driveler
Status: It has been 8 years now! time marches on
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- I haven't been on here in a long time, but like to check in once in awhile to offer hope to anyone who needs it. My husband has been gone over 5 and 3/4 years, and as I read what some of you folks who are newer to this grief journey write, I am...
- Hi, wow there are a lot of "new" names on here. Sorry all of you had to experience what brings us all here. I have not been on here in quite awhile but just wanted to offer a few words of encouragement to those who are newer to this "journey" than...
- I have been absent from here for a long time because my computer freezes up every time I try to use this site. Today it seems to be working and I am saddened by so many new pwople here. Saddened because it means that there are a lot more hurting...
- wow, cannot believe that Joeinaz and Onmyown are planning to marry!!!!! I, of cxourse, wish them every happiness, but wow, THAT was quick! I wonder what ever happened to "Not MAKING ANY MAJOR DECISIONS WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR" i mean wow this is...
- Just thinking about my sweetheart and wishing I could kiss him under the mistletoe.Lots of fun holiday things died with him. One of my favorites was we used to give each other "off the wall" hints about what we were giving each other for...
- I wonder, if we were posed wth the question of who had been the most influencial person in our lives, who would it be?Several come to my mind immediately, the man who was my pastor from the time I was about 12 until I was 24 would have to be one of...
- With thanksgiving next week I am trying to pause and remembert all the things I have to be thankful for. Yes I AM without my beloved spouse, like all of you, but---I do have much to be thankful for, how about you?I thank God for.......my salvation,...
- in honor of Veterans day I would like to say to all of you who have served in our armed forces, "THANK YOU" for serving. and to all of you whose late spouses have served, I also am thankful to them for serving. If you were married to them while...
- I just wanted to say that this sub group os a great idea! This way people who do not have faith will not be offended when we who do, proclaim that we do. Hopefully things here will not get all messed up like they did on the widow/widoiwers...
- I keep reading how folks here are dreading the holidays, especially those who are still in "the year of firsts" and I thought I might share some ideas.I remember well the first Thanksgiving and Christmas after my mother-in-law passed away 15 years...
- I accomplished something. Like many others, I inherited a myriad of tools, power and otherwise when my husband died. Well I just used tow of them to accomplish a very small (tiny actually) building project. But the feeling of accomplishment is...
- So tell me folks, is there one particular chores that your late spouse used to do, that has not been done since they passed away? And that FRANKLY you don't give a hoot if it NEVER gets done again?My late husband used to brush his cat's teeth with...
- Ok, for all of those who are upset becasue Floyd's post was removed, lets continue it here: the following is what I was TRYING to post to the thread when is disappeared.Relax Floyd, you are fine....But I also (like Insecure) thought that if a...
- Another discussion here prompted me to start this thread.Ok, we all know what many of the stupid, hurtful or "just plain WRONG" things that people say to a grieving widow/widower. What are some of the RIGHT things to say? Do you remember what...
- When my husband was alive we used to disagree on how the toilet paper roll should go on. We both got rather anal about it at times LOL.Since he died I am surprised how often I find myself putting it on "his way" without even thinking about it. ...