Not Around Much

Abe Sargent · 08-06-2009, 04:23 AM

I may/will not be around much the next few days or week. My grandmother passed away around an hour ago or so, so anybody needing me for WW, dynasties, questions, games, or anything may have to wait, sorrys.

Danny · 08-06-2009, 05:13 AM

I'm sorry for your loss Abe

Karlifornia · 08-06-2009, 06:06 AM

Sorry to hear that, bud.

DaddyTorgo · 08-06-2009, 08:30 AM

Sorry for your loss Abe. My condolences.

RomaGoth · 08-06-2009, 09:01 AM

Sorry for your loss Abe.

JAG · 08-06-2009, 11:46 AM

That sucks, sorry to hear Abe.

Lathum · 08-06-2009, 11:50 AM

sorry to hear Abe

SnDvls · 08-06-2009, 01:37 PM

So Sorry for your loss Abe

JonInMiddleGA · 08-06-2009, 01:43 PM

Sincere condolences on your loss. I went through that not long ago myself & I know how tough it can be.

NiteMaestro · 08-06-2009, 06:45 PM

Sorry to hear that bro... Take care of yourself, K?

Lorena · 08-06-2009, 06:51 PM

Abe Sargent · 08-06-2009, 07:14 PM

Thanks all!

JediKooter · 08-07-2009, 12:31 AM

Sorry to hear about your grandma, my condolences Abe.

RainMaker · 08-07-2009, 12:38 AM

Sorry to hear about your loss.

Abe Sargent · 08-08-2009, 01:49 AM

As an extravert, I feel things more when I speak them. I didn;t cry at all today until I started speaking the bit I will be doing at her service. I thought about it all day, but only when I actually spoke the words did the emotion hit me full circle. So instead, I am writing them to get them out. Read or not at your leisure. FYI, Milco was my petname for my grandmother, and I created it as a child. It is a contraction of MilktheCow. She was a farmer.

"Hello. It's hard to know where to begin speaking about someone who had such an impact in your life. I only ever know one of my grandparents. I once spent 4 weeks on her farm, and it made me feel like a man to be a farmer for a month over the summer when I was 10. She taught me how to play Canasta and horseshoes. How do you start talking in the past tense about one of the most influential people you knew?

As I look back on her life, one thing rises above the rest. She was a woman of love. After my mom died, and my dad remarried Judy, my grandmother welcomed her with open arms. And her mother was also welcomed. We even spent a Christmas together. No matter how you drew a line on a chart, there was no way you could connect Judy's mother with my grandmother, but it didn't matter. Family and love know no such boundaries. And when my father and Judy adopted three more girls, my grandmother considered them her grandchildren, and her their grandmother. Because love does not know where the lines are.

There is no way a person could have as much love as this, except one. It wasn't the way she was raised. It wasn't the way she was wired. It wasn't the choices she made. It was one thing - who she met. At some point in her life, she met and received Christ as her lord and savior, and it was God's love that filled her up. You see, once God starts pouring his love into your heart, it's never going to stop. It just fills up and keeps pouring out, touching everyone you know. That's how my grandmother, my Milco, became a woman of love. Because she was a woman of God.

At funerals it is common to say that we will meet again, because to some, it feels good. Not everyone who says it or hears it may believe it, but it's something soothing to say. However, I know, from the very foundation of my soul, that I will see my grandmother someday. We'll play another game of Canasta, and play horseshoe on a hill far greener than one you or I have ever seen. Perhaps she'll will have learned new games to teach me.

So, goodbye for now, Milco. But just for now. I'll see you soon."

Abe Sargent · 08-08-2009, 02:00 AM

On the off chance that anyone cares:

http://www.burnsidefuneralhome.com/O...a%20Snider.htm

Lathum · 08-08-2009, 02:49 AM

Abe- you know what a bastard I can be. That had me in tears. Your Grandmother is lucky to have you. She sounds like an amazing woman. My grandmother and last living grandparent died valentines day 6 years ago and I miss her.

godspeed to Milco.

Danny · 08-08-2009, 03:02 AM

Absolutely beautiful, I'm sure she will be very touched and proud of you from the place she is at now.

RainMaker · 08-08-2009, 04:41 AM

That was very touching. One of my favorite quotes that comforts me when facing a loss.

Life is eternal, and love is immortal,
and death is only a horizon;
and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.
~Rossiter Worthington Raymond

Abe Sargent · 08-11-2009, 10:18 PM

I am back. Thanks all for your kind words!

CamEdwards · 08-11-2009, 10:27 PM

Those were very touching words, Abe. Thanks for sharing a bit of what made your grandmother so special with us.

Abe Sargent · 08-11-2009, 10:47 PM

You're welcome!

