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💡 Just For TODAY!

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
December 28, 2022
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👤 Please REACH OUT to *1* GRIEVING person.

(A) Email/text/call (B) Visit (C) Invite to do something fun (D) Babysit/help around their house.

Grief & Loss Team 🤎🤗

SummerOnTheWay1

📎 Just For Today: Look UP at the sky & KNOW that YOUR luv one is looking down at YOU. ‌💛‌

Has zero to do with religion or no religion.

It has to do with THEM SEEING YOU - LUVING YOU & looking forward to the time you join them.

Some of us believe the STARS at night are there to REMIND us of this.

Pick YOUR reminder. You got this my friend!!!

Luv,

Nicole ‌🤗‌‌🤗‌‌🤗‌ (Grief Forum)

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Initially, I was too overwhelmed to see the signs and reminders. In time, I began looking for them and found they were there all along. Now I see them regularly and find them comforting and reassuring.

Marcy

SummerOnTheWay1

📎 Me too Marcy @MarcyW882921 !!! For example this morning was a VERY HEAVY beginning to my day [dealing with possible kidney issues like my mother, now deceased]. Lol, I was good so far. And get this, I see my Medicare Doctor in 5 days. I NEEDED a "reminder" of this & got it. Yes, my usual "wind" in the trees outside the one window in my Studio Apt. NOW I AM READY to go deal with Walmart's Customer Service VERY LONG LINE. 👍

As usual, your visits ADD so much to my day/night. Thank you!!! 💛

Luv,

Nicole 🤗🤗🤗 (Grief Forum)

➡️[*** Marcy wrote:
Initially, I was too overwhelmed to see the signs and reminders. In time, I began looking for them and found they were there all along. Now I see them regularly and find them comforting and reassuring.

Marcy ***]

SummerOnTheWay1

‌‌📎 A Suggestion!!!

On those days when YOU ARE FEELING ISOLATED, take a walk in the nearest mall in your area. You will be pleasantly surprised when STRANGERS "smile" at you. Some may even "chat" with you.

It works for me here in Virginia as a retiree with NO family here.

TIP: Just be OPEN = say hello and smile. ‌💛‌

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Nicole @SummerOnTheWay1 ,

Good idea. It gets you out of the house and among people. You can choose how much or how little you want to interact with others, but there are opportunities available.

Marcy

SummerOnTheWay1

📎 JUST FOR TODAY pat yourself on your back.

Why? 🤔

Because you made it through ANOTHER DAY in spite of your grief!!! 👍👍👍

Nicole 🤗🤗🤗

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Just For Today dawn has broken, the sun has risen and you have gotten out of bed. Whatever it is that you have done today, acknowledge your accomplishment with something (positive self-talk, a pat on the back, a hug).

Marcy

SummerOnTheWay1

📎 Lol Bionic Marcy @MarcyW882921 , I have learn't to do SELF HUGS as I live by myself.

YOUR post was just what I NEEDED!!!

Nicole 🤗🤗🤗

[*** MARCY wrote: Just For Today dawn has broken, the sun has risen and you have gotten out of bed. Whatever it is that you have done today, acknowledge your accomplishment with something (positive self-talk, a pat on the back, a hug). Marcy ***]

SummerOnTheWay1

📎 Yes we will MC @mc6844 🤗🤗🤗

[*** MC wrote: I care about all of you on the forum. Old and new, your pain is heard and you are valued. Your loss is the forums gain, giving hope and strength, and friendship to those who find their way here through the misty sea of grief. Thank you to all of you. We will find our way! ***]

mc6844

Community Champion ⭐⭐

I care about all of you on the forum. Old and new, your pain is heard and you are valued. Your loss is the forums gain, giving hope and strength, and friendship to those who find their way here through the misty sea of grief. Thank you to all of you. We will find our way!

SummerOnTheWay1

📎 Usually I DO NOT do this, but I paid a $3 bill at Dollar Tree for the lady IN FRONT of me at the DOLLAR TREE register.

Her card was NOT working.

I asked how much BEFORE offering to pay.

Hey, I have NOT found my Florida Sugar Daddy as yet./lol 😂🤣

Anyway, JUST FOR TODAY I felt generous.

Nicole 👵

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Nicole @SummerOnTheWay1 ,

What a kind thing to do! We need so much more of this in the world - recognizing the needs of others and doing what we can to help them. In the process, I hope your act of kindness made you feel better too.

Kudos to you for helping to make the world a better place!

Marcy

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

I visited a neighbor yesterday who has been struggling with ongoing health issues. A visit means so much to people who can't get out for health/mobility issues! It was great to visit with her, it brightened her spirits, and she expressed such gratitude. ❤️😊Win, Win!

Marcy

SummerOnTheWay1

📎 JUST FOR TODAY, I will gather the courage to do what is right and take the responsibility for my own actions.
~~ Abigail Van Buren

mc6844

Community Champion ⭐⭐

I hope good things happen for everyone today. There's something good about each day. Yesterday I found a missing device. I stopped searching for it and it shows up! Go figure...

Therapist4u

Community Champion ⭐

Hello MC .....I hope good things happen for MC @mc6844 Too!......

and for the 'crew' >>>> Nicole @SummerOnTheWay1 and Cadee @Cadee2719 and Marcy @MarcyW882921 and Jonibee @jonibee and everyone today, including Diane @DianeB887812 Welcome to this AARP Grief & Loss Forum site....

BTW.... I read many of your posts to familiarize with your situation, and will add more comments as I can,.... hope your days get better.... today... and over time!

Anyway....

Take care all y’all!

☮️ 🌩🌦~Allen 🌈 ⛵ 🌞

SummerOnTheWay1

📎 Just for today I will smile at a stranger. I know those random smiles I receive from folks at Walmart each week does my "insides" some GOOD. Nicole 🤗🤗🤗

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Just for today...I have straightened my living space, took care of financial responsibilities, attended two online classes, will spend time outside with a friend, and sing during a rehearsal tonight! Peace, stimulation, socialization, emotional well-being, gratefulness, and joy.

Marcy

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Cadee2719

Community Champion ⭐

I would love to her you sing. I bet you have a beautiful voice.

SummerOnTheWay1

📎 Just for today I will let the folks who show me kindness know how much this means to me. Nicole 🤗🤗🤗

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Based on my circle of friends, I have an expanded perception of a grieving person. One who has lost a home in a storm, one who has lost the ability to engage in activities due to a physical ailment, and one who is aware that their brain is not functioning as it once did. Even though they are not grieving the death of a loved one, they are grieving a loss. If you have someone like this in your circle, reach out to them too. 🙂

Marcy

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LeeS4949

Community Champion ⭐

Beautifully said.

SummerOnTheWay1

📎 Just for today I will try to remember my loved ones in a positive way. Nicole 🤗🤗🤗

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

I had a good day yesterday - volunteering, visiting an elderly neighbor, and having dinner with a fellow widow's club member. I hope everyone else found some ways to make the holiday a little bit brighter.

Marcy

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