Thanks for all the good thoughts.

You - cantankerous? :-0

I too want to wish you well with your loss. It was moving to me to read all the messages you got. Those of us who post here often tend to think there's only a couple people here but tons of folks responded to your message. It wasn't just the volume but the sincerity that got to me. Sometimes you get glimpses of humanity still alive out here!

Chris

Cantankerous.....nah. Argumentive.......yah. ;>

My grief experience from losing my dad is best described by waves. At first they are deep and regular but eventually the waves become smaller and more intermittent. Routinely talking to my mom about it helped both of us heal.

Best wishes to you, Alan.

-Greg

Whoa! You must be sumbuddy in the ski community going by all the support you got here.

I am sorry for your loss Alan

I am a bereavement volunteer for our local Hospice. This is the exact description I give people (v. the whole Dorothy Kuebler-Ross thing) when they experience a loss.

I hope you and your Family got to celebrate his life as well as mourning his loss. Welcome back, Alan.

Thanks, Doug. I really appreciate it.

Not only did we give Dad a first class sendoff, but in all the craziness and family tension, Chris and I found a few hours to play a round of golf in memory of Dad at his private club. He'd talked about how much he was looking forward to doing it with Chris and I a couple of years ago before he got sick and so quite out of the blue Chris and I reached the same idea that we'd like to do it while we were there.

And the fine folk at Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton deserve a world of thanks. A couple of members Dad new arranged it, we played with the head pro (on his birthday, no less) and his brother and they wouldn't even let us buy them a beer to say thanks.

In the midst of a very tense time, it was a wonderfully *normal* afternoon afternoon and very welcome.

How cool is this! Your Old Man must have made a number of friends in his day for them to want to honour him like that. I'm very glad you and Cuz got to experience some of it.

Alan: My sincere sympathies. Having lost each of my parents in Vancouver, and living near Edmonton, you are very fortunate to have support people out here to have helped with the "send off". I can assure you it is even more difficult when there are few if any to offer such support.

Stuart H. Spruce Grove, AB '91 Eunos Roadster