Please say a prayer....
 

For my best friend's mom, and their entire family. My friend called me today bawling her eyes out - her step dad passed away this morning....Christmas morning :cry: He had a massive heart attack and died right in her mom's dining room. They tried to do CPR, but it was too late.

My friends mom called me tonight and we talked for quite a while (we are all like family) and she was just a wreck. I feel so awful for her as she is such a dear sweet Christian lady and right now she is on an emotional roller coaster.

I will be making the music CD for the funeral but right now we are still trying to decide on what songs to put on the CD. I know one will be George Strait's "I Cross My Heart" as that is the song that he sang for her (his wife) at their wedding. :cry: This is a surprise for her mom though, she doesn't know that we will be including that song on the CD, and it will be played at the end, the very last song.

Anyway, please just say a little prayer that her mom makes it through this. She has said some things already and we are very, very worried about her. So worried in fact that I think my friend and her husband and their two kids might even move in with her mom as she is not the type that can be by herself.

Thanks in advance for any prayers, I know that they will mean so much to my friend and her entire family.

R.I.P. Steve :cry:

This is such devastating news, and the fact that this happened on Christmas must be even harder on the family. I will keep your friend's mom in my prayers, hoping that she gets through this difficult time. :cry:

May he R.I.P.

I am so sorry to hear this. Such a sad thing. And on Christmas Day:cry:.

Sending prayers her way.

R.I.P.

My heart goes out to your friend's Mom and her family right now. She is going to need all the strength she can get from her family and friends. After losing my dh very unexpectedly 2 yrs ago Dec. 14 and my dad 4 yrs ago Dec. 4, I know the holidays will always be painful for them. I'll keep them all in my thoughts and prayers.

So sorry to hear about your friends Mom. It is good that they have you to call on to talk to. Sometimes it is easier to do with someone that is not a relative.
I will be thinking of them today.

How terribly sad. I will be saying a prayer.

How sad. :( It's hard to lose loved ones but I hate to hear it happening on Christmas. Sending prayers to your friend and her family:( Wish I could offer some wonderful words of comfort but words just seem inadequate. So sorry. :(

Sending prayers their way!!

I am sorry for the loss of your friends mom, yes it is hard to loose a loved one on Xmas ! My Stepdad died day after xmas exacly 4 yrs ago today the same way, and it this yr was the first yr my Mom was enjoying xmas a little !

I am so sorry to hear this...it is so sad, especially that it happened on Christmas.

That is sooooo sweet what you are doing for them! I think it's great that you're including that song and I'm sure that she will appreciate it so much.

This is such sad news and to happen on Christmas day. I will be praying for his wife and family. My heart breaks for them.

If you need any music suggestions, here are a couple that we used at my Mom's funeral. I think they are both so beautiful.

I Can Only Imagine http://www.andiesisle.com/icanonlyimagine.html

Faith Hill...There You Will Be

Hugs to you, Brooke!

I'm so sorry Brook. Condolences to all the family anf friends.

I"M so sorry. sending prayers for the family,

I will definitly keep your friends family in my prayers. :(

Sending prayers:hands: :hands: :hands:

im so sorry brooke i will be praying for your friends family. this is so sad :(

oh my gosh!! that is soo horrible!! im sooooooo sorry!! i will most definately keep you, and the whole family in my thoughts and prayers!! again, im very sorry!! im glad she has her faith to help her in this time..but i know it is probably still just too much to handle!!:( my prayers are with you! xoxo.

Prayers coming for your friends family...and you too.

Thank you so much everyone for your kind words, and prayers. They really do mean SO MUCH to my friend and her family right now. I told them that you guys are praying for them and they asked me to tell you thank you and also to tell you that they appreciate it more than you know.

The visitation is tonight and my friends mom is really taking all of this so hard (understandably). This was all very sudden and totally unexpected - he wasn't even sick :cry: He was in his early 50's so he was still very young and this is all just such a SHOCK.

Thank you again for all of your thoughts and prayers, they truly do mean more than you know.

God Bless you all and I hope each and every one of you had a very Merry Christmas, and I hope that everyone has a wonderful, happy and blessed New Year :hug:

Aww, Brooke I am just now seeing this. What a horrible and tragic thing they are going through. My dad died very unexpectedly and instantly of a heart attack 8 yrs ago and the suddenness is very, very hard to deal with. I will say a prayer for them.

Hi there I just came across this thread and I want to give my condolanses to your friends family. And I wanted to share this song with you so that maybe you may share it with your friend and her family. It's "You raise me up" by Selah. May he rest in peace.

Keeping your friend and her family in my thoughts and prayers. Loosing a loved one is never easy but the holidays make it a little harder still.

sending prayers and good thoughts out for them.

I just returned from my mom having a pacemaker installed, so this hit me really hard. Your friend and her family are in my prayers, and I am also praying for you to find the right words, songs, and ways to support her. The holidays will be so bittersweet for so long. It is sad that something like this can steal the joy of Christmases to come.

My mom felt the prayers of YT today, so I'm positive your friend and her family will as well. I am so sorry for her tragic loss.

Diane