63 Years of Blessings with my father - may he RIP + his obituary and my Eulogy

[dadsdrdawn]

I wish every one of you reading this, caring for a loved one, or suffering from Cancer...

...as many blessings as I had with my father who was diagnosed 17 years ago - and lived a blessed life for 88 years.

Love to you all,

Dawn

The slideshow is very uplifting and I hope you will feel the love I felt when you read my Eulogy.

* The picture is from my dad's 88th Birthday - July 7th, 1923

desmondfuneralhome.com/obit...

docs.google.com/document/d/...

[Tall_Allen]

I'm sorry for your loss, Dawn. I very much enjoyed the glimpse of him provided by your eulogy.

[Kaliber]

my deepest condolences Dawn , your father looked happy being surrounded with love.

❤️❤️❤️

[Carlosbach]

Dawn, A moving tribute to your dad. I'm glad you had that last day alone with him.

[FMOH_N]

With my deepest condolences to you and your family.

Very nice picture

[dockam]

My sincerest Condolences to you and the Family.

What a Beautiful and Poignant Video and Eulogy - The LOVE was so evident in both💙

He lived a Great Life and got PCa in the dark ages of PCa treatment and LIVED 17 years - that's Amazing

Rest in Peace Jim and Suffer no more

Huge Hugs from CA

Randy

[dadsdrdawn in reply to dockam]

Randy!!!!! Thank you for the beautiful bracelets and the page of heartfelt words....I started crying then I ended up smiling.

You are a gem, and I am happy to be in your circle of love.

With gratitude,

Dawn

[dockam in reply to dadsdrdawn]

Yay, glad that it arrived so quickly and that page was a compilation of song lyrics and quotes that I sent with those who wanted a St Peregrine Prayer Card.

I shoulda printed it on light blue paper😂

Please take a pic and I wanna send it to my Ventura Vendor

Mahalo Sis please keep in touch 💙

Me ke Aloha Pumehana

Your new Bro Randy

[dadsdrdawn in reply to dockam]

Hey Randy - A picture of the bracelet, or the paper lol...I'll take one and post it here when I know what you want

love - dawn

[dockam in reply to dadsdrdawn]

Oops Sorry, a pic of the bracelet on LoL - My bad

[Darryl Partner]

condolences

[zeitgeistxx]

My condolences and a thank-you. Thanks for the reminder to cherish the time we have and make the most of it.

[timotur]

Dawn, that was a beautiful tribute to your Dad. I can tell from that picture he was a champ, and so are you. Loved that line ”someday is now”! May he RIP and God bless your family!

[Flash64]

I'm so sorry for your loss. Thank you for the wonderful slideshow!

[Mw921000000]

I am so sorry 💔 sending prayers to you and your family and wishing you a positive journey towards healing. Your dad looks like he lived a long beautiful life! May he rest in peace 🙏🏻

[Sisira]

Thank you very much for sharing with us the wonderful life of your beloved father.May he rest in eternal peace 🙏 .

[hopeful1956]

Please accept my heartfelt condolences to you and your family. Love and light.

[HikerWife]

I'm so sorry for your loss. Wonderful pictures and tribute - thank you for sharing your Dad with us all. He was obviously blessed with a lot of love.

[Pheart2]

My heartfelt condolences to you and your family

[16starsky]

So very sorry to hear that your beloved Dad has passed. He looks like a lovely Man. I lost my Mum earlier this year, she was also 88years, although she did not pass from Cancer. I miss her everyday.

Sending hugs and condolences to you and your family.

[BanjoPicker]

Thanks for the glimpse into a life well lived. Condolences to you and your family.

[Amadeus71]

🙏❤💪

[Currumpaw]

Dawn,

To you and all the members of your wonderful family, your memories will be your strength. Love never dies.

There will be times when you will need each other. Sometimes friends or clergy--and sometimes we are best served by being alone with our memories.

We learn to live with a loss. It will never "heal". We never "get over it". Appreciating the time of a shared life with someone as special as your father can be bittersweet when death separates us. Myself, I would never trade the time shared with some in who have been in my life for the pain that their death caused. It is a bad bargain, but I take it willingly.

Be strong when you need to be. Grieve when you have to.

Currumpaw

[Bethpage]

I am so very sorry for the loss of your dad, Dawn. He fought bravely for 17 years. He is proud of you for the way you expressed your love in your eulogy. May God bless.

[KocoPr]

I'm so sorry to hear you lost your dad, but heartened you got to hold his hand on his last day and tell him you loved him and you both shed tears of love and sadness.

His great memories and drive will live on through all his children and grand children.

