WE ARE SORRY about your loss 💛

📎 [Monday 4/13/26]

Dear Joe @JoeJ415665 , we are totally honored to have you with us.

Keep stopping by to see us.

Luv,

Nicole 🤗🤗🤗 (Grief Forum)

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Conversationalist ⭐⭐

Good morning, Nicole,

Thanks for the kind words. I can't remember the last time, if ever, I was considered "honored".

I will stop by from time-to-time. At present I'm kicking myself for being delinquent in completing my first children's book. 0ver 140 pages containing over 21,000 words. Not a toddler's book.

Take care, hear from me soon!!

Luv,

Joe

📎 [Monday 4/13/26]

Joe @JoeJ415665 , MC @mc6844 - please keep OUR Michelle @MichelleC103656 in your thoughts. OUR dear friend has just lost her 6-year old granddaughter. 😭

I just cannot understand WHY people CANNOT "slow down" - drive carefully.

My heart goes out to you Michelle.

And you know you have a place to be as needed. Yes, with us.

Luv,

Nicole 🤗🤗🤗 (Grief Forum)

👣 Remember to take 1 step at a time!!!

Conversationalist ⭐⭐

Thanks, Nicole for sharing.

I've already had a conversation with the BIG GUY.

Nothing tears at me more than innocence taken so young.

Joe

@JoeJ415665 , SO GLAD you stopped by to see us!!! 💛🤗

👣 Remember to take 1 step at a time!!!

Conversationalist ⭐⭐

The night before my mom passed in 1975, my phone (land line) rang at exactly 2am.

When I answered there was a conversation taking place on the other end in a language I didn't understand. I hung up and went back to sleep.

The next day around noon I found my mom still in bed and not breathing.

One year to the day the phone rang at 2am. Same conversation on the other end.

Then one day in 2010, some 34 years later, my cell phone rang. When I answered there was that same conversation on the other end. I hung up and just sat there for the longest time. Then, it occurred to me that day's date was May 23. My mom's birthday.

Conversationalist ⭐⭐

When we lose someone we love we must learn not to live without them, but to live with the love they left behind.

1 step at a time!!!

👣 Remember to take 1 step at a time!!!

Conversationalist ⭐⭐

Good advice, Nicole!

There is no clock for grief. Look in the mirror, you're stronger than you think or feel!!

Conversationalist ⭐⭐

If I may, I'd like to add a few words.

My mother passed in 1975, in her sleep and I was the one who found her. It was a heart attack. She was 52.

My dad was a wreck; I had to do the legwork of setting up the funeral. The circumstances dictated it.

I was pretty much a wreck myself. However, in the weeks that followed, no one asked me if I was okay, seeing as I was the one who found her and felt her cold neck when I checked her.

It took a long time for me to get close to normal.

What I realized later is that I need to be with people I loved and trusted. The person has to have both. I found out that grief in a person is unique and personal. People kept telling me it was time to move on. I'm sure they meant well, however, I found that no one could tell me when to move on. Only I would know when the time was. I found that time when I had peace in my heart. It took a while.

I miss my mom every day. I cry a tear for her every day. After her passing she contacted me three times. Not again for many years. I don't mean for that to sound eerie or creepy. Just fact.

Thanks.

📎 [Friday 3/20/26]

Dear Michelle @MichelleC103656 , I know you MISS HER SO MUCH dear friend!!! 😞

Yes, those "tears" pop up when we THINK/TALK about them.

Know that she is looking down at you RIGHT NOW. Proud of you for "trying" to MOVE FORWARD the best you can.

Some days/nights, all I do is cry.

Other times, the "tears" are NOT there, but I so MISS him SO MUCH.

Thank you SO MUCH for stopping by my friend.

Luv,

Nicole 💛🤗

👣 Remember to take 1 step at a time!!!

