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Peace and love for you and your family. Your Dad rests easy this day. My condolences on your loss <3

In midst of the greif it's good to see that your dad had such a wonderful daughter who stayed by his side until the very end. My condolences!

I’m sorry for your loss…
May he rest in peace.
Sending you much strength. Big !HUG

My condolences. Best wishes to you and your family in dealing with the loss.

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Sending so much love to you xxxx

I'm so sorry for your loss, my dear one. He was a tremendous man. ❀️

RIP, my condolences to you

No words can comfort one when losing someone you've known from the very first day of your life. Much love to you @riverflowsπŸ’”

I've been struggling to express it well. Simplicity seems the go. Devastating.

I wish you strength and peace as you mourn this great loss.

All my love, thoughts and prayers to you and your family, River. Dad is resting peacefully now.🌺

I am so sorry for your loss, River. He fought the battle not alone but with you and your mom by his side, I am sure that was huge for him - as it was for you. May your dad rest in peace.

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He was blessed with solid support. My mum was incredible.

You were incredible during this tough time. Please give yourself some credit too. I know that is something that doesn't come easy to some (I don't accept compliments easily either).

I admire your mom. Mine was similar though my dad's fight with cancer...

Women rule!

Well, men, too πŸ˜‡

HUGS

That man fought one hell of a battle. Rest in piece, legend. My condolences to you and your family.

He bloody well did. So fucked.

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Aweee. What a handsome dad. So much love and comfort as you continue the next chapter of your life. β€οΈβ€οΈπŸ™πŸŽ΅

P.S. today would have been my dad's 76th bday. But, he passed away 22yrs ago in a car accident. Life certainly has its way. All my condolences yo everyone grieving his physically being gone from this life.

Oh gosh. I always think how lucky I was to have him so long. Yeah all my mates at school thought he was hot 🀣

So sorry for your loss Rivers. You were there with him all along his last leg of the journey, I'm sure he will be carrying the beautiful memories with him. β™₯️

I can't believe I was there visiting. I desperately wanted to be there and so it was. An honour.

Very sweet photo of him. My thoughts are with you and your family, have been all day, and will be for a long while.

Thanks so much. Can feel it from here. He loved Ford custom lines and I saw a beauty the day before he died.

RIP to your dad and condolences to you πŸ€—

All the best to you and your family in this difficult time. Losing a loved one is never easy. I'm certain his light and love will shine forever! 🌟

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May his gentle, kind, humble, sweet, funny, caring music loving soul rest in peace @riverflows

All the love going your way from Ireland. I know I never met or knew him, but through your writing and what I see in his eyes above I can tell he was all those things I mention above.

Mind yourself, especially when all of the craziness settles down in the next few days after the funeral

May the road rise to meet him,
May the wind be always at his back.
May the sun shine warm upon his face,
The rains fall soft upon his fields.
And until ye meet again,
May God hold him in the palm of his hand.

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Oh @ablaze thanks so much for this. So kind. I'm composing a wake playlist of all the songs he loved and we shared with him over the years and I'm sure I'll be doing a few #ttt to help me come to terms with his material loss.

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Beautifully said πŸ’—

No words... β™₯️

It's been coming for a while as you know. But fuck. This hurts.

I sure know how it feels and I can tell you that it will become less painful, over time. Keep focusing on the happy memories β™₯οΈπŸ€—

I hope so as it hurts so much. We feel a bit better today As We had the service yesterday x

My deep condolences, hang in there.

Sending you so much love, my darling. I'm so sorry to hear your sad news but I'm glad that you got to spend time with your dad over the past few months. I've been a bit AWOL on Hive outside of community work. I'm trying to catch up and read through some of your posts. Big hugs to you and your family xx πŸ’”

I was really lucky to spend time - we had good laughs amongst the pain. I'll never forget it and it feels like the whole reason I went away and rented the house was so I had to live with them those last few months.

Hope things are okay with you. It's hard to be present here when life happens.

It's so interesting the way things turn out.

it feels like the whole reason I went away and rented the house was so I had to live with them those last few months.

Absolutely! I don't doubt it for a second. I am reminded of Hamlet:

β€œThere are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

Indeed! You were looked after. You all were.

Ps: and me? Thanks for asking πŸ₯°I'm ok. Just been a little overwhelmed with the young men in my life (my 13 and 11-year-old boys). It feels like they take turns giving me a run for my money when it comes to struggles and issues at school. So, it's a little emotionally draining at the moment. Fortunately, Jack starts a course of therapy sessions with an Occupational Therapist soon which is aimed at sensory integration and emotional regulation. My mom would always say... don't worry, this too shall pass. I think I'm gonna hold her to that! I am working on some more short stories but they may take a couple of weeks to appear on Hive. I'm hanging in there :-)

Big loves, my friend xx