Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: dgberg on June 05, 2014, 09:22:52 am
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My beautiful wife of 43 years passed away April 25th.
Diagnosed in 2000 with breast cancer and then with return bouts in 2004 and 2012.
Gosh what a fight she put up. She swore it was not going to get the best of her but it finally did.
My high school sweet heart and the only girl I ever dated. Dating at 16 engaged in high school at 17. First child at 18.
One of my favorite stories I have to tell is about her showing her girl friends her diamond engagement ring on the bus.
Not sure what the heck we were thinking but we were sure in love.
I remember the look on her fathers face when I asked him to marry his daughter.
I was so scared I was shaking. He said maybe you should go in the service and go to Viet Nam.
Nope I said I want to get married and we did.
Our 3 beautiful children and 6 grandchildren were her life.
She just loved photography. She had a great eye for it too.
An example is the 2005 photo of the photographers shown below from Yellowstone.
I was going through her images and saw very few shots of the bears but she must have had a dozen or more of the photographers.
When I asked her why, she said oh we can get pictures of bears anytime that group just caught my eye.
Love you babe.
Dan
Couple of shots of Sherri first in 2011 in the California redwoods.
The second shot is from 1996 the year she became a grandmother. (44)
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My most sincere condolences Dan.
Kind regards,
Bernard
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Very sorry to hear of your loss Dan. And, I love the shot of the photographers and the bear.
Later,
Johnny
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Sad… it brings tears to my eyes.
Condolences.
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My thoughts and prayers are with you Dan.
Jim
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My condolences, Dan. It must have been a blessing to have her in your life.
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My condolences, too, Dan. May the memories sustain you for many years.
Eric
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May Light Perpetual shine upon her.
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Dan,
I'm so very sorry for your loss...and I'm grateful that you shared a little glimpse of a remarkable relationship with all of us. I should be so lucky to share so much with such a special partner.
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My sincerest condolences Dan. Celebrate her life through the good memories of her.
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I'm very sorry for your loss, Dan. Sounds as if Sherri was a wonderful woman.
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My sincere condolences Dan.
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Dan, so very sorry to hear of your loss. You have my sincerest condolences.
Kevin in CT
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Dear Dan, I'm so very sorry to hear this. My thoughts and prayers will be with you and your children and grandchildren.
Sharon
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Grieve now, Dan, but remember and rejoice in the life you had together. Not everyone is fortunate enough to enjoy that kind of love. It's a blessing.
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Condolences.
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So sorry to hear of your loss!
I know all too well what you are going through. I lost my wife of 43 years to lymphoma 4 years ago. A 16 year long battle that was incredibly difficult. She taught me what true strength is.
Hold all of the good times close to your heart! Those can't be taken away. My sincere condolences, Ray
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Oh my!
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Dan,
I have looked at this topic several times hoping that something would come to me to say. I have visited your websites to try to get a better idea of who you are, hoping that would give me some wisdom to say something meaningful. All I can say is that if I were in your place, I would be devastated at the loss. I am so sorry for your loss and pray you'll heal and pour yourself into your children and grandchildren.
I used to do all the production for a cable channel that featured health and medical reporting. I shot interviews with a lot of cancer survivors and they all said they wouldn't wish on their worst enemy, but wouldn't have missed it for anything. Those are hard emotions to understand for people who've not been touched by a life threatening illness. Over the five years that I did that, every now and then I would find my assistant quietly crying in her office. That meant another of the people we had been close to had lost their fight.
Please accept my condolences.
Warmest regards,
David
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Dan: My sincerest condolences to you and your family. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Alan
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Thank you all for the thoughtful and kind words.
Dan
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Dan,
What a dreadful thing. Life is not always kind. Best wishes to you.