A Carl Story

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Fi - 05 Dec 2005 15:24 GMT

Hi,

As many of you know, my husband Carl passed away a couple of weeks ago. At
the memorial we asked people to share Carl stories and there were a lot of
good ones! Here is one I'd like to share with this group:

Carl called me at work one day. He had gone back to sleep after I'd left
that morning and woke up in a panic. He couldn't breathe and he couldn't
move his legs! He lay there for about 5 minutes, scared to death that he'd
had a stroke. Finally he looked down and discovered:

Felix, our huge fluffy (part Maine coon) tuxedo cat - fast asleep on his
chest.
Eddie, the tiny grey tabby (making the most of her three pounds) - asleep on
his ankles.

Neither was pleased to be woken up by him laughing his head off.

Fi
Missing Carl and Felix very much.
www.carlsmith.ca

PS: One of Carl's cousins came up to me at the memorial and said "You are so
much prettier than I thought! I've only seen pictures of you." Please keep
that in mind when you see the photo of me on Carl's website.

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Karen - 05 Dec 2005 16:21 GMT

I feel so bad for you. Man, he looks like the MOST fun person. And you look
so YOUNG! I can't believe this has to happen. My head knows it does, but my
heart aches for you.

Karen
(who has had a few of those feline paralyzed mornings herself!)

> Hi,
>
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> much prettier than I thought! I've only seen pictures of you." Please keep
> that in mind when you see the photo of me on Carl's website.

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Yoj - 05 Dec 2005 20:08 GMT

> Hi,
>
[quoted text clipped - 21 lines]
> much prettier than I thought! I've only seen pictures of you." Please keep
> that in mind when you see the photo of me on Carl's website.

Fi,

Thank you for sharing this story. It is delightful.

In case I haven't already offered them, my condolences on the loss of your
husband. I lost mine 20 years ago. He was 56 at the time. All I can say
is that the times where the pain is strong get farther apart, and eventually
the pain becomes less. It isn't easy to build a new life, but you can do
it.

(((((((((Fi)))))))))

Joy

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polonca12000 - 05 Dec 2005 22:26 GMT

Thank you so much for sharing this lovely story with us, Fi.
We are thinking of you, sending lots of gentle hugs,
Polonca and Soncek

> Hi,
>
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> much prettier than I thought! I've only seen pictures of you." Please keep
> that in mind when you see the photo of me on Carl's website.

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Cheryl - 05 Dec 2005 23:49 GMT

> As many of you know, my husband Carl passed away a couple of
> weeks ago. At the memorial we asked people to share Carl stories
> and there were a lot of good ones! Here is one I'd like to share
> with this group:

Thanks for sharing that! I'm so glad you can share the funny stories,
it helps so much. I lost my son (23 years old) nearly 3 years ago and
I try to share stories about him, but mostly it's just in person
rather than typing about him. It is theraputic.

best wishes and hugs and purrs.

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Cheryl

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jmcquown - 05 Dec 2005 23:52 GMT

> Hi,
>
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> Please keep that in mind when you see the photo of me on Carl's
> website.

Thank you for sharing this. It must be difficult to get through and I won't
pretend I can imagine. But it is obvious you loved each other very much and
that will help you get through this. He's still with you and always will
be.

{{{{{{fiona}}}}}}

Jill

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