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

So glad to see you back @SummerOnTheWay1  I knew you would return! 💜

Celebrate @SummerOnTheWay1 the benefits of being 65. You have earned them! Finding a doctor and dentist are positive steps toward taking care of yourself so good for you!

Marcy

I woke up this  morning and saw the emails from you.  I thought "That is not my Nicole!!!! is it?"  I quickly went to the Grief & Loss site and YES IT IS!!!!!!!!  I am writing this between crying and laughing.  I am so HAPPY that you have returned to us.  You have put so much time into this site with all your love, care and devotion.  I felt that YOU were the GLUE that held me together along with many others.  Thank You for coming back to us.  

Thank you for all the kudos!! Sleep well 💜😴

YOU have made my Friday!  I am SO GLAD that you are back.  Luv ya.

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@SummerOnTheWay1 wrote:

(8/4/23) WE cry, rejoice, talk, share!

 

Whatever YOU need, WE are here for YOU.

 

***YOU are a very SPECIAL person and WE want to hear from YOU***

 

Grief & Loss Team 💚🤗

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Hello, AARP member, I lost my family and look for AARP members as friends. I support AARP foundation.

Hi Nicole, lonely, nosey AARP member here. I'll take your trash to the dumpster.

Dear @CarolD435501 , It is very normal to still cry. I do too and I just passed the nine month anniversary. I think it's important to watch for things that may signal that professional help is needed. Is the crying constant? Are you doing routine things (eating, bathing, getting dressed, caring for your home, etc)? Are you engaging in hobbies or activities of interest? Are you communicating with family/friends? I could go on but you get the idea.

It sounds like you have a spiritual connection and that is a good thing. So now you are special to your husband (because you are with him and he is with you) and you feel the Lord's presence so you are special in that sense too. How about being special to family or even to yourself? Sometimes we must look and search a little deeper to see things through our grief.

Your loss will always be a part of you. Your husband was and is a significant part of your life that you won't forget. We would love to go back to that life we had with our loved one, but we can't. A book I read recently Different after You: Rediscovering Yourself and Healing after Grief and Trauma talks about going through a birth at the moment of our loved one's passing and it's not a pretty birth. The loss makes us a different person whether we like it or not, but the good thing is we can decide what our new person will be.

Know that you are special CarolD!

I hope so too and that all on this forum is well. And Nicole, it's so nice to see you back! Wasn't sure it was you till I read further...

Hey Nicole!

Take care! ☮️ 🏖 ⛵  ~Allen 🌈  🏝 🛶