Hard News: Karen, and being kind
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Sorry to hear about your loss Russell. A very touching to tribute to your sister who sounds like she was a lovely, warm person who will obviously be hugely missed. Best of wishes for the festive period.
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I was sorry to hear about Karen, and glad that time has helped you get some words down. Thanks for sharing this, and Merry Christmas to you and your family.
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Oh darling heart. When I see you soon, you know there will be vast hugs and much love from me to you. In the meantime, enjoy your mum, and remember Karen with love (and tears are good too. "Tears are love" I would tell Carol).
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What a spunky lady! Thank you for sharing this with us, and big Christmas love to you all.
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Thanks Russell. This is a time for remembering the empty spaces at the table. We have a few of our own, as I'm sure many here do.
I'm so pleased to be part of the goodness that is Public Address, and contribute my little bit.
Jackie, what you started is a wonderful thing. Long may it continue.
Arohanui one and all.
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Thanks for sharing this, Russell.
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Arohanui to you and your family, Russell.
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Great article and sister Russell. I can imagine how hard it will be without her when you celebrate Christmas with your mum for the first time.
As far as I'm concerned 2013 has been a real b**ch of a year, too many deaths of close friends and most dearest, my brother, who was my only close family member I had left. Thank God I still have my wife and her family. -
Thanks for sharing Russell - families are so important.
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Lovely, heartfelt story Russell. What a lovely sister you have.
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For you Russell. And for everyone whose Christmas time is coloured by pain, loss, grief and heartache. It's not always the easiest time.
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Thank you for sharing that Russell and my heartfelt sympathies for the loss of your lovely sister. Today I'm remembering my little boy Jude who died before he was born on Christmas Eve.
It's definitely a mark if the integrity and respect inherent in this community that I post here at all ( not often :)
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Thank you Russell. A timely reminder to be kind. Hope it is a special holiday for you and your family.
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Thank you for sharing, Russell, and so warmly. And thank you to all who share here. I don't often post, but believe me - this place has done, and still does, much to remind me that there are Good People out there.
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Thanks Russell for sharing with us - over the years we have, become, I think, a bit of an extended whanau, because of you honesty and openess. - and this exemplifies why you have our support and loyalty.
Kia Kaha
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I lost a friend this year as well as starting a new job - I had a rough year. Hugs* to all.
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Russell, thank you for sharing. Difficult to do, I'm sure, but a wonderful tribute. I'll raise a glass for you and your family and think of you tomorrow. They say the first is the hardest, but I think they'll all be difficult. Made only slightly less so by that final thought of yours. X
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Amberleigh, the funny thing is that this year I encouraged you to do something I hadn't yet been able to do myself. And then Mum turned up yesterday with that photograph and I knew it was time. I'll be thinking of you and your mum tomorrow too. x
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Condolences. My eldest sister succumbed to a brain haemorrhage a little over 6 years ago now. The blow was softened by the fact that we knew it would happen eventually.
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Emma Hart, in reply to
They say the first is the hardest, but I think they’ll all be difficult.
I'm up to number three now, and talking to my boss/friend today, who is going through her first without her Dad.
My experience is that the first is worst, by miles. They get easier, but the sense of something missing never quite goes away.
Russell, your sister was obviously Quite Something, and she looks like one of those somethings was "a bunch of fun". We are lucky to have had such people in our lives, for however long.
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Thank you, Russell. The first few Xmases after Dad died were hard, and there's still a gap in proceedings, but it's got easier to bear.
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Russell, thank you for sharing this with us. Karen sounds amazing. And she would be, if she's anything like you. So sorry for your loss. Love and big hugs.
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It's not easy for most N Z men to share these sort of feelings, so once again thank you for some nice writing, unlike some/most bloggers you are a journalist and it shows
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Thanks Russell and sorry to hear that. I know from personal experience that it's not easy. I lost my younger sister a few years ago to lung cancer (she never smoked). You have a gift for writing and when I read your story it bought tears to my eyes.
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