The Loss of a Loved One

USMCGrunt · Post by **USMCGrunt** » Sun Feb 18, 2001 4:35 am

Wild Bill,

Having poked fun both at you and with you in the past, I know you are a man of both integrity and perserverence. I can say from personal experience that losing a family member or friend is never easy. But my thoughts and best wishes go with you and yours. Fair Winds and Following Seas my friend.

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USMCGrunt

-When it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight.

Major_Johnson · Post by **Major_Johnson** » Sun Feb 18, 2001 5:17 am

WB, I am ever so sorry to hear of your families loss. May God give comfort during this difficult time and may memories of happier times heal the hurt you and they are feeling now.

Jeff

Bandit Jim · Post by **Bandit Jim** » Sun Feb 18, 2001 7:41 am

I lost my stepson to cancer this summer. My condolences. It has however made me appreciate life all the more. Some of the things that make people upset are just not that important in the real scheme of things.My prayers are with you.

Huffy · Post by **Huffy** » Sun Feb 18, 2001 10:45 am

Bill, The Lord will welcome him as he is there to ease your family's pain and loss.
My family's prayers are with you.
Take care....
Huffy

Nixk · Post by **Nixk** » Sun Feb 18, 2001 12:18 pm

Sir,
Please accept my deepest sympathies to you and your loved ones. Best wishes to all.

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Sun Feb 18, 2001 12:22 pm

Your expressions of concern and care mean so much to me. I'm going to try to make sure that my daughter reads these also. THey will mean a lot to her.

I realize more than ever as I read these that everyone of us live with pain of one sort or another.

Death is inevitable...for all of us. Each loved one lost is a reminder of what awaits all of us.

And the loss is a hard burden to bear. I'm sorry for the losses many of you who posted here have suffered.

I think there is comfort in just knowing that other people can feel and understand your pain.

I thank you all on behalf of me and my family.

Wild Bill

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In Arduis Fidelis
Wild Bill Wilder
Coordinator, Scenario Design
Matrix Games

halstein · Post by **halstein** » Sun Feb 18, 2001 6:47 pm

Wild Bill, you, and your family have my most sincere condolenses.

Halstein.

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Halstein

Gunner · Post by **Gunner** » Sun Feb 18, 2001 9:37 pm

Hi Bill,
My sincerest condolences to you and your daughter and both of your families. I feel your pain as I have lost both of my parents over the past few years to cancer,my Dad with stomach cancer and my Mom with cancer of the throat. There is no more painful thing in this world than to watch someone you love slowly waste away to this terrible disease. Take solace in the fact that his suffering is over and he is in a much better place than us. Please pass along my families condolences to your daughter and her family. I will remember you in my prayers tonight.
God Bless
Gunner

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Mon Feb 19, 2001 12:01 am

Wild Bill, I know that words cannot end your
grief, but know that there are thoughts and prayers being offered for you and your family during this difficult time.
Semper Fi
Randy

pops · Post by **pops** » Mon Feb 19, 2001 1:29 am

As a father and husband I can well imagine your heartbreak for your daughter and children especially.....all the best hopes for you and yours and strength of heart for the future...

ZinZan · Post by **ZinZan** » Mon Feb 19, 2001 2:42 am

My deepest sympathy to you and all your family

Possum · Post by **Possum** » Mon Feb 19, 2001 4:21 am

Please also accept my sympathy.
I think I know what what you are experiencing, as my father died of Aspestosis ( A form of lung cancer) 1&1/2 years ago.

rexmonday · Post by **rexmonday** » Mon Feb 19, 2001 4:49 am

All I can do is send my condolences.

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Mon Feb 19, 2001 7:53 am

And those are received with deep heartfelt gratitude, guys. To all of you, many thanks...WB

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In Arduis Fidelis
Wild Bill Wilder
Coordinator, Scenario Design
Matrix Games

rncruz · Post by **rncruz** » Mon Feb 19, 2001 9:27 am

Bill,

The soul of your son is now in other plane,
of Light, with God.He is now in peace,watching you and all loved ones.

Be strong!

Nikademus · Post by **Nikademus** » Mon Feb 19, 2001 12:22 pm

Death, what an ironic thing it is to be confronted by, when so often in the subject of our passion, it is a commonplace thing. It makes me ashamed sometimes to have my interest in military history.

Only the fact that 'to remember' is a valid and even vital point is there some vindication lest those to who confict was anything but a game be in vain.

It does'nt help. Words dont help, but one must try anyway.

Please accept my most sincere condolences WB.

Thornado · Post by **Thornado** » Mon Feb 19, 2001 2:07 pm

My deepest condolenses to you Wild Bill.

There seems to be something wrong with the world when a father outlives his son. Be assured he's in a better place now

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Thornado
- You'll never know what hit you -

Yogi Yohan · Post by **Yogi Yohan** » Mon Feb 19, 2001 2:32 pm

My condoleances to your daughter, her children and yourself. Your son in laws suffering is over, but not yours. The dead, they are in a better place, but the rest of us have to go on without them. This is what really makes death a tragedy.

I will pray for you all.

Recon_slith · Post by **Recon_slith** » Mon Feb 19, 2001 4:14 pm

Although I do not believe in god and find little of worth in religion, the prospect of death is all the more tragic for that.

My best wishes are with you.

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Reality sucks, but it's all we have.

Recon

Larry Holt · Post by **Larry Holt** » Mon Feb 19, 2001 7:27 pm

Bill,

I'm just catching up on the boards and I'm very sorry to hear of this.

Its difficult but we must try to remember that a person is not their physical part but the interaction of what they gave us and what we were able to give them. That remains with us long after the body has departed and in that manner, they remain with us.

Larry