Missmygeorge, tomorrow is also penntehe63's one year mark as well, I will have both of you in my prayers. I'm am so sorry for the loss you have suffered.
I love and miss him madly, Rhonda

Hello MissmyGeorge: Yes, our dear friend Rhonda is right, tomorrow will be 1-year since my Ed passed July 16, 2011. Today my 2 sons, their wives and my 2 grandbabies, and 4 nieces, their husbands, all came over, took me to lunch, had a surprise birthday cake and those
"never-ending" candles for me. We all went to visit my beloved Ed's place...it was hot as blazes. It was so peaceful and lovely in the country there.
Now I'm exhausted. I will be thinking of you, "mmg", tomorrow as we both mark our 1-year as widows. You will be fine, you are never alone, we have such understanding, kind, loving friends here at DS. So keep the faith...I'm holding hands with you, we're together...
Love and hugs,
Nancy

My love, thoughts and prayers for both of you on Monday. What an incredible and difficult path we navigate. I appreciate your feelings and the process to go through this. we are with you and send love. Peace. Darleen

The dread is awful, isn't it? Whatever you feel tomorrow, just know you will get through it, one breath at a time, one hour at a time. I guess we can always get through one day. But it's awful. I am praying for God to grant you comfort and peace as you mark this incredibly important day. God bless you. Love and hugs,
Marcy

Terry,

you know I heard somehwere that the one thing a widow can own at one year if nothing else is that she has SURVIVED. and you my dear have SURVIVED.

whatever you do tomorrow whether it';s a big celebration or a quiet remembrance of the man who lit up your life, please if you can take a moment to remember that you lit up his....he will

HUGS and much love as well as strength for this big milestone none of us wanted, but all will survive. Love Diane

Terry, I am sorry for the loss of your dear husband, George. I know that tomorrow will be hard - just remember the LOVE you two shared over the years. My thoughts and prayers will be with you tomorrow on the one year mark. Hugs, Stephanie

I'm so sorry, the firsts are so very hard--my thoughts and prayers are with you. Hugs

My thoughts and prayers will be with you Monday. I just can't even imagine what this year has been like for you.

Peace and Hugs,
Barbara

Tomorrow will be fifty four years since I started this nightmare called life, it's also a difficult day just in a different way. It's a time to remember the good.

I pray you have a peaceful day.

Hugs,
Ron

Dear MissMyGeorge and Penntehe63,
I am thinking of you both today and know how difficult it will be to spend this day reminiscing over the good and the bad. I pray you will be uplifted up by your friends here and your family and friends. We all remember our first anniversary of the death. My anticipation was much more painful than the actual day. I pray the same for this day for you!
Kathleen

Those one year marks appear to be the worse.

And here I am thinking of my 2nd year anniversary of his death...for some reason one the first I had decided to make it a honoring him not a memorial - it worked...this year I am in charge of a going away picnic for an older couple in my area (did not realize the date when I signed on). BUT maybe its for the best it will be at the park where we held his memorial service with over 300 people there...

WOW had a burst of lights go off....I see above me not close some thunder and lightning so must of hit a pole somewhere..

SO let me finish my thoughts here....that one yr mark seems to go by fast yet slow and when its here its sad because you have survived but not where you wish to be. SO I hope maybe you are stronger now and maybe you can make this a time to honor his life to help you ....


HUGS....

i hope you are getting through your difficult day. i remember the one yr passing of Jim - Jan 4, 2012 - and as stated before the "firsts" of everything are hard. I just went by 18 months on July 4th - not as rough as the first yr but nonetheless hard. take a deep breath and know that there are tons of us out here standing by in case you need a shoulder.

Pam

Please know that i am thinking of you today. The firsts are so hard. Hugs, Chris

Well, Terry, it's past 3 p.m. on the East coast, so we're more than half-way through today, our 1-year-mark as widows. I thought of you today, and about the millions of other widowed people around the world who, like you and I, lost their beloved spouses on July 16, 2011.
I wish all widowed folks could be as fortunate as we are, to have a computer and to have found our wonderful DS W/W group.
We are never alone, Terry. I've had a lot of calls today and that's the way my beloved would want me to be, talking and smiling about our life together.
Count your blessings, try to think positive thoughts. Again, you and I will keep holding hands until midnight when the Good Lord brings a new tomorrow...and we start anew.
Hugs from Nancy