Candles for Candy

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Lots of love and light

Long time lurker checking in.
I have been truly touched by you Zombie, you leave a great legacy; both here and with Candy's Hugs.
I will be crocheting and drinking a glass of the good stuff in your honour.
Peace and love be with you xxx

Safe journey zombie into the zombie afterlife. There are many who have gone before you, many who will come after you. I hope the welcoming committee knows what it's getting!

Your story has touched a stranger who adored your third person posts. Who appreciated your gentle way. You have left your mark on so many. Candy's Hugs will be a legacy you can be proud of.

Sending love to zombie and a peaceful journey ahead 

Safe, painless journey, Zombie, paradise found. ❤️

Sending you peace and love, Zombie.
Go gently.

Sending much love to you dear Zombie and wishing you a peaceful journey. Fly free lovely lady

Go softly my friend ❤

Another delurker, I don't have a candle but I was hoping the rainbow zombie outfits I had ordered for DS and DD would have arrived by now. They will wear them next week in celebration of Zombie. Thinking of you, ZLad, ZLass and Zniece. Peaceful journey and enjoy the endless gin fountains.

cozie He didn't drink, never did. So he had no idea how strong a drink was & thought the measures miserly My mum used to try & tell him.

At his funeral wake there were lots of people who came up to us & said they remembered the parties, am sure he'd have liked that.

Sending love and peace for today, and gratitude for all the wisdom and joy Z brought to this little corner of the Internet.

I know that's the way Zombie wants to be remembered. Friends & laughter & whiskey.

Native American Indian quote:
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die…the world cries and you rejoice.
~White Elk~
Sending peace and love,Zombie x

Thank you for the update, unborn & ZNeice. I know we all really appreciate the time taken to post during such a personally difficult time. .

Wishing you strength and love, ZNeice. Your aunt always came across as a wonderfully warm, brave, independent and funny woman and I feel proud to have 'known' her as part of our little online community over the past 7 years.

May Candy/Zombie pass peacefully, comfortably and in the knowledge that she was greatly loved and cared for by so many. Much love Z and the Zfamily.

X

Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away
into the next room.

I am I, and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
that we still are.

Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy way you always used.
Put no difference in your tone,
wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we shared together.
Let my name be ever
the household word it always was.
Let it be spoken without effort,
without a trace of a shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant,
It is the same as it ever was.
There is unbroken continuity.

Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?

I am but waiting for you for an interval,
somewhere very near, just around a corner.

All is well.

Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918)

May you go in the light of the Lord, Candy. Peace be with you and your family and friends as your light dims in this life and shines bright in the next.

Hospices really are marvellous aren't they? My mum didn't make it to hers in the end and her passing was far from dignified.

Go gently and peacefully Zombie.

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Thank you for that, chickens.

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Still thinking of Zombie

Signing in to wish you love Zombie. You remain in my thoughts.

Let the candles light your way

Thinking of you and your family

Raising a glass for Zombie.

Dear Zombie, you have touched so many hearts. You have left a mark on this world that will be felt and remembered long after you have departed. May your passing be easy, may your sleep be gentle, may the pain of your loved ones be eased by knowing how much you loved, and were loved.

I'm a long time lurker on these threads, and a long time admirer of Zombie. I hope nobody minds me posting this poem which was read at the funeral of someone very dear to me recently.

Into the freedom of wind and sunshine
We let you go
Into the dance of the stars and the planets
We let you go
Into the wind’s breath and the hands of the star maker
We let you go
We love you, we miss you, we want you to be happy
Go safely, go dancing, go running home
Ruth Burgess

I recall when my grandmother died, Rainbow, her hospice nurse - who was giving us space to be with her but still 'hovered' just a little - came in, said 'Oh [Grandmother's Name] ' and then gently bent over her and gave her a kiss. That has stayed with me.

Wonderful places.

Oh Zombie - I hope you're resting peacefully and know how many people, all over the world, you've touched. See you on the other side, Candy...