Posted by PATTI(LARRY'S WIFE) on 1/31/2005, 11:31 pm, in reply to "Re: we morn the passing of our dear friend Larry Gibson" VERY SINCERELY YOURS
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TO ALL OF MY DEAR LARRY'S FRIENDS:
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORDS OF SYMPATHY AND COMFORT ON THE PASSING OF MY LARRY. I TRULY DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO DO WITHOUT HIM. WE HAD 28 BEAUTIFUL YEARS TOGETHER. WE HAD MANY UPS AND DOWNS, BUT WE ALWAYS MANAGED TO GET THROUGH THEM. LARRY AND I WERE A TEAM AND WE FOUGHT THIS TERRIBLE DESEASE TOGETHER. I FEEL LIKE I KNOW MANY OF YOU BECAUSE HE SPOKE OF ALL OF YOU OFTEN. HE LOVED TO GET ON CHAT AND TALK TO ALL OF YOU. HE WANTED TO HELP THOSE THAT WERE DOWN. THAT'S JUST HOW LARRY WAS. HE WORRIED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AND NOT HIMSELF. I WILL NEVER FORGET THE FUN WE HAD AT ATLANTIC CITY. HE WANTED TO STAY WITH ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR DIFFERENT TALKS WITH THE COMPANYS THAT WERE THERE EXPLAINING THINGS ABOUT MS. AND MY SISTERS AND I WANTED TO GO AND HIT THE SLOT MACHINES. HE TOLD ME "HONEY, GO AND HAVE SOME FUN WITH YOUR SISTERS. WE CAN PLAY THE MACHINES TOGETHER IN THE EVENING." ONE EVENING MY SISTER MARY ANN WAS UPSET BECAUSE LARRY WAS WITH ME AND I WAS WINNING. I TOLD HER LARRY WAS MY GOOD LUCK CHARM AND SHE TOLD LARRY "COME WITH ME AND DITCH PATTI." HE LAUGHED AT THAT. I WANT TO THANK VERONICA FOR PLANNING THAT EVENT. SHE DID A WONDERFUL JOB. LARRY AND I NEVER HAD A HONEYMOON AND HE TOLD ME THAT WAS OUR HONEYMOON. WE TRULY ENJOYED OURSELVES.
I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING BEFORE I SAY GOODNIGHT. PLEASE, PLEASE IF YOU EVER GET DOWN AND FEEL THAT MS IS GETTING THE BEST OF YOU PLEASE REMEMBER LARRY. HE WAS SUCH A FIGHTER AND HE WAS SO STRONG. I TALK TO HIM EVERY DAY AND ASK HIM TO SEND ME SOME OF HIS STRENGTH TO HELP ME GET BY. I AM ASKING YOU TO DO THE SAME. HE WILL HELP YOU AND HE WILL GIVE YOU HIS STRENGTH. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE CAREGIVERS. PLEASE TELL THEM TO READ THIS FROM ME. TAKE CARE OF YOUR LOVED ONES WHO ARE AFFLICKED WITH THIS DESEASE. THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR IT. BE THERE FOR THEM AND TELL THEM YOU LOVE THEM EVERY DAY. I KNOW IT IS HARD SOMETIMES. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN PEOPLE WOULD ASK ME "PATTI, HOW DO YOU DO IT? YOU WORK ALL DAY, TAKE CARE OF LARRY AND TWO CHILDREN AND A HOUSE." MY RESPONSE TO THEM WAS ALWAYS, "WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN FOR THEM." LARRY MADE IT EASY FOR ME TO TAKE CARE OF HIM. HE NEVER COMPLAINED AND HE NEVER FELT SORRY FOR HIMSELF. THERE WAS ONLY ONE TIME IN OUR 28 YEARS OF MARRIAGE THAT HE BROKE DOWN AND CRIED. WE WERE SLEEPING AND I HEARD HIM CRYING. I GOT UP AND ASKED HIM WHAT WAS WRONG. HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS HAVING A PITY PARTY FOR HIMSELF. I ASKED HIM IF I COULD COME AND WE JUST HELD EACH OTHER AND CRIED TOGETHER. THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME THAT HE BROKE DOWN.
WHEN I FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT LARRY DIED FROM I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW. AS FOR NOW, I AM NOT SURE AND UNTIL I GET THE REPORT I CAN'T SAY. MY COUSIN IS ONE OF THE HEAD NURSES AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE LARRY WAS AT. I SPOKE WITH HER THIS EVENING AND SHE SPOKE WITH THE NURSES THAT TOOK CARE OF HIM. THEY FEEL THAT IT WAS A BLOODCLOT. BUT UNTIL WE GET THE REPORT WE ARE JUST GUESSING.
SO MY DEAR FRIENDS, ONCE AGAIN I THANK ALL OF YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR GIVING LARRY A CHANCE TO BE PART OF YOUR LIVES AND FOR LAUGHING AT HIS JOKES. HE LOVED THAT AND HE LOVED ALL OF YOU. MAY GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO BATTLE THIS TERRIBLE ILLNESS. PLEASE REMEMBER NEVER GIVE UP.
PATTI GIBSON
