Dear friends,
Sometimes life throws you a curveball. That can even happen when you least expect it and at the worst possible time. In my case, I had left home to accompany my wife on a conference and on the first day of our trip we were planning to celebrate the publication of my book and my birthday when I was informed that my mother had died.
We had to leave in a hurry and we are now planning to fly to Europe to organize my mother’s funeral and deal with all the issues. We have to renew my wife’s passport and we hope to get tickets for this week-end or early next week at the latest. Then we will be gone for a week or so.
Right now, I feel like a person who has been sucker-punched and who is trying really hard to stay on his feet. There is no way can work on the blog for the next week or two so I have asked my Director of Research and my Webmaster to run a “minimal blog” has best they can while I am away: they will post SITREPs when they get them, I might forward them articles, I might even write a short commentary if I find the energy do so, and I will encourage them to leave “open threads” for you – the community – to meet and discuss issues.
In practical terms, this means that the blog is now temporarily “frozen”. We will try to update it as best we can, but this will be minimal at best.
Second, please do not email me. I simply do not have the energy to respond.
I am very sorry for this mess and I will try to get things back to normal as soon as I can. I ask for your patience and understanding. God willing, the blog will return to normal in about 2 weeks.
Hugs and thanks to all,
The Saker
My condolences.
Бог нека јој душу прости.
Saker I’m so sorry, my condolences.
Take care and have a safe trip to Europe.
Remember that we love you so much.
A big hug for you all.
P.S: if you need anything in this little corner of Europe, you only have to ask.
May your mother rest in peace. May you and your family be comforted by God!; I am so sorry to hear of your loss. God Bless you and your family!!
Dave L.
Sorry to read of the loss of your mother. Our thoughts are with you in this difficult time.
I am so sorry to hear of your loss – I’ve had that shock twice.
Please take care of yourself and don’t get run down – it can happen very easily if you are not careful.
You have a fantastic team at the blog so let them get on with it.
Again, deepest condolences to you
and your family.
At least your mother has passed away knowing she had a son she could be proud of.
Hugs to you all at this time of sorrow.
I am so sorry to hear of your mother’s death. When my own mother died, I quietly, when alone, wept for years. Gradually the sadness eased but even now I feel I am my mother’s legacy and it is up to me to help actualize her good values in the world. Sadly, when we are maturing and developing our own independent identities, which is a necessary step, it is only with age that we come to truly appreciate our mothers. Moms rule! Cherish your mom everyone, for soon enough we do not have them.
May eternal light shine upon her. God bless you and your family Saker.
Peace, Peter
(Only my second post ever here, but I have come to this blog almost daily since the Kiev coup, for hope in the face of the cabal’s machinations and this worlds sorrows. Thank you.)
Sincere condolences to you and yours, Saker.
May your mother Rest In Peace.
Put your family and feelings first, your phenomenal blog will somehow manage, the people who assist you will step up to the plate, is what i hope, believe and imagine will happen.
Peace and Love
Espina
My concolances, dear Saker.
very sad. much sympathy.
Sorry for your loss.
She waited until the book was published. It is bittersweet but significant timing. They do that.
To add another note: this is a blessed book. Death is but a transition, and the time of her passing is a wondrous deeply meaningful synchronicity. Her spirit will watch over the book and the blog. We are all connected in this Universe, and her connection to this body of work is undeniable. Whenever we look at the beautiful cover of this book, we will think of her. I light a candle for Mother Saker.
My condolences for your loss mr Saker.
Уважаемый Saker,
Примите искренние соболезнования в связи с потерей самого родного человека. Крепитесь. Мы всей душой с вами. Пожалуйста, берегите себя.
All my condolences Saker. Have a safe trip.
Вјечнаја памјат! My deepest condolences to you and your family.
Our deepest condolences to you and the family.
May God have mercy on her soul and give you patience.
Our heart aches for your loss…
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on Earth.” ~~~~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dear Saker,
My deepest condolences for you and your family. Your mother will always be around you, smiling and being proud of you.
Dio sia con te cara Sakura
Mother I never knew
Every time I see the ocean
Every time
(Issa)
God bless her eternal soul.
We will wait for your as long as necessary.
Eternal memory.
Saker:
My condolences.
I know well what is going through such a situation.
As much as you think you are preparing, it is not.
Do not be afraid to fall apart in tears and pray, pray a lot.
At.
Alexanrdre.
Dear Saker,
In this time of greatest sadness, may it be of some comfort to you and your family
that your mother left deeply satisfied that she raised an ethical and constructive
human being.
