Goodbye Tim

[yes_justice]

I was sharing a potluck Thanksgiving meal with my friends. Tim & Kim (husband and wife) had prepared turkey.

We shared an evening. Laughing, feeding, and enjoying each others energy. Tim had not been feeling well the last couple of weeks and he joked about getting an aneurysm and dying. He wasn't looking right, his color was pale and he was quieter than usual. Tim has taken care of Kim for the last two years after she suffered a severe injury to her leg. Tim has been a heroic nurse to her during recent hard times. Tonight, he looked like he was ill himself. Around 9pm Tim and Kim left for home.

Tim went home and collapsed. Kim called paramedics and they pronounced him dead shortly after arriving.

Kim is in tears. Its so hard to believe. One second we were laughing, hugging, and sharing a meal, the next second he has slipped away.

One second Kim is a wife, the next a widow. I am stunned. I don't have much else to say.

Comments

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

This is tragic. I'm sure you'll give her whatever support she needs.
My thoughts are with you (but getting spread rather thin, alas).
Take care of yourself.

[sasquatch.livejournal.com]

Wow, I'm so sorry.

[sabotabby]

That's horrible. I'm so sorry.

[sopay.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry for you loss. How awful for you and his family.

[shunra.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry. Bodies are such frail containers for the wondrous spirits that people have.

[serendipity.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so sorry.

[rpeate.livejournal.com]

Robert: "Oh, my god!"

Robin: "Oh, my god!"

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

oh man. sorry for your loss. Crazy.

[sparklescamp.livejournal.com]

Geesh. I don't know what to say. But I wanted to try to say something. How shocking. Mine a Thanksgiving of beginnings and yours, one of endings. But the beginnings and the endings are constant, I suppose. It is a reminder to me, if I need one right now, to live an entire lifetime in each and every day.

[thatdamnninja.livejournal.com]

I know this is probably not what you want to hear right now, but I can think of no better way to go than while laughing and sharing a meal with the finest people in my life.

Not many people go knowing they are loved, and I hope you and Kim are able to get through this as best as you can.

[lahermite.livejournal.com]

*holds you for a really long time*

safe journeys to the next hunting ground, tim.

*keeps kim in light*

[waterowl.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[zakkati.livejournal.com]

That is just terrible. For what it's worth, my thoughts are with you and Kim.

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[sunfireshine.livejournal.com]

you're all in my heart