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- In our mind we all think when someone you love dies your friends will be there. They will drop everything to be by your side and help you through this horrible time in your life. Well I can tell you this can be farthest from the truth. The truth is...
- I was a bit sad on Mothers Day. My kids are teenagers and have always relied on my husband to take them out to buy a gift or a card. I would awake to find everything set up in the kitchen and I would have to wait till the kids woke up to open my...
- When my husband passed away not only did he leave behind me and the kids but he left behind an elderly mother. She lives in another state and has dementia. My husband has always had a strained relationship with her. They lost his brother about 5...
- My husband recently died from liver failure. He was diagnosed with cirrhosis last year. He was a heavy drinker and I later found out was addicted to vicodin. I also drink, mostly wine and I don't take pills not even asprin. Right after his death I...
- Death just never seems to stop. Seems like everyday someone in dying. These days whenever I hear of someone who died my heart goes out to them as I know the pain. I was just thinking yesterday it has been a few days since I have cried. 7 weeks in...
- It is funny how everything I do now takes on a life of it’s own. Nothing is ever simple it seems to overwhelm me whether it is good or bad. I had a great weekend. I drove out to meet some old friends of mine. They live about an hour and half away....
- I have a question regarding children and grief. My husband died six weeks ago. He was in the hospital for almost two weeks and at hospice at home for two weeks. We have three sons, and 19 year old and 15 year old twins. While he was still in the...
- Only 6 weeks since my husband has passed but I really miss him today. I think I finally realized he is not coming home ( in my head he has been on business trip). But he is really gone and he left me to deal with this all by myself. I feel the...
- It has been 5 weeks since I lost my husband of 20 years. Somedays it feels like forever since he has here and somedays it feels like just yesterday. I have been able to handle somme of the bigs things. I have cleaned out his closet, cleaned out his...
- last night I found out about a secret my husband kept from me. I am very angry as I know this caused his health to deteriorate and eventually was a factor in this death. He was addicted to Vicodin. Years ago he did get hooked after hurting himself....
- I find myself coming back to this site more and more, somehow I feel comfort in it. It has been 3 weeks since my husband passed. Everyday I have new emotions. 2 years ago my husband reconnected with his high school sweetheart and they had a...
- Anyone here from California. I was just at a support group and I was told I was not responsible for any credit cards solely in my husbands name. I live in California. I am trying to pay off everything I can but i know I will not have enough. We kept...
- Today is one of the first days I am completely along since my husband passed away 16 days ago. I keep hearing noises upstairs but I know I am alone. I am sitting thinking about all the things I should be doing like, going through his closet or even...
- Today is 13 days since I lost my husband of 20 years. He spent 13 days in the hospital and 12 days at hospice at home with me taking care of him. He was too young to die. He died of liver failure. He had cirrhosis of the liver but it was a fall that...