Remembering Charles Hadley: A Legacy of Love and Kindness”

Maya Angelou once said people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Chuck made me feel welcomed from the very first day I met him. He made me feel loved, and after losing my own father in 2019, he became a new father figure in my life. He was truly lovely to be around, and his warmth and kindness touched everyone who knew him.

Together with his wonderful wife Kristina, Chuck raised two amazing sons, who carry his legacy forward. It was an honor to have known him, and I am so glad that his grandson Max had the chance to meet him, even if it was just for a short time.

His absence is deeply felt, and he was loved by all. His memory will live on forever in our hearts.

“A father’s love is eternal and precious, shaping his children’s lives forever.” — George Strait.

If you have lossed someone, I hope you can find some comfort in these quotes:

1. “What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” — Helen Keller

2. “Grief is the price we pay for love.” — Queen Elizabeth II

3. “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” — Thomas Campbell

4. “Those we love don’t go away; they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard, but always near; still loved, still missed, and very dear.” — Anonymous

5. “The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” — Pierre-Auguste Renoir

6. “The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

7. “When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” — Anonymous

8. “Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.” — Eskimo Proverb

9. “It’s only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth—and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up—that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

10. “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” — From an Irish Headstone