[nfb-talk] Fwd: Jim Merryfield is Passed Away

[Ray Foret Jr]

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I'll do that this very minute.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Ellen Sanchez" <maryesanchez at grandecom.net>
To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Fwd: Jim Merryfield is Passed Away


Hello would I be able to send an encouraging email to lauren?  I did not
know if it was possible or not.  I would like to if I can as I don't see her
email address on here.
Your Friend,
Mary.

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 7:03 AM
To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org; nfb-talk at nfbnet.org; blind-rollers at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nfb-talk] Fwd: Jim Merryfield is Passed Away


>
>
>Greetings to all of y'all,
>
>    The message you see below comes from Lauren Merryfield (formerly
>known to some of you as Lauren eckery.  It is shocking news and I trust
>that all our prayers and thoughts will be with Lauren in her time of need.
>
>Hi,
>It is with a mixture of sadness and relief that I write that my beloved
>Jim died this evening at 6:15PM, August 19th, 2007.  He was exactly
>58-and-a-half years old to the day.
>
>Jim's heart muscle was weak.  He had both bacterial and viral
>infections in his lungs and they spread to other organs.  The hospital
>staff worked really hard to keep Jim going, but he was tired, and
>needed to be at peace, with no more pain and trouble breathing.
>
>Jim was the sweetest person I've ever known.  He was so helpful to me,
>without complaint, and hopefully, I was of help to him.  We think that
>our marriage probably prolonged Jim's life by years.  We were blessed
>to have celebrated our tenth anniversary May 30th of this year.  This
>is a much longer time together than we had thought we'd have.
>
> We had many enjoyable trips, shared our love of all kinds of music,
>loved God in our own weird ways, considered ourselves part of the
>beauty of nature around us,  and we dearly loved our kitties together.
>
>We will probably have a special memorial service for Jim in September
>when I can walk again.  Our minister will help us with this service.
>He and our Caring Circle know that Jim is gone and will continue the
>visitations to my home which they had begun when I was discharged from
>the hospital last Thursday.  The Visiting Angels will continue to come
>to help me with my ankle issues.  I will have physical therapy and
>occupational therapy to help me while I am a wheelchair user and as I am
able to walk again.
>
>Jim wanted his body donated to science, so this has been arranged.  I
>considered an autopsy but we're pretty sure what got him, and I wanted
>to do as he wished.  We won't have funeral expenses that way so this
>will be helpful.
>
>I don't know for sure if Jim is with Mikey, but I hope so.  Speaking of
>the cats, they hid earlier today, no matter who was here and tonight
>they all came out into the living room even when Kim, from Visiting Angels,
was here.
>When I went to the restroom, Jaspur followed me there and gave the most
>plaintive, long meow.  I know he knows he has lost his Daddy.
>
>Jim's Mom, sister Ann, and friend, Phillip, were all with Jim today in
>the physical sense.  I was with him in spirit.  I know he understood
>why I couldn't be there, since I cannot handle the eight steps out of
>our apartment building.  Right around the time he passed on, I felt a
>brief feeling of relief.  I would like to think it was Jim telling me
>he is now okay.
>
>I hope Jim's family will not forget about me because they are family to
>me, too.  They gave me and the world a very ornery, and dear person to
love!
>
>Jim visited me in the hospital last Sunday, and we said that we loved
>each other.  The last time I talked with him, it was brief because he
>was having trouble breathing.  This occurred on Friday afternoon, the
>17th.  Again, we said that we loved each other.
>
>I do not know what I will do as far as big decisions go, but there is
>time for all of that later.  I hope people won't ask me too many
>questions that I can't answer yet.  If they do, they'll just get "I
>don't know," because I don't know.
>
>The one thing I do know is that I loved Jim as much as I could love
>anyone and I respected him greatly.  We had a lot of fun and humorous
>times together in spite of the illnesses and pain issues.  I will
>always love Jim with all my broken but mending heart.
>Thanks
>Lauren
>"Think about it, when we are kind to someone we are definitely not
>unloving -- when we are kind to ourselves, that is loving ourselves -- 
>when we are kind to the Earth, we are demonstrating love in action. "
>--Marie T. Russell CATLINES has moved to a blog at:
>http://bizcats.blogs.com/catlines/
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>http://www.catliness.com
>

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