The Priest who Married Us Died...

[angela146]

My husband and I were married twelve years ago by a priest and a minister (no, this isn't one of those priest/minister/rabbi jokes, I'm serious).

We really liked both of them, but hadn't kept up with them very much. Thankfully, we emailed both of them on our tenth anniversary and traded well-wishes.

Anyway, the priest died a couple of weeks ago of a heart attack in his late sixties.

Aside from the amorphous grief I'm feeling - it's difficult to wrap my emotions around the loss of someone whom I hadn't been in touch with - I'm suddenly feeling old.

 

[English Lady]

Awww, that's sad.


I heard of the death of an old lady friend who I went to Church with. I lived up the road form her for a while and she was a wonderful, generous lady with a big heart. When i moved we lost contact but I just bumped into one of her friends on the day after she'd died.

It broke my heart, she was elderly and it was expected but even though she'd not been in my life for a good while, I missed her presence.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

My husband and I were married twelve years ago by a priest and a minister (no, this isn't one of those priest/minister/rabbi jokes, I'm serious).

We really liked both of them, but hadn't kept up with them very much. Thankfully, we emailed both of them on our tenth anniversary and traded well-wishes.

Anyway, the priest died a couple of weeks ago of a heart attack in his late sixties.

Aside from the amorphous grief I'm feeling - it's difficult to wrap my emotions around the loss of someone whom I hadn't been in touch with - I'm suddenly feeling old.

so sorry.

I kind of felt the same way when I read that the elderly OB nurse who cared for me when I was having my son passed away. I didn't really even know her well, but I will never forget what she gave me on the most important day of my life.

 

[scheherazade_79]

Sorry to hear that. It's kind of like the end of an era, isn't it?

 

[DesertPirate]

Wondering if ours will be around in August. Saw him last week and he is looking very frail in his 80's. It will be 25 for us after all.

 

[angela146]

Thank you, all of you!

You each hit a part of the feeling.

Yes, it is the end of an era.

Yes, it's someone who played a key role in the most important day of my life.

And yes, he was a "presence" in our lives even though he wasn't there, and now that presence is gone.

I can't go back to him anymore and say, "See how well things turned out? Thank you for getting us started!"

You always think you have more time than you really do.