Comments on: A Sense of Community: My Mother’s Passing https://www.drtimgillespie.com/a-sense-of-community-my-mothers-passing/ Tue, 12 Nov 2013 01:49:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Timothy E. Gillespie, DMD https://www.drtimgillespie.com/a-sense-of-community-my-mothers-passing/#comment-54 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 01:49:34 +0000 http://drtimgillespie.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-54 In reply to Gayle Hanley.

Thanks so much, Gayle.

]]> By: Gayle Hanley https://www.drtimgillespie.com/a-sense-of-community-my-mothers-passing/#comment-53 Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:08:04 +0000 http://drtimgillespie.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-53 Dr. Gillespie,

I’m so very sorry for your loss. It’s always difficult to lose one’s mother.
Will keep you and your family in my prayers.

]]> By: Timothy E. Gillespie, DMD https://www.drtimgillespie.com/a-sense-of-community-my-mothers-passing/#comment-52 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 23:12:07 +0000 http://drtimgillespie.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-52 In reply to Nimil.

Thanks so much, Nimil. Hope you are well.

]]> By: Nimil https://www.drtimgillespie.com/a-sense-of-community-my-mothers-passing/#comment-51 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:30:09 +0000 http://drtimgillespie.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-51 Tim,
I am truly sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

]]> By: Timothy E. Gillespie, DMD https://www.drtimgillespie.com/a-sense-of-community-my-mothers-passing/#comment-50 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:21:27 +0000 http://drtimgillespie.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-50 In reply to cheryl.

Thanks so much, Cheryl!

]]> By: Timothy E. Gillespie, DMD https://www.drtimgillespie.com/a-sense-of-community-my-mothers-passing/#comment-49 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:19:26 +0000 http://drtimgillespie.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-49 In reply to BAMHappy.

Agree, Margaret! Thanks for the care and concern!

]]> By: cheryl https://www.drtimgillespie.com/a-sense-of-community-my-mothers-passing/#comment-48 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:04:07 +0000 http://drtimgillespie.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-48 Tim-awesome blog post. It is sad that it takes a love one passing away to celebrate the love of family and friends. Your mom did a great job raising a wonderful son. I am sure she and your dad are looking down with such pride of the man you have become!

]]> By: BAMHappy https://www.drtimgillespie.com/a-sense-of-community-my-mothers-passing/#comment-47 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 20:41:41 +0000 http://drtimgillespie.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-47 Hey Tim – we’re still too young to be without our parents! So sorry for you, Mike, Myra, and your entire family. Glad you’re able to spend time with your family and friends. Blessings to you – Margaret

]]> By: Timothy E. Gillespie, DMD https://www.drtimgillespie.com/a-sense-of-community-my-mothers-passing/#comment-46 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:45:34 +0000 http://drtimgillespie.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-46 In reply to Anne Plyler.

That is so nice, Ann. Thanks so much for the thoughts, prayers, and encouragement. The poem is beautiful, and just what I needed!

]]> By: Anne Plyler https://www.drtimgillespie.com/a-sense-of-community-my-mothers-passing/#comment-45 Mon, 04 Nov 2013 16:22:01 +0000 http://drtimgillespie.wordpress.com/?p=426#comment-45 Tim, your words are wise, witty, and wonderful. Thank you for sharing your loss and for allowing those of us who care for you to be a part of this very important part your life. Some say you never truly become an adult until you’ve experienced the loss of a parent. Your Mother sounds like quite a character and she obviously did a fine job on you! I know the adjustment to her loss will take time and I hope as you go through the process, you’ll appreciate these portions of John O’Donohue’s poem, On Grief:

When you lose someone you love,
Your life becomes strange.
The ground beneath you gets fragile,
Your thoughts make your eyes unsure;
And some dead echo drags your voice down
Where words have no confidence.

Gradually, you’ learn acquaintance
With the invisible form of your departed;
And when the work of grief is done,
The wound of loss will heal
And you will have learned
To wean your eyes
From that gap in the air
And be able to enter the hearth
In your soul where your loved one
Has awaited your return
All the time.

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