Sadness and Pain to Say Goodbye

Surely we belong to God and to him shall we return.

It is with tremendous sadness and pain to say goodbye to my husband's uncle; his only paternal uncle passed away in the oasis yesterday. 

The people we love become a physical part of us, ingrained in our brains, in the pathways where memories are created. 

After a loss, you have to learn to believe the dead one is dead. It doesn't come naturally. 

When someone is mourning, we need to pray for them and we need to love them. We don't need to tell them to be strong! They are allowed to be weak. They are allowed to cry and grieve. 

Gibran said, "Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation." 

My husband's uncle was a wonderful father and husband. He was tender and kind. I have always thought that tenderness and kindness are not a symptom of despair and weakness, but an expression of strength and determination. 

He will always remain in our hearts and in our thoughts and May he rest in Peace.

Death is part of our life. We all die. But no one is actually dead until the ripples of kindness they cause in the world die away.

The ripple effects of our paternal uncle's kindness will continue to be felt for many years to come. 

He has always told us kind words. And you have no idea how long something you say can stay inside someone's mind.

That drop of kindness that you share shows you are human and that you care.No act of kindness is ever too small. A tiny drop of love spreads out in ripples. 

Every act of kindness creates a ripple with no logical end.

My husband's uncle was kind and every small act of kindness had a bigger ripple effect in our lives. 

A good heart has stopped beating, a good soul ascended to heaven.

We will never forget you. Rest in Peace.

Indeed We belong to God and Indeed to Him shall we return.