Since I shared a few days ago that I have not been active here as I dealt with the imminent death of my brother, I thought I'd share now – at the risk of too much sharing – that my brother died this morning.

[danetteb@mstdn.social]

@wdlindsy I’m so sorry for loss. How difficult to lose a sibling.

[teresa_athome@mastodon.online]

@wdlindsy I’m sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing your memories.

[godfrey642@aus.social]

@wdlindsy
As always your words are magnificently full and appropriate. Brimming with love for your brother and those dear to him in his life.
I am absolutely convinced that these profound forms of love never die.
"Life is a precious gift and we must live it while it is given to us". So your gift to Philip is to do just that. To the full; as a way of honouring him

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Pollinators Thank you so much.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@lupus_blackfur Thank you. I appreciate your kindness.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@the_roamer Thank you so much, and for your beautiful summation of what life is about. I'm thinking this morning of a statement made by Jacqui Lewis, a pastor in New York City. She says,

“Love. Period. Everything else is commentary.”

That strikes me as so true, so simple. And I love how it's deeply rooted in Jewish tradition, too, with Hillel's statement,

"'What is hateful to you, do not to your neighbou'r: that is the whole Torah, while the rest is the commentary thereof."

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@DebR Thank you so much.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@WizardBear Thank you for your kindness.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Susan60 Thank you so much. Yes, for me, writing is often therapeutic. It allows me to take what is inside me and put it outside, on paper (as it were — on the computer screen). Doing that helps externalize feelings and put them into perspective, I find, and helps organize ideas.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@RunRichRun Thank you so much. I'm very grateful to you.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Bodling You're right: death is what's impossible ever to get used to, isn't it? It's an obscenity, when all is said and done, one we naturally rebel against accepting.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Danetteb Thank you so much. Yes, a big loss, to lose a sibling who shares one's history in a way no one else can ever share it.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@teresa_athome Thank you for your kindness.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Godfrey642 Thank you. I am very grateful to you.

[daliazygas@mastodon.online]

@wdlindsy That was a beautiful remembrance. Condolences.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@daliazygas Thank you. I'm very grateful to you.

[ver0sm1@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy so sorry for your loss.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Ver0sm1 Thank you. I'm very grateful to you.

[the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk]

@wdlindsy

Thank you, William, for these words. Love and kindness are what matters, and love and kindness will prevail. Thinking of you and your brother Philip today.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@the_roamer Thank you so much. I'm very grateful to you.