WE ARE SORRY about your loss 💛

[SummerOnTheWay1]

THIS GROUP IS OPEN TO ALL GRIEVERS NO MATTER HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN [years,days].

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Grief & Loss Team  🤗

[SereneSeagull]

Living the best life possible.  That’s the best part of that letter to me.  Appreciating what truly matters, knowing that person lived happy and made the life they were given the best possible.  I think that’s what we all want for our loved ones, knowing they were happy and smiling in life makes us happy too!

[SummerOnTheWay1]

@d54062e , SO GLAD you stopped by to see us!!! 💛🤗

[d54062e]

My Mom passed away December 3  2025. She was 90 and her health issues became more then her body could deal with. So many signs were there she was on her journey to heaven.  The last few days of her life on earth gave us some sort of comfort as we saw her giggle as she entered the gates of heaven. Hospice said this does happen, as Mom was being greeted by her loved ones. I'm at peace as this was her journey to heaven,  but my heart wants my Mom back with me. 

[SummerOnTheWay1]

[Wednesday 7/29/26]

Dear @d54062e , I am "thinking" about YOU!!!

How are you doing TODAY/TONIGHT?

Luv,

Nicole 🤗🤗🤗 (Grief Forum)

[SummerOnTheWay1]

[6/30/26] Dear @d54062e , we hope you will stop by AGAIN to see us!!!

Grief & Loss Team ‌🙂‌

[Xheved]

Can't eat, can't sleep, even having a hard time masking and moving ... Been following "fake it till ya make it" for my working girl daughter, but she's smarter than that.

[SummerOnTheWay1]

[Wednesday 7/29/26]

Dear @Xheved , I am "thinking" about YOU!!!

How are you doing TODAY/TONIGHT?

Luv,

Nicole 🤗🤗🤗 (Grief Forum)

[SummerOnTheWay1]

[6/30/26] Dear @Xheved , we hope you will stop by AGAIN to see us!!!

Grief & Loss Team ‌🤗‌ 

[SummerOnTheWay1]

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

[SereneSeagull]

So I’m replying Nicole, cuz I see that’s ok. 

 so for me when I’m alone and the thought of my loved one comes up as it did last night when I needed support, what helped me was to dance.  Knowing that today is another day, and I’ll be with my friends today, and Zumba-ing my behind off.  Getting those very sad feeling out.

The songs and the dance can help indeed.

[SereneSeagull]

Well got through another Thanksgiving without the members of my family I lost.  Very small gathering of football and pizza.  Drove around on a scavenger hunt to find a place even open for carry out pizza

Talked to a family member in another state, and they had a video going of the pictures of those who had passed, so I thought that was nice.  Wish I could’ve been with them.  

I was feeling the grief a lot last night and so glad there are others that know how hard the holidays are.  Today is a new day, until Christmas, but I got through.  One day at a time is all we can do, right?

[LisaS961881]

    I am so grateful that my notifications haven’t been working lately because I just discovered your post.  I wanted to reach out to let you know how I, and I am certain many others, appreciated how honestly you expressed your experience with us.

   I wanted to share that we too either watch a video, pass around photos, or simply contribute a fond memory of those who have passed to everyone present at our gathering.   At times, of course, the tears flow and the pain can be gut-wrenching, but we all feel not only a small bit of comfort, but also that we have celebrated the lives of those we miss.

Yes, today is a new day, and we all do our best to muddle through this.

[SereneSeagull]

Thank you Lisa.  Hardest part for me was last year, as my father had told me for years that I was the person in charge of estate, so the grieving process had to be put to the side somewhat so I could take care of everything that needed to be done.  

This year it hit me hard at Thanksgiving.  I didn’t think it would and took me by surprise as this year at the last moment my spouses family member was hospitalized.  So the Turkey day turned into a very unconventional evening with my own family household trying to put together something like takeout pizza at the last minute.

Then as we were eating, I started to miss my own parents and how hard it was this year now that both are really gone.  That’s it, just sibling and her family and me and mine. Miles apart.

Anyway, it hit me.  But yes, today is a new day.  Went to the gym met up with my friends and shared my hunt for an open pizza shop in town that hadn’t closed for our Thanksgiving meal.  And then danced the morning with friends in class. 

😊Thanks

[LisaS961881]

    I am so thankful that your friends were there to support you this morning.   …and that you danced!

