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  • About Me

    Image of AliceRen

    AliceRen

    Female, 54, Widowed
    New Caney, TX, USA
    Member since September 7

    • About Me

      meet my husband of 35 1/2 yrs on a blind day at Christmas of 73, dated 2 more times and married him in Feb.of 74. I was hurt on my job in 07 and became disabled. We had 1 girl, that was 3 when I meet him and almost 2 yrs later we had a son. I found my husband dead July 24 when me and our girl came home from her stay in the hospital

      meet my husband of 35 1/2 yrs on a blind day at Christmas of 73, dated 2 more times and married him in Feb.of 74. I was hurt on my job in 07 and became disabled. We had 1 girl, that was 3 when I meet him and almost 2 yrs later we had a son. I found my husband dead July 24 when me and our girl came home from her stay in the hospital

    • Interests

      love of our 10 rescued doggie, quilting, crocheting, making cloths for my family and our dogs, trying out new recipes, and maybe playing the bass again in praise and worship at our church

      love of our 10 rescued doggie, quilting, crocheting, making cloths for my family and our dogs, trying

  • Recent Activity

    Recently:

    • 3 hugs received, 2 hugs given, 1 journal comment

    Today

  • Journal

    • Do I have a reason to live

      Mood November 18, 2009 1:56am

      Daughter went back in the hospital last week. She had a relaps of the flu. She was in there for 4 days and the Dr told her she could go home. She was …

    • taking each day one day at a time

      Mood November 6, 2009 1:57am

      it's been 15 weeks since I lost Ray and about 3 weeks since I stopped taking all the meds to help me not think to much about it. I feel better …
    • our son's birthday today

      Mood October 12, 2009 12:03am

      Today is our son's birthday. I'm trying real hard to be happy for him this day. I've taken him to dinner and we talked for awhile. He is …
    • what a day at church

      Mood October 11, 2009 4:48pm

      We to church today and everthing was going pretty until after church today when me and a friend and his wife was going to load up my husbands …

    • My husbands poem

      Mood October 4, 2009 8:41pm

      AREN’T YOU GLAD YOU HAVE CHRIST. Clinton Ray  Renfro  SrAren’t you glad you have Christ.Don’t you wish Him for …

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  • Hugbook

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    • Hug

      From loginrogerwilco Yesterday

      Hang in there, Young Lady

    • Flower

      From dane28 Thursday

      Flowers to at least cheer u up...Count your blessings, Alice and the rest should fall in place. Hugs !

    • Hug

      From ks56 Wednesday

      AliceRen, I wish you a better day. I am so sorry that you were sick and had no one. It is so hard to be alone. Keep trying. One day at a time. Please take care. Kathy

    • Ray of Sunshine

      From dane28 November 11

      Hope you're going thru your days well. Take care. Warm Hugs, Dane.

    • Little Love

      From Shrn November 7

      Spreading some love you're way and sending it in time for an enjoyable weekend. Sometimes I think w/e's are the worse. sharon

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  • Goals

    Progress

    15 %

    Goal End Date is Nov 27, 09 6 more days.
  • Support Groups

    • Close Widows & Widowers

      I found my husband in his chair passed away when I got back home from the hospital with our daughter July 24

      Treatments

      Xanax Not Working
      still cant sleep but maybe 2 to 3 hours a night. Dont want to eat Just doing what I have to cause I have to take care of our disable daughter while I myself is disable.
    • Close Bereavement
      Type: Loss of a Partner/Spouse

      I lose my husband 8 weeks ago and I'm still hurting and feel so alone.

      Treatments

      Crying Somewhat Helpful
      I fell exhausted and can usually fall asleep afterwards
      Keeping Busy Not Working
      Keep finding things that remind me of him
      Music Working / Worked
      I used to play a bass with him in praise and worship and now I have been asked to play again so I'm trying to relearn. I feel like he is happy about this. and I listen to him singing everynight as I fall to sleep.
      Pets Somewhat Helpful
      I talk to my dogs cause they were with him when he passed away
      Prayer Working / Worked
      It seen to help more that other things
      Reading Working / Worked
      reading support books on grief and meditations
      Remembering Somewhat Helpful
      It seems like I get hung up on the bad things that happen during our marriage . It's just like they drown out all the good times we had. And I usually end wanting a chance to tell him how sorry I am if I ever causing him any pain or sorrow, or Never let him know how much he mean to me.
      Scrapbooking Somewhat Helpful
      putting together a scrap book of our life together. Brings back happy memories as well as sad ones.
      Support from Friends & Family Not Working
      his family has gone back to their life and it seem that they have forgotton about me and our two children. I only have 1 brother left and he lives about 26 hrs away. He calls at least once a week.
      Support Groups Working / Worked
      have joined a couple of groups on DS and writing in a journal has been helping some
      Talking Working / Worked
      mostly talking with him at night and dreaming of dancing with him again. And I have a pic of him that I place over my heart at night.
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