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- I thought I had been doing OK but today everything just hit me. I'm past 10 months and I made it through the holidays with a few downturns but overall I have been "OK". I have been missing her terribly with the occasional cry but nothing like...
- Found this site that has an interesting take on grief time and I though tit was worth sharing.http://connect.legacy.com/inspire/page/show?id=1984035%3APage%3A3302
- I lost my wife unexpectantly on March 12 so I'm almost at 9 months. It seems I have crying as much these last few weeks as I did earlier. I know I have not been able to emotionally grasp that she is truly gone so maybe that's starting to break...
- I'm close to 7 months of this and it just doesn't end. I thought I was doing better then I had two meltdown weekends. Today at work I found a couple of cards from my wife in 2000 where she tells me how much she loves me and what I meant to her. I...
- My wife passed 3/12/13 so I'm almost at 6 months and I thought I was doing better. Then over the weekend I just couldn't stop thinking about how much I miss my wife. Which of course led to crying about it. Today I had to drive 300 miles to work out...
- Last week I went to a tailgate with my family and my sister-in-laws family, and this weekend I went to a party hosted by a retired co-worker. At neither event did even one person ask how I'm doing. I'm really struggling again and I would love a...
- My wife died unexpectedly in March, so I'm 5 months in, but I still can't seem to grasp that she's gone. I find myself thinking it can't be true, she was just here. I realize I'm not going to wake up tomorrow and realize it, that it is something...
- I'm at 4 months and I feel I need to make an effort to move forward, since there is no moving back, and staying where I am is exhausting mentally and physically. But it all seems so hard. I signed up for a local over 40 social group and once they...
- I feel there are two aspects to our losses, the emotional and the practical or right brain/left brain. My practical side "gets it", it knows shes gone and not coming back and I need to take care of the house, pay bills, etc. The emotional side...
- I'm at 4 months. I have a friend at work who is a member of a local social group and he has been asking me to join him at a meeting. I agreed to go last Tuesday and I was fine during the meeting, but once it was over they had a band and couples...
- I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this the way I have. I'm at 3 1/2 months, and after about 2 months I would have a bad week, followed by a good week followed by a bad week, etc. I know during the good weeks I don't think about it...
- Russ @ 11 weeks. Every time I think I've hit rock bottom I seem to find a new low. I had a pretty good week last week, but I realize I only have good days/weeks when I'm able to not think about her,But that feels like I'm denying it all.This week...
- I have been having a difficult time believing my wife is gone. The rational part of my brain gets it, and I know she's gone as I held her hand as her heart stopped. But the emotional side of my brain just can't accept it. It's like I start to open a...
- Prior to my wife passing I had planned to retire this August, but now I don't know what to do. At first I thought I would continue to work till next year to provide structure and a place to go as I was afraid to be home all day. But lately it has...
- I had been doing pretty good not playing the 'what if' game, but this weekend I couldn't stop thinking about it. My wife was in the hospital in mid-January of this year with swollen and painful joints as well as swollen and painful lymph nodes on...