I am so sorry for your loss. I wish you well on your journey with God and hope your faith brings you through this. I was a strong believe in God also , until loosing my entire family in a 15 month time frame. Now I am parentless, brotherless, and grandparentless. I am left alone in this world to face everything by my self. So I will say that at this moment in life I struggle every day to try to keep my faith.


I wish you peace and big hugs!

One thing that I try to do is to make the world a better place.

I'm not great like Gandi, or Mother Theresa, or Dr. King, so I doubt that I will ever accomplish things that they did.

But I will make my little part of the world better.

I will say hello to people I meet, even if they scare me a bit.

I will open doors for others, even if they are younger than me.

I will take time to say hello to children and listen to what they say, even if I don't understand a lot of what they say.

I will pick up after others, even if I only do part of it.

I feel alone also, lost soul. Though all of my 4 sisters and 2 brothers are still living (l am the oldest). There is not much communication, Both our parents and all of our grandparents have passed.

They all are busy with their own life and I get no emotional support from anyone.

Have you reached out to them in small doses? A letter to say high, an email, a text, stuff like that? That makes it easy for them to respond quickly. As they respond more you can build on that.

How about the younger generation? Same thing for them.

How about a face book page for the younger ones in your family? Simple stuff, give them a place to share what they want to share with you. (Teens and young 20 somethings may not want to have us old guys on their face book page, but a place where they can easily control what they share may be the ticket to getting things started.

Continuing hugs

Yes I have.

I am 73 years old and had a light stroke three years ago. I do not mix well with social media

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I have decided I will not live the remainder of my life wallowing in grief over Wendy's passing. It is not what she would want.

I will plant a rose bush in her memory by the window near my favorite chair and try to remember all all the joy she brought me, and her laugh. She had such an incredible sense of humor.

I have accepted my daughter's passing but still struggling with debt I created in escaping the grief.

Just keep moving forward, one day at a time.

Yes, making a plan and following it can be very hard, but you can do it.