VICKI, BOB AND DUFFY –

WORDS OF CONDOLENCE GIVEN MOST LIKELY CAN NOT AND WILL NOT ASSUAGE ANY SADNESS AND SORROW YOU HOLD AND FEEL UPON THE LOSS THROUGH DEATH OF YOUR HUSBAND AND FATHER WHO WAS KNOWN AND CALLED “JIM” BY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND “HIMSELF” AS WELL.  NOT KNOWING WHAT ELSE IS TO AND CAN BE DONE AT THIS TIME OF GRIEF WE DO ANYWAY ALWAYS SPEAK AND WRITE WORDS INTENDED TO CONDOLE HOPING THAT THEY WILL PERHAPS SOMEHOW AND IN SOMEWAY AFTER ALL DIMINISH, MITIGATE, RELIEVE OR OTHERWISE ALLAY SADNESS AND SORROW.

THE MIND KNOWS THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH BUT THE HEART CARRIES THE WISH THAT THIS INEVITABILITY WASN’T SO WHEN IT DOES OCCUR, WELL JUST NOT YET ANYWAY BECAUSE WE’RE LIKELY NOT READY FOR THIS INEVITABILITY BUT READY OR NOT THE REALIZATION COMES THAT THE BODY’S ENDURANCE IN LIFE IS NOT INEXHAUSTIBLE AND THE LIFE FORCE WITHIN WILL EVENTUALLY EXTINGUISH WHEN THE ABILITY TO ENDURE LIFE EXHAUSTS.  MY BELIEF OF “JIM” IS THAT HE ALWAYS TRAVELED ON LIFE’S HIGHWAY IN THE ONE WAY MY WAY LANE AND THIS WAS LIKELY TRUE OF HIM EVEN TO THE END.  I LAMENT THAT THE ACQUAINTANCE FRIENDSHIP I HAD AND ENJOYED WITH “JIM” HAS ENDED COINCIDENTALLY WITH HIS LIFE’S HOUR GLASS RUNNING OUT IN HIS EIGHT THIRD YEAR.  GOD’S WILL BE DONE – R.I.P. “JIM”.  GOING FORWARD I’LL BE RECALLING HAPPY AND PLEASANT MEMORIES OF “JIM” WITH YOU ALL THAT I HAVE AND WHICH WERE MADE OVER THE LAST FIFTY YEARS.

SINCERELY AND ALWAYS – “MR. BARBER”