Its really heartening to see the outpouring of support for Carl and his daughter at their time of need , not only do I have faith that Carl will tide over this, knowing him , I truly believe he will find the strength for his daughter and himself to carry on.
The posts here reaffirm the friendship we have build over the years in this forum and what are friends for if they can't be there when someone needs them .... table tennis is special and friendships built on table tennis are even more so ... we all are here for you Carl , please don't hesitate to reach out
I really really appreciate this post. Thank you. It pretty much sums the whole thing up very very thoughtfully.
For the past month or so I have been working, taking care of my daughter arranging people to be at my home to take care of my wife when I had to be working or taking my daughter to appointments.
My wife and daughter were unbelievably close and my daughter has been taking this whole situation very very hard. For the past several months my daughter has had extreme trouble sleeping. The life of a teenager is already challenging enough without what we have had to live through at home.
In addition to what I have had to do during the day, at night I have had to care for my wife getting sleep 15 and 20 minutes at a time through the night and waking up 15-20 times a night to care for my wife.
My wife was truly an amazing being. And I never hesitated to be there for her. In truth I learned a lot about myself and never realized how much I would be able to handle.
There were a few moments in the past few weeks where my mind melted with the weight of the massive number of things I needed to coordinate.
I am happy to say, I have done everything I needed to for my wife and daughter.
You guys also need to know, TTDaily has always been a great resource for me. It really has been a great place for me to come and escape from the reality on the ground without taking me away from when I needed to be there for my wife and daughter.
I am writing this as we are driving to our very intimate and private burial which consists of 6 people in the inner circle of my family life.
If you look on my Facebook pages you will notice that, before my wife's passing, I had never posted anything--words or photos--of either my wife or daughter. After this, I will go back to that. But this event, I felt, required some photo documentation.
Thank you all for making TTDaily such a great alternate reality within which I have so enjoyed immersing myself.
Sent from The Subterranean Workshop by Telepathy