08-06-2009, 06:06 AM	#3
Karlifornia Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	Sorry to hear that, bud. __________________ Look into the mind of a crazy man (NSFW) http://www.whitepowerupdate.wordpress.com

08-06-2009, 08:30 AM	#4
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	Sorry for your loss Abe. My condolences. __________________ Get bent whoever hacked my pw and changed my signature.

08-06-2009, 01:43 PM	#9
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Sincere condolences on your loss. I went through that not long ago myself & I know how tough it can be. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

08-06-2009, 07:14 PM	#12
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	Thanks all! __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

08-07-2009, 12:31 AM	#13
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Sorry to hear about your grandma, my condolences Abe. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

08-06-2009, 05:13 AM	#2
Danny Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I'm sorry for your loss Abe

08-06-2009, 09:01 AM	#5
RomaGoth Favored Bitch #2 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Here	Sorry for your loss Abe.

08-06-2009, 11:46 AM	#6
JAG Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: St. Paul, MN	That sucks, sorry to hear Abe.

08-06-2009, 11:50 AM	#7
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	sorry to hear Abe

08-06-2009, 01:37 PM	#8
SnDvls Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001	So Sorry for your loss Abe

08-06-2009, 06:45 PM	#10
NiteMaestro High School JV Join Date: Nov 2008	Sorry to hear that bro... Take care of yourself, K?

08-06-2009, 06:51 PM	#11
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004

08-07-2009, 12:38 AM	#14
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Sorry to hear about your loss.

08-08-2009, 01:49 AM	#15
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	As an extravert, I feel things more when I speak them. I didn;t cry at all today until I started speaking the bit I will be doing at her service. I thought about it all day, but only when I actually spoke the words did the emotion hit me full circle. So instead, I am writing them to get them out. Read or not at your leisure. FYI, Milco was my petname for my grandmother, and I created it as a child. It is a contraction of MilktheCow. She was a farmer. "Hello. It's hard to know where to begin speaking about someone who had such an impact in your life. I only ever know one of my grandparents. I once spent 4 weeks on her farm, and it made me feel like a man to be a farmer for a month over the summer when I was 10. She taught me how to play Canasta and horseshoes. How do you start talking in the past tense about one of the most influential people you knew? As I look back on her life, one thing rises above the rest. She was a woman of love. After my mom died, and my dad remarried Judy, my grandmother welcomed her with open arms. And her mother was also welcomed. We even spent a Christmas together. No matter how you drew a line on a chart, there was no way you could connect Judy's mother with my grandmother, but it didn't matter. Family and love know no such boundaries. And when my father and Judy adopted three more girls, my grandmother considered them her grandchildren, and her their grandmother. Because love does not know where the lines are. There is no way a person could have as much love as this, except one. It wasn't the way she was raised. It wasn't the way she was wired. It wasn't the choices she made. It was one thing - who she met. At some point in her life, she met and received Christ as her lord and savior, and it was God's love that filled her up. You see, once God starts pouring his love into your heart, it's never going to stop. It just fills up and keeps pouring out, touching everyone you know. That's how my grandmother, my Milco, became a woman of love. Because she was a woman of God. At funerals it is common to say that we will meet again, because to some, it feels good. Not everyone who says it or hears it may believe it, but it's something soothing to say. However, I know, from the very foundation of my soul, that I will see my grandmother someday. We'll play another game of Canasta, and play horseshoe on a hill far greener than one you or I have ever seen. Perhaps she'll will have learned new games to teach me. So, goodbye for now, Milco. But just for now. I'll see you soon." __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent Last edited by Abe Sargent : 08-08-2009 at 01:51 AM.

08-08-2009, 02:00 AM	#16
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	On the off chance that anyone cares: http://www.burnsidefuneralhome.com/O...a%20Snider.htm __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

08-08-2009, 02:49 AM	#17
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Abe- you know what a bastard I can be. That had me in tears. Your Grandmother is lucky to have you. She sounds like an amazing woman. My grandmother and last living grandparent died valentines day 6 years ago and I miss her. godspeed to Milco.

08-08-2009, 03:02 AM	#18
Danny Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Absolutely beautiful, I'm sure she will be very touched and proud of you from the place she is at now.

08-08-2009, 04:41 AM	#19
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	That was very touching. One of my favorite quotes that comforts me when facing a loss. Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight. ~Rossiter Worthington Raymond

08-11-2009, 10:18 PM	#20
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	I am back. Thanks all for your kind words! __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

08-11-2009, 10:27 PM	#21
CamEdwards Stadium Announcer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burke, VA	Those were very touching words, Abe. Thanks for sharing a bit of what made your grandmother so special with us. __________________ I don't want the world. I just want your half.

08-11-2009, 10:47 PM	#22
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	You're welcome! __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

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