetlands and see the birds.</p> Ed*ard Teller #107,

Your story reminds me of a former coworker whose wife was dying of lung cancer. He thought I was very supportive (I listened to him with sympathy), and he said his wife told him it’d be ok to date me after she passed. Oh my, but then he took a leave of absence from work, and hardly came back so it wasn’t too much of a problem. I feel for you.

These are making me cry too much, I have to walk to the wetlands and see the birds.

]]> By: JoyB http://firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-247930 JoyB Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:16:11 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/08/16/late-nite-fdl-we-are-gold-dust-in-our-hands/#comment-247930 <p>I’m so sad for you and your dear Little E. Glad for your chance to cover her face with kisses. Have a safe trip to your friend’s side, then carry her everywhere in your heart. She knows you will.</p> I’m so sad for you and your dear Little E. Glad for your chance to cover her face with kisses. Have a safe trip to your friend’s side, then carry her everywhere in your heart. She knows you will.

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