Make sure you tell him to put a a special bell on those gates for cancer warriors to ring when it's our time so he can guide us through.

RIP Jim

[j-o-h-n]

For the both of you....

youtube.com/watch?v=DqYC0DL...(Not working as expected?)

j-o-h-n Saturday 08/26/2023 2:59 PM DST

[dadsdrdawn in reply to j-o-h-n]

Love this! Sean has been a close friend for 30+ years, and played his guitar the entire day of my fathers lunch...Thank you XO

[cancerfox]

What a moving Eulogy! Both you and your father were lucky to have each other.....live the rest of your life like your father advised, as should the rest of us.

[Wife32]

I am sorry for the loss of your very special father. Thank you for sharing with us. Your dad raised an amazing daughter.

[TEXAS_dan2022]

He was obviously a fighter. Sorry for your loss but as my father said, he is no longer in pain or suffering from when will it end scenarios. Don't know our religious heritage but as a Christian, he is in a much better place now.

[garyjp9]

Deepest condolences to you and your family. You gave a lovely eulogy. May he rest in peace.

[dockam]

Hi Dawn, again I'm so saddened to hear of His passing :-(.

I'm placing a Memorial Tile up in Ventura this weekend, I have dozens of names of men taken by d*mn PCa. I can add his name if you'd wish

Me ke Aloha Pumehana - with Warm Love - Randy

youtu.be/SXJmEA0LEoE?si=_m_...(Not working as expected?)

[dadsdrdawn in reply to dockam]

I would LOVE and be honored for you to add my fathers name...can you please share it with me either in a message, or here when you do?

God Bless you and I am praying for you all, and all of the people that care for you.

With love,

Dawn

[dockam in reply to dadsdrdawn]

Okay, wonderful - Jim Ryan?

And I will post pix of it here after I place it up in Ventura this weekend

Mahalo for the Prayers

Hugs💙 - Randy

[dadsdrdawn in reply to dockam]

Yes. Jim Ryan. love to you back. Dawn

[JWPMP in reply to dockam]

dadsdrdawn is looking for this post .

[dockam in reply to JWPMP]

Mahalo, just responded to her, and I'm heading to Ventura on Sat to place the the tile and pick up something that I had a Vendor do for me

Randy

[JWPMP in reply to dockam]

You are awesome...love your posts

[dockam in reply to JWPMP]

Aww, Mahalo, just tryna Make Ripples and Spread Aloha💙,

Life's too short to be a jerk 😁.

Next QolIng HU post from this Weekend gonna be gon be crazy😂

Fight on

QoL on

Randy

[JWPMP in reply to dockam]

Look forward to it! You are encouraging and inspiring. You also remind me of my father. He lived on Molokai for 17 years. He was a happy, wonderful man. He moved back to the mainland in 2004. Lost him 11 years ago to Glioblastoma, but he stayed with me and had the most positive attitude to the end.

Anyway, thank you ...

[dockam in reply to JWPMP]

Good morning and Happy Caturday😁 Gon head up to Ventura around 1pm, when I break fast, I do 16 hr fasting from 9pm to 1pm the next day.

I'm meeting a vendor up there who I had make up something for PCa awareness month. Her booth is on the bike path where the Memorial Planter is located venturabreeze.com/2022/05/1...

So sorry to hear of your Dad passing ! F Cancer

youtu.be/6Bpt53CM_JY?si=pW2...(Not working as expected?)

Mahalo

Kuuipo - Sweetheart in Hawaiian

[dadsdrdawn in reply to dockam]

Thank you so much for all you do and believe. My father is rooting you on in life right now , and he was a POWERFUL and OPTIMISTIC man

I am sending so much love to you right now.

Happiest picture of my dad and me at his 88th birthday - 6 weeks before he passed. xo

[dockam in reply to dadsdrdawn]

Ohhh, you're so Welcome and My Pleasure - I said before that Cui Bono - who benefits - both parties do, the giver and the receiver💙

What a Beautiful picture of you two!! I lost my dad to pancreatic cancer in 1995 and he was only 68

My ex early on in 2015 said that I flew under the radar my whole life, why put yourself out there, I replied that I think that I could help.

blog.athlinks.com/2017/05/1...

youtu.be/FfHAs9cdTqg?si=96h...(Not working as expected?)

Much Love and Aloha right back atcha Sis,

I'm heading North and will post the Memorial Tile this pm

Randy😂

Runner's World Quote of the Day

[Yadifan]

I'm so very sorry for your loss. What a beautiful tribute to a wonderful man! Prayers for strength and comfort for you and your family.

[docbulldog]

Condolences to you and your family for the loss of your father. Thank you for sharing those wonderful memories, he taught you well.