Grief and Bereavement
Discussion List
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no one really gets it
its been almost three months since i lost my mom to ovarian cancer which was the cancer that spread to the whole of her body til finally it took her away from me. i feel like am ready to die coz along with her death she took my will to live. i find that life has no point as we are all going to die. to see your loved one…
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I hate the holidays
My dad sang in the church choir for 30 years. He died on Dec. 19, several years ago. My grand mom died on Dec. 17. Then my 12 year old nephew died on dec 19' three years ago. My Best friend, my husband of 43 years, died 2 years ago. I'm alone. I was in Bed bath etc. two days ago, they were playing carols on the speakers.…
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I hate the holidays
My dad sang in the church choir for 30 years. He died on Dec. 19, several years ago. My grand mom died on Dec. 17. Then my 12 year old nephew died on dec 19' three years ago. My Best friend, my husband of 43 years, died 2 years ago. I'm alone. I was in Bed bath etc. two days ago, they were playing carols on the speakers.…
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Got through Thanksgiving
Well, I made it through Thanksgiving. It was very hard and very sad but not as bad as I expected. I went to the cemetery the day before Thanksgiving and cried so long and so hard that I was totally exhausted. I actually had trouble walking back to my car. I must have looked like a crazy woman, all muddy and dirty from…
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Well I made it- I guess?
Well I got past my first Thanksgiving without my mother. She passed away this past June from bladder cancer at the age of 55 leaving me (28) and my younger brother and sister (25). My sister has Autism. I swear during the whole summer I felt dead inside. There's no other way for me to put it. I haven't worked since June 4,…
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First Thanksgiving Miserable
I just had to endure one of the worst holidays without my husband of 40 years. I just wanted to stay home but agreed to go to a friends house as that is what my kids wanted to do. I didn't even get to sit with them so what was the point of my being there? I just wanted to go to sleep and not wake up until February 1st. Too…
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trying
Today is four weeks since my son David died. The pain feels intense, overwhelming, sharp, like it was yesterday, but it seems like months....a year...since I lost David. So I'm trying. Trying to piece some sort of a life back together. I know my old, sweet, beautiful life is over and I can never have it back. I'll never be…
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Husband lost his battle
My husband Richard lost his battle with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoid Caner on October 3rd. We were married for over 26 1/2 years. Have 6 children and 10 grandchildren. I still have two at home that are 14(twins). Just take a moment at a time and trust that the Lord is guiding us through. Richard was 53 years old.…
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Entering second week of widowhood...Any tips?
My wife passed one week ago, tonight. Had the beautiful service for her yesterday and took the last of my brothers and his family to the airport a while ago. Now, I don't know what to expect. I won't be tending to my wife, won't be making arrangements, won't be doing much but thinking. I'll start putting some of her stuff…
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not sure how to grief
Tommarow around 12:23pm my mother has been dead for 3 weeks.Early summer of 2012. My ma was diagnosed with stage 3 liver cancer.first they tried a experimental treatment were the injected radiation beads. Into her liver. But this was with no sucess Next they tries chemo therapy. She was on that till around Aug 16 When she…