🤗 WE are thinking of YOU! Please Stop By To See Us :)

📎 Are you SLEEPING at nights? 🤔

What "helps" you to get those zzz's in?

I DREAD nights.

Some I am AWAKE ALL NIGHT.

Nicole 🤗🤗🤗

mc6844

Community Champion ⭐⭐

I think everyone has a "window" when they can get to sleep. Around the same time each night. Keeping busy all day, exercise and keeping blood sugar even. Occasionally none of this helps. Then I play a sleep meditation or healing tape. I've read that older people sleep an average of 4 to 5 hours a night. The good news is that morning arises. I know it isn't easy.

📎 MC @mc6844 , I am okay the NEXT morning with NO sleep IF I donot have to drive. That is NO fun at all!!! Nicole 🤗🤗🤗

♻️ [1 comment] WE are all at different "stages" of OUR HEALING JOURNEY.

Some of us are making CHANGES that will help us to MOVE FORWARD.

*** Everyone is invited to add THEIR journey to this discussion 🤗🤗🤗

[1] We have Cadee @Cadee2719 who has SOLD HER HOUSE 💃💃💃 and moving to Idaho!

[2] Our "Social Butterfly" Marcy @MarcyW882921 has taken SOLO ROAD TRIPS AND SOCIALIZING!

[3] MC @mc6844 ?

[4] Jonibee @jonibee is TAKING CARE OF HER HEALTH! Anything to add Jonibee?

[5] And me, really need to "socialize" 🙄 but I am getting things SET UP to lay my old head somewhere in Florida.

jonibee

Community Champion ⭐⭐

I am still in the appt stage of two more specialist to see because in todays world things are not as fast as we would like them to be..I am happy that Spring is almost upon us so planning for outside garden is on my to do list..I continue to read as knitting is out due to carpal tunnel in one hand and that's a bummer..I think that when I was the caretaker my husband needs took priority over my health needs and now I am facing the music so to speak..I will continue to remain positive in any outcome health wise and attend to that..Hoping all is fine with you all ...One day at a time...

Have a PEACFUL day!!!

Nicole 🤗🤗🤗

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Back at you Nicole @SummerOnTheWay1 !

Marcy

📎 Jonibee @jonibee , those books sound awesome!!! 🤗🤗🤗

jonibee

Community Champion ⭐⭐

I came across two paperback books that would be helpful in dealing with grief..One is called Zen Gardening by Veronica Ray (A down to faith philosophy) meditation along with starting anew in gardening whether it be small/large. The other one is "Healing After Loss" by Martha W. Hickman a daily meditation for working through grief..Todays messaage "I will read in the times I can be happy-which is what my loved one would want for me"also an excerpt which reads..."Whereas previously our moods seemed simply sad with occssional patches of light, now we may find an unsetiling variety in our feelings, as happy times seem engrossing and satisfying and then we are plunged into sadness again. Perhaps we can learn to accept these mood swings, recognizing the ability of each, know light gives way to darkness and darkness to light. I believe these two would be helpful to those dealing with grief..I found them at the Salvation Army thrift store with in ones fiancial level...

👣 1 Step At A Time!!!

C

CatherineS641676

Conversationalist ⭐

Thank you, my dear friend-I will give it a go, and again-please keep in touch. I care very much about you

Catherine @CatherineS641676 (1) Go to the "Grief Forum". (2) Click on "WE are thinking of YOU! Please Stop By To See Us :)". (3) Look at top of window that opens to find "Topic Options". ➡️***Click on "Topic Options"***⬅️ (4) A drop down menu will show. Click on "Unsubscribe" - this will stop all AARP emails for this topic. Nicole 🤗🤗🤗

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RonM32520

Contributor ⭐

So I have recently lost my older brother to cancer. He fought the hard battle with some victories but ultimately succumbing to the disease. It was hard to watch this process and I supported him in many ways. Now I find myself alone as the sole survivor of my immediate family. I was very close with my family and miss them all dearly. I find accepting the grief seems easier than accepting the loneliness of my sole survivorship. Anyone else have this revelation?

mc6844

Community Champion ⭐⭐

It helps me to think of life as ever in motion. We are all moving forward every day. It's very hard to lose a sibling we were with from the beginning of life. There's a thin line between life and death. So much we don't know. Stopping in at the forum can help to lighten your grief. I'm sorry for your loss.

Thanks Marcy @MarcyW882921 , Nicole 🤗🤗🤗

[*** MARCY @MarcyW882921 wrote:
GriefWorks is based in the UK and offers a package for a fee. They do however have free monthly webinars, they send out tips for coping with grief via Email, and they have an online group where people post their thoughts. Marcy ***]

Community Champion ⭐⭐

GriefWorks is based in the UK and offers a package for a fee. They do however have free monthly webinars, they send out tips for coping with grief via Email, and they have an online group where people post their thoughts.

Marcy

‌👣‌‌👣‌‌👣‌ You will see your loved ones AGAIN!

“Only time and tears take away grief; that is what they are for.”

~Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight

Community Champion ⭐⭐

It's very rainy here today and not my kind of day. I did plant a couple of things outside yesterday so maybe it will be good for them.🤞🪻

Marcy

Look at you = INSERTING a "link" = getting better at using the site 💃💃💃

Thanks for article - will READ after Walmart TODAY when I get there 🙄🙄🙄

Yes, "dragging" my feet/lol 😂🤣

Marcy @MarcyW882921 , this is a TOPIC my family NEVER "allowed" = emotions and sadness. I brought up my only child (a daughter) to feel COMFORTABLE with how she is feeling.

I stayed DEPRESSED and ashamed.

Nope, NO MORE!!!

YOU are a "blessing"...

Nicole 🤗🤗🤗

[*** MARCY @MarcyW882921 wrote:
Nicole @SummerOnTheWay1 ,
In a discussion with a social worker, the topic of traumatic grief came up. I was horrified at the sound of the words. Coming from a family that had your "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" philosophy, the thought that someone would be so immobilized by grief was unheard of and unacceptable.
Reading information from different sources helped me to learn about the subject and broaden my thought process. Here is one article that is pretty straightforward and my be helpful.

traumatic-grief

Marcy ***]