     When those gut-punching moments of grief catch us totally unprepared, I am always, like you, eventually buoyed by friends, family, and memories, 

     It must have been Kismet that I just happened upon your post.  I have been an Executor twice now, and while I appreciated the trust that had been placed in me, it was a truly cumbersome responsibility, so I fully understand what you navigated at a point when you were at your most fragile.

   Again, thank you for reaching out and sharing.  You helped me.

[SereneSeagull]

Your post worked that way for me as well!  
Thanks!

[SereneSeagull]

Ok so I guess I’m not supposed to reply to a post here on this thread, but make my own….  Sorry, didn’t realize I’m not supposed to do that.

So here’s mine,

   As with most people I know where I socialize (where I find my joy)at my fitness center, who have experienced loss, we all are walking it together. Whether we express our grief outloud to others or keep it close to our vest.  One of the most helpful things to me in experiencing my grief in the losses I’ve had in my life was to allow that pain and hurt to be there at times. That it’s ok to be painfully sad and miss my loved ones.

But I also take comfort in knowing that my circle of friends and support are with me.  Getting outside of that constant sadness is hard.  I wish everyone who is experiencing pain of loss the comfort of knowing they are not alone today in their feelings on Thanksgiving as others know this pain.  

[SummerOnTheWay1]

1 step at a time!!!

[SereneSeagull]

They so do, no matter how old they get, I agree. I have a friend who gives of herself for her kids, even though they are older now.  She keeps putting off her doctors’s appointments, and several of us at the gym have been encouraging her to take care (edited cuz I forgot a word here), of herself as well.  

I think our children will always be our main worry, no matter what.  So true

[s988200m]

I am sorry for your loss

[SummerOnTheWay1]

[Wednesday 7/29/26]

Dear @s988200m , I hope you will stop by AGAIN to see us!!!

Grief & Loss Team 🤗

[SummerOnTheWay1]

📎  [11/5/25] Michelle @MichelleC103656 , I am heading offline but "available" IF you need me dear friend.

Luv to those darling furbabies of yours from Mister  🐈🐈🐈🐈

Nicole 💛 

[MichelleC103656]

Thank you, Nicole. We are just trying to get through each day. I appreciate your kind words. Luv to you and Mister.💌🐈

[SummerOnTheWay1]

📎  [11/5/25] TODAY is "your" day and you are in my thoughts dear friend!!!

Michelle @MichelleC103656 

Luv,

Nicole  🤗🤗🤗  (Grief Forum)

[Tempest332]

🎼You're a nobody,🎶  till somebody loves youuuu! 🎵

[MichelleC103656]

Hey Nicole!  It's been a while. I hope that you and Mister have been doing well. September was so wonderful. Then, October brought my husband Jim and me so much grief. My Mom had a stroke. She went into a  coma on a Saturday night and passed away the following Monday. We were trying to come to grips with her loss, when 2 weeks later Jim found that his mother had passed away. We were staying at her house. We said our goodnights. She was fine. The next morning, Jim went to check on her,and she was gone. He came and told me. I didn't understand at first. We called his sister and everyone. When an autopsy was done, they said that she had suffered a heart attack. She had just been to her doctor and been given a clean bill of health. So, things have not been so great. We are in shock. We can't believe everything that has happened. We start crying some days and can't stop. I know that we were so lucky to have them in our lives for so long, but it just hurts so much💔. My Mom was 86. Jim's mother was 92. Okay, I am going to try and get a little sleep😴. I look forward to hearing from you, Nicole. Your friend, Michelle👩‍🏫, and Hi from the furbabies.😺🐱😸

[SummerOnTheWay1]

@jbar4650 , SO GLAD you stopped by to see us!!! 🤗💛

[jbar4650]

No I don't have this.  I am losing it every day.

[SummerOnTheWay1]

[Wednesday 7/29/26]

Dear @jbar4650 , I am "thinking" about YOU!!!

How are you doing TODAY/TONIGHT?

Luv,

Nicole 🤗🤗🤗 (Grief Forum)

[SummerOnTheWay1]

[6/30/26] Dear @jbar4650 , we hope you will stop by AGAIN to see us!!!

Grief & Loss Team ‌🤗‌ 

[SummerOnTheWay1]

1 step at a time!!!