Grief recovery- Share your loss

LIFE...so fragile.
LOSS... so sudden.
HEART...so broken.

In the wake of such a loss, we're haunted by things we don't - and may never - understand.
Yet the solace we seek, may not come from answers.
So we look for comfort in the belief of love's everlasting
connection.

May that love lift you,

hold you close,

and give you peace.

Wishing everyone a Happpy Thanksgiving Day...........

POEMS... that bring a smile/tears to you face.

I posted an ''invite'' and a link, for our group.......
debey

Rocket {{{{{{{{HUG}}}}}}}}}

I know how you feel, I lost my husband 5 years ago and he was my best friend. He was only 52 and I was 59. I still miss him. I retired at 60 and was really alone. My friends from work, well they worked and on the weekends they had their own families. My DH family, had their own lives and while I did have my grown daughter and son, they really didn't understand how I felt.

All of us here understand what you are feeling in one way or another. I can tell you what helped me was to share my feelings with online friends. That is what we are trying to do here.

We may not be in your town but our hearts are all around you.

hi, rocket, how very lonely it must be to have no one; but now you have us. I wish i could just reach out to you and hold you while you sob your heart out whenever you feel it coming on. Consider this a great big hug reaching out to you. I am praying that somehow, someway you will meet someone where you are with whom you can share your heart & who will embrace your grief rather than turn away. Are you able to go to church? Is there a grief-support group at any of the churches or senior organizations in your area? Maybe there is someone as grief-stricken as you are who needs you as badly as you need them, and is waiting for you to find them. But if you cannot get out, we are here. You are welcome to dm me as well. Grief follows its own path and is not the same for everyone. You need someone to lean on until you are able to begin to see the halo around the edges of the dark clouds again-- it will come in time, don't rush it, just do what you have to do to survive one moment at a time until it begins to get easier. The more people you have, the easier it will be. Since you don't have anyone close by, it may take longer, but it will happen--just lean on us for a while. Think of the good memories and find some memory that makes you smile or laugh--then smile or laugh as often as you remember. Smiles & laughter help the healing. It doesn't hurt to talk to your husband, either. All of us have conversations with the ones who are only with us in spirit. Share some amusing moment, or some frustration. It helps the day to pass, and lightens the heaviness of the grief a little. Keep a journal, if you are given to writing, and write out your feelings and thoughts. And try very hard, as soon as you are able, to befriend someone as lonely as you are. Both of you will be very blessed.

Hi, Rocket..Sure you have friends and family..We're here for you..Loneliness can be a slow and painful life for anyone who is grieving..You need to be around people, children, and other people in different grief stages who can help you..I pray that some of the others in this group will be around today, there has been some great advice given here, and they would welcome a dm from you since sometimes we all get busy and forget to check in here.. You are welcome to dm me anytime..

Hello to you all. I "joined" this group a while back, but this is my first time posting here. I have posted on C-D in several other forums over the past year or so, but have not discussed my grief issues in those forums. I'm not sure why I'm doing it now. My husband died in March 2007, and so much has happened since then. He was one week past his 65th birthday, and we were just about the same age. I thought by now I would be coping better than I am, but I have no friends, no family, and the loneliness is almost more than I can stand sometimes. Is anyone else in a similar situation? I would imagine most of you have friends and family for support, and that is good. I don't have that, and I would like to know if anyone else is feeling this kind of emptiness.

yes, keeper, I do believe I did...........

Thank you debey.. did you invite them to our group? It will help us to know who to remind to vote when the poll comes out. We just need ppl to vote.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/gener...grief-how.html
it would certainly help, if all grief related threads could be under one forum. I will continue to search, in my spare time........