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This is what is posted on facebook. I know I haven't been here much in the last few months, but I have my best friends here so I need to communicate what has happened.
I never thought I'd have to write the following statement.
It is with the heaviest heart possible that I let me dear friends know that my wife of 16 years passed this evening in our home. She always said this is where she wanted to go and not in some hospital room. After over a decade of complex medical issues, 28 surgeries, 2 strokes and congestive heart failure she went peacefully here as her heart just had had enough.
I'm obviously crushed but I take comfort in knowing that she tried to enter my world of geekiness, action figures and music. She reached out to many of you, my closest friends and tried to communicate. She didn't always come across with total clarity, but her sincerity was unmistakable.
I did the best I could for her up until this moment. I learned from my parents that couples stick together, period. I stayed with Sandie not only out of deep love, but because I wanted to see her journey through till its completion, no matter what.
Survivors tend to harbor guilt, that they didn't do enough, that somehow it was their fault. I have none of that. She and I had grown so much closer the past few weeks as she improved every facet of her life, weight, medications and spirituality. She was my wife, my partner and best friend. I take comfort in knowing her last few days on this earth were happy ones.
So, to all of you who talked to her and put up with her rambling, I thank you so much. She really didn't have any friends after all we've been through, and I know she made some new ones with you guys. You honored me by becoming her friend as well. I can never thank you enough.
Sandie Pierce 1963-2015
I never thought I'd have to write the following statement.
It is with the heaviest heart possible that I let me dear friends know that my wife of 16 years passed this evening in our home. She always said this is where she wanted to go and not in some hospital room. After over a decade of complex medical issues, 28 surgeries, 2 strokes and congestive heart failure she went peacefully here as her heart just had had enough.
I'm obviously crushed but I take comfort in knowing that she tried to enter my world of geekiness, action figures and music. She reached out to many of you, my closest friends and tried to communicate. She didn't always come across with total clarity, but her sincerity was unmistakable.
I did the best I could for her up until this moment. I learned from my parents that couples stick together, period. I stayed with Sandie not only out of deep love, but because I wanted to see her journey through till its completion, no matter what.
Survivors tend to harbor guilt, that they didn't do enough, that somehow it was their fault. I have none of that. She and I had grown so much closer the past few weeks as she improved every facet of her life, weight, medications and spirituality. She was my wife, my partner and best friend. I take comfort in knowing her last few days on this earth were happy ones.
So, to all of you who talked to her and put up with her rambling, I thank you so much. She really didn't have any friends after all we've been through, and I know she made some new ones with you guys. You honored me by becoming her friend as well. I can never thank you enough.
Sandie Pierce 1963-2015
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