Three thousand runners
with numbers pinned to their fronts
and there on their backs
a message, the loved ones lost.
I wept for my step father.
by Scooj
Of loss and love
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Three thousand runners
with numbers pinned to their fronts
and there on their backs
a message, the loved ones lost.
I wept for my step father.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 
Sorry for your family’s loss. And you’re right – love survives and conquers.
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It is a few years now, but occasions like this bring the memories back.
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Don’t let the memories die with you. My boys knew my in-laws intimately but do not know my parents at all except through stories I tell them. Don’t let the memories die with you. Then your loved ones will truly be dead.
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Great advice. I tell my children stories about their family often. They tell me I am being boring, but they remember.
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My grandmother used to say that when you weep for a departed loved one, they weep harder for you. Life isn’t fair. Death is the equalizer.
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That was a nice thing your grandfather said.
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