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  • About Me

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    thedarlin

    Female, 51, Married
    PA, USA
    Member since October 25

    • About Me

      Worked as a supervisor at a state agency for 20+ years. Have now taken early retirement. Live with my husband. Have a great sister and mother with whom I am very close. I get great satisfaction any time I can do something that benefits others. Lost my only child Ian "Skippy" on 6/9/07. He was a passenger in a DUI accident.

      Worked as a supervisor at a state agency for 20+ years. Have now taken early retirement. Live with my husband. Have a great sister and mother with whom I am very close. I get great satisfaction any time I can do something that benefits others. Lost my only child Ian "Skippy" on 6/9/07. He was a passenger in a DUI accident.

  • Recent Activity

    Recently:

    • 2 journal comments, 1 hug given

    Saturday

    November 16

    • thedarlin commented on Mary4408’s journal entry You Saved Me 12:06am

      The video is amazing. The fact that our boys wanted to be organ donors is so possitive to me. I didn't…  

    November 15

    • thedarlin commented on Mary4408’s journal entry Alone 11:53pm

      I also lost my only son. Ian was 24 and killed in a car accident. He was not perfect either but he was…  
    • thedarlin gave RememberKala a little love 11:44pm

      I am so sorry for your feeling so low. You are a loving mother who has had to learn that not only can…  

    November 8

  • Journal

    • On the same day as the bluebirds

      Mood November 1, 2009 11:52pm

       

      On that same Saturday as we saw the bluebirds, the Saturday before the accident, there was one more sign. My sister and I were planting flowers …

    • My new friends

      Mood October 29, 2009 5:03pm

      I have been spending a lot of time over the last few days thinking of all of my new friends on FMO and how each of us are so different yet so alike. …

    • The Bluebird

      Mood October 29, 2009 12:24am

      On the Saturday before the accident, Ian had come to visit. My husband, myself, and Ian were sitting on our patio visiting. My husband pointed out …

    • That night

      Mood October 27, 2009 6:32pm

      It was a beautiful Friday 6/9/07. I had been out of town for work since Tuesday so when my husband decided to take the day off I declined since I had …

    • Journal Entry for October 27, 2009

      Mood October 27, 2009 5:14pm

      Because over two years has passed since we lost Ian, my story may not flow as smoothly as those written by mothers whose loss is more recent. At the …

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  • Hugbook

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    • Hug

      From grantnomercy November 8

      I am so sorry Darlin

    • Hug

      From CynK November 7

      Thank you so much for your kind words of encouragement about my mom's stroke. Your words give me hope for her. Thank you again! Love and hugs, Cyn

    • Hug

      From LanaG November 4

      Thanks dear. I am doing better today. Just some days are so hard...as you know. Sending you a big hug! Love, lana

    • Hug

      From LanaG November 3

      I do give...all the time. But nothing can fill that hole in my heart. I am hosting one exchange student and will be getting another one as she needs a home. Just missing the child I struggled so hard to have. love, lana

    • Hug

      From LanaG November 3

      Wish I wanted to be safe...but I don't. I am so tired of going on. Just so tired. And so lonely missing my child and best friend. love, lana

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