Spiral
A week of highs and lows.
Find time in the bustle to take care of yourself.
Ужасная новость, Saker. Моя мама умерла ровно три года назад 17 ноября. Я знаю и понимаю, каково тебе сейчас. Никакими словами невозможно это выразить и никакими словами невозможно утешить. Тут только время поможет…
Сил тебе!
Sorry for the sad news. My thoughts and prayers for you and your family.
τα βαθύτερα συλληπτήρια μου Saker, ο Θεός να αναπαύσει την ψυχή της ….. God bless ….
GEODETIS ….
My deepest condolences for your loss Saker. Hugs.
My condolences Saker. The mother is the most important person in one’s life. May God be with you and your family.
I will say a prayer for you and for your mother.
My condolences to you. Can’t imagine how that feels.
What?! On the same week you release your book?
The Lord grant her a portion of His eternal blessing and the enjoyment of His eternal life.
My condolences to you, Dear Friend.
My sincere condolences to you and your family Saker, neka pociva u miru.
Sorry for your lose.
Vechnaya Pamyat!
“We belong to God and to him we return”
My condolences, Saker.
Pain for the beloved is a way of loving them.
Deep Peace and Big Hope beyond your pain, Saker.
God bless you all.
My condolences Saker and may your mother have lived a full live.
One which will be celebrated by her family in her passing.
Saker,
It is my prayer that our Lord will give unto you and yours His Grace, His Mercy and His Peace. My condolences to you and to all whom you hold dear.
Robert M. Peters
Dear Saker, memory eternal. Your mother raised a great son.
https://sites.google.com/site/syrianorthodox/home/articles/good-remembrance
“Lord! Grant good remembrance to all the faithful departed,
Who took Thy holy body and Thy holy blood.
And may they stand on Thy right side
on that great day Thou shines forth.”
http://oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-sacraments/funeral
“It has to be noted here that this song, contrary to the common understanding of it, is the supplication that God would remember the dead, for in the Bible it is God’s “eternal memory” which keeps man alive. Sheol or Hades or the Pit, the biblical realm of the dead also called Abaddon, is the condition of forsakenness and forgottenness by God. It is the situation of non-life since in such a condition no one can praise the Lord; and the praise of the Lord is the only content and purpose of man’s life; it is the very reason for his existence. Thus, this most famous and final of the Orthodox funeral hymns is the prayer that the departed be eternally alive in the “eternal rest” of the “eternal memory” of God—all of which is made possible and actual by the resurrection of Jesus Christ which is the destruction of the Pit of Death by the splendor of Divine Righteousness and Life (see Ps 88; Hos 13:14; 1 Cori 15; Eph 4:9; Phil 2:5-11; 1 Pet 3).”
So very sorry for your loss. May you find comfort in those you love to ease your pain and may your mother’s memory be a life-long source of strength whenever you need it. My thoughts are with you.
Memory Eternal to your mother, handmaiden of God.
Thinking of you, dear Saker, in this moment of deepest sorrow.
Dear Saker, I am shocked and it makes me very sad :((((((((((
There is nothing that will help you.
Nothing that can be said.
Irina Bilik – Odinokaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAQ5lQvm-TE
Since my beloved Grand-Ma died 2 years ago (also at a time when I just completed a very time-intensive public project and had little time for her), I think of her every 5 minutes 10 times.
And in thoughts I’m greeting her.
Light a candle – she will definitely see it!
She will – all beliefs aside – live forever. I say this as a atheist and communist.
Not only in your memories, but in reality: At the minimum in the time intervall between her birth and her so called “death”. (BTW: Were we not already all dead for the most part of the universe’s history, for hundreds of millions of years, namely before our birth???) And according to Albert Einstein time is not necessarily a one-way-only road.
In addition to that: Is the universe finite or infinite?
And if it has some end, what comes after its end? And if it has no end, how can that be??? And maybe there is at least one universe in parallel mirroring ours, at another timestamp.
YOUR MOTHER WILL ALWAYS BE ALIVE AND WELL!!!
That’s not a conspiracy theory but a matter of fact.
Greet her whenever you see the moon. She can also see the moon, where ever she is.
saker
i share your pain.
Funny how everything seems to happen at once.
Sincere condolences Saker.
Saker, my sincerest condolences to you and your family. Not only do I read your every written word, but also most of the words posted by our Vineyard community,every day. .
