I just saw this. I am so very sorry for your loss. My heart and my prayers go out to you and your family in this time. 

So sorry Dave to hear the news. My attempts at helping come up way short. I can't imagine what you must be going through.  I pray that it will be as painless as it can possibly be. Best wishes to you in this  transition.

everything is gonna be alright...aleef

She was a big Marley fan. Thanks, aleef.

I hope I'm not out of place by saying this but it helped(s) me. When I went through the cancer I was in an abyss. I came out of the ordeal with a divorce. For me that divorce was a death. I fell to my knees. It hurt the same as when I lost my parents.  I wrote a good bye song to the "Her" or the "We" that once existed. I've never posted it. I never will. Its my personal goodbye. It helped me deal the only way I knew how. By my music 

Dave, so sorry to hear about your loss. Know that you are in our thoughts and prayers.
 
And always keep the memories...

Yes, write a song, it will help, that's what I do when I turn the page on life. 
It shows how connected we do become here on these silly little  forums as this touches me like as if you both were my neighbors. Peace. Johnny. 

I agree. Songs got me through my parents' and sister's deaths. Anything you can devote full concentration to can block out black thoughts, at least for awhile.
 
The kids are putting together a slideshow for the memorial, so my intention is to compose a piece to accompany the slideshow. That's if ST3 ever finishes downloading...I'm on the third day now. Gotta have my trusty Miroslav Philharmonik on disk first.

I need to get to the CH more often. Dave, I am truly sorry for your loss. You have such an eloquent way with words. I can only offer what you already know, that the pain gets easier to deal with over time but the whole left in your heart will never be gone. You and yours are in my thoughts and prayers.
 
Rocky

I've only just seen this Dave. So sorry for your loss, my thoughts are with you and your family.