Widows & Widowers Support Group
This community is dedicated to those who have lost a husband, wife, or partner. Anything is open for discussion here, with the hope that we can focus on grief, bereavement, life after loss, and continuing on after a great loss.
I too kept some of my husbands sweater. Like you I cried in the process. I still haven't finished putting his things away. It's a process. A long one at that. I often find myself crying into his shirt. Trying to grasp his scent. Heartbreaking.
True, that chapter is closed for us but we didn’t lose the person we were. The context of our lives has changed and we must choose who we will be in this life. Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, we’re not in Kansas anymore. Like her though, we have the power within in us, not to go back but to move forward. Part of that power comes from our past, the person we were, the person we became. Those things are the foundation of the person we will be. Also like Dorothy, we have to learn that for ourselves.
Peace and ((hugs)),
John
Peace
Elizabeth