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Ann, what a moving story with an understanding of life’s ups and downs. The photos are a compelling way to speak to the gardener in me. Peace.

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Love to you and your family. ❤️

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Sweet Ann, you and your family will be in my prayers tonight. Your advice is so simple and yet so difficult to practice. Thank you for sharing this with us.

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So sorry for your loss. What a tender photo of your father. ❤️

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Ann I’m sorry to hear this news. This was a beautiful reflection. May you find peace in this time. ♥️

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Thank you for this, Ann. My heart is with you.

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May you find peace during your unhurried walks. May your Dad’s beautiful spirit linger in the grass and in the clouds as you walk through this season Ann. Thank you for sharing the picture of him.

I can appreciate your desire to help your patients while you’re grieving. Giving back and helping someone heal is, in turn very healing for us. Sometimes they give to you without even realizing it.

May you walk gently through the coming week💕

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Oh Ann, I am so sorry for your loss and so inspired by your slow, intentional way of gracefully allowing for all of the moments and seasons of life to simple be and exist together.

My dad is suffering from what I can only consider late stage dementia and has moved into a memory care facility that has changed the dynamics of my family completely. Anyway... what I’m saying is I’m learning with everyday how to let it all flow together. The beauty and the pain.

Thank you so much for this post. Much love and peace to you in this season. xo

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So sorry for your loss, Ann. I love the way you see beauty along side death. Courageous yet gentle. Your ability to hold space for both is inspiring and admirable. Thank you for sharing.

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Sending love to you and yours xxx

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What a beautiful tribute to your father. I lost my parents almost five years ago they had both battled long term health issues as well. I know the months ahead will continue to have their ups and downs for you. Thank you for sharing your grief with us. May you find peace in the memories of your father.

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This is so truly beautiful, Ann. I walk with you during this time as my father, too, recently passed. So much to process. ♥️

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I'm very sorry to hear of your father passing Ann, what beautiful softness you have enabled through sharing your experience. Thank you 🙏

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Sorry for your loss. Thank you for the insight. Take care.

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I'm so sorry to hear about your Dad Ann, sending you so much love ❤️

I really recognise my own relationship with grief in what you've shared here. To me it feels like an invitation into intense presence too, that feeling of there nothing being real but the moment and the depth of emotion that is moving through us.

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Coming late to reading this. Standing near you, in my heart, as a mirror to reflect your own love and wisdom back to you.

Peace, freedom, and joy to your dad. Love to you.

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