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« Reply #45 on: February 13, 2013, 11:29:51 AM »

Thank you Tikay, that was very nicely summarized. I appreciate it.

I was dreading the church ceromony so much as most people that know me, know my feelings against religion. But I know Monday had nothing to do with me or my beliefs or even Kims for that matter. It was about my wider family who would have taken comfort from the ceremony.

I just shut my ears and thought about my uncle and the things we shared and the times we spent together  and kept telling myself in that church, don't forget his smile, don't forget his laugh don't forget his bad jokes.

The burial itself was so humbling, so so many people went there. They stood around the grave and rippled out into a big circle. People were stood on the snow dusted ground, shivering and shaking from the bitter cold but yet they still stood and seemingly found it hard to leave.

A Greek tradition at burials apparantly is to provide some symbolic food to share. We had olives, bread, cheese and a sweet red dessert wine produced in Cyprus called Commandaria. From all the painful parts, this breaking of the bread so to speak, was one of the warm parts - even though I dropped my olives on the floor and Kims daughter was still able to laugh at me.

I have a huge family with over 30 first cousins alone. Even with this I've struggled in the past with large crowds and preffered to be a bit of a loner. If this tradegy has taught me anything then it's reminded me about the closeness you can have with your family and no matter what life throws at us, we will always be there for each other!! Oh and to call my mother a lot more Smiley

I don't know where all this came from. I only logged on to thank Tikay for going to the funeral and a ty for excellent summary.....

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« Reply #46 on: February 13, 2013, 11:41:23 AM »

Lovely post Maria.

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« Reply #47 on: February 13, 2013, 12:22:51 PM »

what dan said,

lovely posts from maria & tony
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« Reply #48 on: February 13, 2013, 12:29:04 PM »

Really lovely words. Rest in Peace.
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« Reply #49 on: February 13, 2013, 01:02:21 PM »

Lovely sentiments from both.

Take care, thoughts are with you xx.
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« Reply #50 on: February 13, 2013, 01:14:17 PM »

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« Reply #51 on: February 13, 2013, 03:41:40 PM »

Lovely piece Maria.

RIP Kim.

PS I'll take the unders for olives consumed by tikay.
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« Reply #52 on: February 13, 2013, 05:54:14 PM »

Lovely piece Maria.

RIP Kim.

PS I'll take the unders for olives consumed by tikay.

You win Ralph x
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« Reply #53 on: February 13, 2013, 11:01:21 PM »

lovely words Tony an Maria
Thoughts are with you
Rip Kim.............
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« Reply #54 on: February 21, 2013, 08:39:03 AM »

Thanks to all for your kind words and to all those who attended the funeral.

I cannot really put into words of the immense pain at losing Kim. He is the first of nine siblings to leave us and we are all devastated at the timing. For me personally, it really brings an end to a dream. Only a week prior to his passing, I spoke with Kim and of my dream and how we should give it a year before it becoming realized.

One year before Kim retired and one more year before my time in Vegas had come to end.  I loved Vegas, and will forever be grateful for the role it has played in my life and for the people it introduced into my life.  I may even go as far as saying that Vegas saved me.  It allowed me to change, to grow and overcome health issues that perhaps I would not have addressed had it not been for the climate of Vegas.  Yet, I yearned for something else.  I dreamed of spending more time with Kim.

It was a simple dream of spending time with someone I adored.  Kim’s joy was my joy, his pain my pain.  I would often find myself pondering the joys in my life and transferring them to Kim.  I wanted him to experience what I felt, to feel as I felt. Nothing major, just small, everyday little things that I felt would enhance his life. I even told my cat a thousand times how much uncle Kim would love her.  To me, those little things meant more than ruling the world.

It will be difficult to replace a dream that had been created over a lifetime.  Yet, I think Kim bestowed one to me.  It doesn’t matter what it is, just as long as I know it was from him and that I use it to drive me forward. 

Someone once told me that I needed to feel anger in my life as anger could be my friend - that anger could inspire. It worked at the time and it is working now.  But perhaps it’s not anger that make me feel as I do, but love.  Perhaps it my love for my brother that will now drive me.  I hope so, because I know that love will never leave me. 

This is for Kim

There are many reasons for my sadness and many people I feel pain for

But today I feel selfish, for I feel my pain, for the dream that is no more

The years to come were the years yearned, when the debt by time was paid

When work was done, when peace was ours, when fun and smiles remained

I will miss you Kim, and think of you, with every step on the Cyprus shore

For the brother you were, for the love I feel, for the dream that is no more
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« Reply #55 on: February 21, 2013, 12:40:16 PM »

Lovely Peter Sad xx
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