In your grief at your mother’s passing, take solace and strength in our words of emotional support, as we do, by reflecting on the spirit running through all that others have thought and written here. She is smiling as a multitude of souls resonate more than ever with yours in this personal and global conjuncture of such pivotal import for all time, of peoples of all nations, past present, and future. Her son is still growing, by leaps and bounds. And so is her love, I believe. This is what I feel and wish to express now. After a few months in silent, but still seeing and listening mode. I, like many others, am stirred by the life of a private woman I do not know, but connect to today in a way that quietly surprises me.
hugs -from borneo
My condolences Saker.
I terrible part of life.
God be with you and with your Dear Mother’s soul.
I know that you’re mourning for your mother but may her memory be eternal. Vechnaya Pamyat! I’ll light a candle for your dear mother next sunday. I know she would be proud of alll you have done here.
Dear Saker,
My deep condolences regarding to your Mum. It is very painful when mother die, especially in your case. She was probably a very strong woman who sacrificed her life to create a better future for you. Anyway, she has raised a very strong and brave man and keep going even the life is sometimes very hurtful.
Blessing to you and to you family
Saker,
Sorry for your loss. I lost my mom about 6 months ago. It will be tough for a while.
Dear Saker,
My sincere condolences. I lost my mother in July, 2008. No one who has not lost their mother can imagine what you are going through now. May your strong religious faith help you to get thru this most difficult time.
Sincerely yours, Pedro de Hungria
My condolences.
Thanks from Russia for your work.
Waiting for your return very much.
Sincere condolences for the loss of your dear mother. may god bless her soul. she has gone to a better place.
May I also add:long life to you and thank you for everything.
Sincere condolences for the loss of your Mother. Take care and regards.
Dear Saker, my family’s deepest condolences. Only a couple of weeks ago my husband lost his mother and my son his grandmother; we also had to cut our long-awaited trip to Russia short and fly to the UK.
Life does seem to often throw unexpected blows, particularly when something positive has just happened, such as you publishing your book. I guess it’s to keep us on our toes.
I hope that God gives you strength to deal with the emptiness.
Saker:
“There is still much I could write to you, but I will not write it to you with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and we will speak together, face to face.
The peace be with you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends each one by name.”
(The Third Letter of John)
Friends, speak to each other, while you still can and there is still time
So sorry to hear about tbe sad pasing away of your mother, Saker.
I know mother is the most precious beautiful person in life.
But that is life, and one day everyone has to go .
My condolences to the grieving family.
May she rest in eternal peace.
Dear Saker,
My deepest condolences on this irreparable loss.
“From God we are, and unto Him shall we return”
My sincere condolences for you and your family. May she rest in peace.
Goian bego zure ama
(Shall stay above (in the sky) your mother)
Be strong, Saker!
Dearest The Saker,
May God give you the strength and the support needed. To lose one’s mother is a pain inside one’s soul that few can match it.
May God also give you the wisdom to understand you will need lots of time off for the soul to begin to heal and may He always be with you wherever you are. Always. You are a good hearted human being. God bless you.
Hugs,
Carmel by the Sea
Toute me condoleances
fabien
My condolences Saker.
Dear Saker,
innige deelneming.
“from the non being to true being
from the darkness to the light
from death to immortality
Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti
Mr.Saker, I am sorry for your loss.
I am so sorry to hear about your loss.
Deepest condolences. Thanks for the thoughtfulness toward all who read your blog and respond to it.
The work of all those alternative news writers since 9/11 is bearing real fruit. America is running scared as well as lost. When the unbalanced powerful get lost, people related to the strength of the revolutionary movers and shakers get eliminated as if naturally.Write us a biography of your Mom for us some time, do please.
The Saker family has survived and witnessed some earth-shaking world events! To escape the bombing of Dresden by only days, for one. The angels spirited them out of there in time for a reason. Sends chills down your spine just thinking about it. A family biography is a great idea, thanks, Majo.
My Father, Mother, half sister, youngest son, cousin and brother have been eliminated. Probably by the US federal Government. The efforts to eliminate me are many. Not yet. Now they have refused to give my remaining son, the first one, his US passport so he, ready to move here permanently to Netherlands with wife, son and daughter this September, could not move at all. Once cancer was found in me the passport to Netherlands was refused. I almost died of the shock of the barbarically criminal refusal. The US intent.
My heartfelt condoluences, Saker. I wish you peace and strength.
Condolences to you and family over the loss of your mother. May she find eternal rest and you the strength to carry on. You’re the big man now.
Sincere condolences. And may serenity and joy come back soon in your life. For sure your mother was a beautiful Person because she educated a son like you. May she rest in peace.