Deepest Sympathies to Kohai

Sad to hear...May she rest in peace

I am really sorry to hear that :(

My deepest condolences go to you Kohai and your family. May her soul rest in peace.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

I'm very sorry.....................

I'm very sorry for your loss.

Thank you so much for all of your kind words, prayers and thoughts. I still haven't been able to read all of the messages or respond to many as i'm not strong enough to do that yet.

At the moment, i'm still not sure how to reply, but just wanted to say thank you to the entire chess community and its staff for all the support i've received.

hi  kohai , im so sorry for your loss,i wish you and your family all the best  int this dificults days.My thoughts and prays are with you today.

your friend , lucho12

My deepest sympathies, Kohai.  I will keep you and your family in my prayers.

As will I.

Sorry I've been gone so long.  I just now saw this.  Sorry for your loss Kohai!!!  I'll be praying for you and your family in this rough time!!

Please accept my heartfelt condolences...

Khorshed

Ms:Kohai,

I just came to know of the bereavement in your family.My profound condolences and prayers are with you during this difficult period.

I didn't re-read this or spell check, so i apologise for any typo's or if it doesn't make much sense.

I never realised how unbelievably hard this would be for me to write.

I'd like to thank the whole Chess.com community and members of staff for all the kind wishes, prayers, thoughts and support. It really has been amazing and a strong reminder of what a truly great community we have here.

My mom had been ill on and off for a while. She was only a little frame and hardly weighed anything at all. She had emphysema and copd (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder).

Basically, her lungs were so damaged by the disease, that with all the will in the world, she wouldn't have survived this.

Myself and her partner Andrew were with her to the end. Thankfully for her, it was a very peaceful end.

my mom was aged 67, worked her entire life. She joined the Womens Royal Air Force at 18,

left at the age of 23 when she got married and had my brother and i.

When she went back to work, she worked for 22 years for the Special Armed Forces in Hereford, England. She was highly respected and loved by all, and touched so many lives in so many ways. She was/is a truly exceptional outstanding woman and a fine role model.

I guess to a point, as i write this, it still feels like this has happened to someone else as i still feel alot of denial about this. It hasn't fully hit me yet. My brain has

emotionally turned off to shut out the pain. Its something i will cope with in time, and knowing the chess community and staff are here supporting me really does help, more than you all may realise.

Erik and the guys have been amazing in covering for me in many areas on the site, more than i ever expected or could have hoped for. There are very few words to describe just how much i appreciate that.

On Monday 24th May, i'm away for one week. I'll still be logging in to work and will be around on the site if needed.
The time will help me gain the strength for her funeral on Wednesday 26th May.

I can't thank you all enough for the support you've shown and continue to show.

Kohai, I can't imagine the pain you are going through and I wish that there was a way for me to do something, but i can't. I just hope that the memory of your obviously amazing and caring mother goes on forever. My deepest condolences to you Kohai and I think your mother would be proud of the way you are handling this. All the best wishes in the world go to you.

i m srry 4 ur loss ;(

God Bless you and your Family.

Funeral is today May 26th, 11.15am (uk time)

We'll be thinking of you Kohai. Best wishes, Babs.

THANK YOU

I'd like to thank everyone for their much valued and much appreciated support in what has been and what is a very painful and tough time for me.

Its in times like this, it just shows what an absoultely amazing community spirit we have here. Where members come together as one.

Reminds me alot of family .. Not sure how true this is for anyone reading this, but my mum used to tell me;

" We argue and insult our own, but we group together if anyone else attacks us"

We argue amongst ourselves and yes we say some hurtful things amongst our family, but we always group together when one of us is hurting.

Looking through the forums here, and at some threads and posts, yes we as members argue, but it also shows just how we group together when one of us hurts.

That in itself is an amazing quality, and one truly appreciated.

I've received so many messages, notes and posts in here supporting me in this hard time, and i'm sorry i haven't got back to each one of you individually yet. But i will - its just taking me a little time to be able to write a response without getting tearful or having to edit several times.

You all make one heck of a supportive community and i can't thank you enough for the help and support you've shown and offered me.



(edited yet again to add: i'm trying, sorry if this doesn't make much sense)