M

MichelleC103656

Community Champion ⭐

You are always such a bright spot in my day. So many of us appreciate everything about you. I just read your message, and now,I am crying happy tears. It is cool and raining here in New York today. It is a good day to feel sad. My sister Debbie and I talk about having days and nights where we just can't stop crying. We miss our parents so much. I always tell her that we were lucky to have them in our lives for such a long time. Other people are not so lucky. It is getting to be one of those days. I try to stop crying and then start again. Easter is in 2 weeks,and holidays were so important to my parents. Birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays make us miss our lost loved ones that much more. Thank you for your kind words and support, Nicole. I am so glad that we made a connection. I just blew my nose and wiped my eyes. I am going to go downstairs and have some coffee and a little snack. Thank you SO MUCH for being so helpful and nice. Talk to you again real soon! Hugs and Luv to you and Mister! 🤗🐈

📎 [Friday 3/20/26] Michelle @MichelleC103656 , Mister sends his luv too!!! 📸[*** Here he is all snuggled up for the day].

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📎 [Friday 3/20/26]

Dear Michelle @MichelleC103656 , WE are "thinking" about you TODAY!!!

Luv,

Nicole 🤗 🤗🤗 (Grief Forum)

👣 Remember to take 1 step at a time!!!

M

MichelleC103656

Community Champion ⭐

Good Morning, Nicole! I have been thinking about you ,too. I hope that you are doing better. It was good news that you will soon not be needing your walking boot and be getting another car.

I was so happy that it was the first day of Spring. Then, I received a message that Chuck Norris had died. My Mom and I used to watch his show "Walker, Texas Ranger". I still watch an episode or two every so often. My Mom used to call him "The Kicker ". I was thinking how sad she would have been to learn of his passing. I am going to have to end this message. I am starting to cry,and I am having trouble seeing and typing. It is always wonderful to hear from you, Nicole! Hugs and Luv to you and Mister! 🐈🤗😸😻😺🐱

📎 [Saturday 3/7/26]

Dear Michelle @MichelleC103656 , WE ARE THINKING about you my friend!!

Luv,

Nicole 🤗 🤗 🤗 (Grief Forum)

👣 Remember to take 1 step at a time!!!

M

MichelleC103656

Community Champion ⭐

Hey,Nicole! I was just thinking about you last night and wondering how you are. We just came in from outside. It had started raining. It had been sunny and 72. It was a beautiful day. I just gave the furbabies their dinner. Stewie decided to go back out. Bristol is upstairs. Nova is napping. I hope that you and your Mister are doing better. It is always wonderful to hear from you. 🤗🐈😸😻🙂😺🐱

📎 [Saturday 3/7/26] Hi Michelle @MichelleC103656 , lol - Spring is here in Virginia and this old lady has been "kicked to the curb" = Mister is back OUTSIDE hiding in the bushes between me and my neighbor. Yesterday was his LAST day of hanging out with me. 😪

Comes in to EAT, then leaves. 😅

Guess I will have to WAIT for a "rainy" day to have the honor of his company ALL DAY. 😉

GOOD NEWS!!! A guy from our local Automotive School is going to find a vehicle for me. Said Hyundais get MAJOR issues after 100,000 miles. My 2006 Hyundai Elantra is up to 185,100 miles. It will be very HARD saying goodbye to my girl, but replacing a Head Gasket is about $3,000.00. 😱

I go for xrays on the 31st. Hoping to get rid of my Walking Boot then. 🤞

Luv,

Nicole 🤗

👣 Remember to take 1 step at a time!!!

📎 [Saturday 3/7/26]

Dear James @JamesK33 , WE ARE THINKING about you my friend!!!

Luv,

Nicole 🤗 🤗 🤗 (Grief Forum)

👣 Remember to take 1 step at a time!!!

JamesK33

Contributor ⭐⭐

The weather in North Carolina is just excellent! It's around 4:30 in the afternoon and I was just thinking that today was a happy one. I had both busy and lazy moments.

The past week marked the two-year anniversary of my wife's passing. I visited the grave site and placed springtime flowers. I spoke with some of my friends and her friends. I miss my sweet lady, but I am working to rebuild my life. One that is different but yet familiar. Does that make any sense?