Don't know how many people will read this, but I want to express my heartfelt thanks to every blog comment, email, card, flowers and other support that my family received.
If you've been through this type of experience, you know that each little touch helps you rebuild the connections to the world that you've lost as part of your grief.
I can't tell you how much everyone's little touches made a difference and provided me and my family with comfort.
A big thank you!!
5 comments:
How very strange that I decided to try to track down Rebecca on the day of David's passing. I think of your family often, having been so close to you all from since I can remember until Rebecca and I graduated high school. Then we lost track of each other through college and later.
I remember when David first got sick and that Rebecca left often to go visit him, but we were so young then that it's hard to remember the details.
It was so nice to know that my letter got to Mr. and Mrs. Yomtoob and forwarded on to Rebecca, but a shock to hear about David. I have told my mom and am sure the rest of the family will know soon. We all send our love and deepest sympathy to all of David's family.
Robin (Rampoldt) South
Ben,
I still think of David and of Sara and the rest of the family daily. I know you all miss him very much, as I do, too.
I know that the family will come together and remember David and help each other overcome the grief and begin the healing process.
My thoughts and prayers are with you all every day.
Rachael Gruis
Just had to say it's been awhile and I still think of him and actually miss joking with him while he visited the office. I do hope his family is doing well. He was a unique guy.
- J Boss
Dear Parichehr and family,
Don't know whether you remember me -- I was the older graduate student who was one of David's quiz bowl teammates in 1992, and we all traveled to Dayton together for a regional tournament that winter.
I just found this site a few days ago, and my husband and I were terribly sorry to hear about David. I'll always remember his wit and energy, and his unfailing sense of humor in the face of adversity. Our thoughts are with you, Sara, and David's children.
-- Julie and Rick Stahlhut
I am shocked that Dave is gone.
He used to work at WMU at the Bernhard Center when we were students there. I remember when he first met Sara, and I thought for sure that he was too "nerdy" for her, but I was grossly mistaken.
The great thing I remember about Dave is that he was ALWAYS positive about everything. He was always upbeat and never thought he could lose in anything.
One day, as I was retrieving a printout from the computer lab where he worked, he pulled me aside and said, "You see that girl (Sara) over there?"
"Yeah," I said, with a slight twinge of jealousy, because I didn't think their relationship would really take off.
"I'm going to marry her someday," he said, with a glimmer in his eye.
And he did.
I never knew about his illness or the fact that he had a liver transplant as a child.
Anyway, I tried hooking up with him again later, around 2003, and we exchanged a few emails, but never made it to a phone call or a visit. I now regret that.
I wish I had taken the time to get to know him more, to spend more time with him, because he was a very special person.
Rest in peace, Dave.
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