Up until delirium poked its unknown head, he was laughing and baking and picking our grandchildren up from school. We would have celebrated are 20 year wedding day Jan. 25. And while I know God will get my through this, my heart still breaks when people only want to say time will heal, when I really just need someone to let me cry. Trying to keep busy. I felt like screaming and could not believe what I heard. People say crazy things. I can't seem to, as they say "get a life" yet. Lost, alone, no support. My condolences to you at this time. My grief is so raw. I just have to know if I will survive. He also sends me blue morpho butterflies whenever I need reassurances as he promised he'd do too (they are in picture forms only as they are native to Costa Rica only). I'm always thinking what went wrong because he had only been sick for a month. Suicidal thoughts come and go, but my religion tells me that it's not right, that I won't meet up with him should I die this way. I really have no desire to go on. The best advice, love and empathy came from widows that had already been through the heart wrenching pain of loss. I am so sorry for your loss. He had a stroke and a massive bleed on his brain. I miss you when your gone away. I just lost my husband 11 days ago in a tragic accident. Everyone says I can do it and be strong, but I am weak. Thank you for giving us life and sharing your smile. I am now all alone in this strange county I called home. I'm not sure that it will ever go away, but I cope with distractions. My husband passed away three months ago very unexpectedly. In a month we found out he had stage 4 bladder and bone cancer. I miss my husband so much. I look forward to joining him one day! Without a hint I sit alone now in the darkness of despair. The only thing I can tell is I have come to realize that my life is forever changed. He was 18. Our families rock. I certainly didn't know what to do, the nurse's came in and gave him some Morphine. I started CPR and called 911- they tried to shock him several times but were unable to revive him. It feels like he's been gone too long that it's time for him to come back to me. He was recuperating. We were married 21 years. My husband passed away 4 months ago on his way back from business trip. Grieving is really hard and it's terribly sad every day. My dear husband had never been sick yet the last 17 days of his life was in a hospital. Thank you for the poem and it is comforting to know we are not alone in this world. He would not have done as well if I had died. He died suddenly at the age of 53. Just please know you're not alone and I'll be sending love and prayers to you. My daughter and I were with him when he took his last breath. Why have babies in cribs then?? We remember you always. You are now in a better place. We were married 27 years and together for 29 years. No longer in our life to share, but in our hearts, you're always there. He was Papa and always will be. I lost my husband 5 months ago, I am lost without him. I will love him forever more than I can explain. He must have known he wasn't coming back. I am lost and sad and walk around in a daze most of the time. We had one child. I feel your pain. Subsequently, he died from severe infections. My prayers to everyone, and again, be strong and remember the great memories. He cared enough to try hard. My daughter is getting married this year, and now she will have to do it without her father. I remember holding Paul's hand till he took his last breath. Can you go into infinity percent, maybe that would be it? I don't even know if I am coming or going. Perfect WhatsApp image to send each other to start a new day by Saying I love you and I . He had a very short battle. We promised each other that we will always be married to one another and that nothing and no one can separate us from our love for each other. {{{hugs}}} to you and your son. Now I feel so lonely and lost. He had a heart attack in our driveway. Like one who has had a limb removed, you constantly reach for the phantom lover. We had been married for 47 years. Working around the house, God took him to soon, I was not prepared for him to go, I will never forget that day, He had just found out 1 month before he passed that he was going to be a grandpa, She arrived 3 days after his birthday, People keep telling me to move on and get over it, but I can't, I feel like the walls are coming down on me, its so quiet in the house, no one to talk to, no one visits anymore, I feel very alone, it is hard, I miss him so much. He was so perfect for me. When we arrived he got out of the car and said, "I think I'm having a heart attack." Then that horrible day came when I had to take him off of life support! Screaming desperately, I called 911 and sent my children to get my neighbor. I took him to the hospital and brought him home 6 days later to die in our room. I am so sorry for your loss. My husband and I were riding our bikes to Best Buy when he died. We remember you always. I want you here I want you near. My pulse plunges. We did it, we did it, we would say. You see, he was widowed when we met and I was divorced. As a single mom, I tell you and every widow out there to be strong and have faith. I dread being alone. He will always be in my heart. No chance to say goodbye. We just became grandparents. I am in constant pain, and my eldest sees my heart. Massive heart attack. My condolences to you. Hi, I just lost my husband, Michael, the love of my life. I miss her. He was our center, our life evolved around him. So we come home and tried to live as normally as possible. I miss him so much. I lost my wonderful wife, best friend, lover, and support system on August 9 to lung cancer that had gone to her brain. for I no longer exist there. We made plans to go on vacation, and after our vacation we would go straight to our surgeon to get my tubes untied. My husband fell out of bed when I wasn't there to watch him. As most of you have said no one, absolutely no one understands the pain I or any of us feel. We met when I was 14 and have been together since. After I lost my husband on 1/19/2003, I heard the "move on" speech from almost all our "friends". God bless you, sir. Everything was fine. I miss him so bad. I try to go on for our kids, but sometimes it seems like they're the strongest. In December John became confused and disoriented. I have lost the will to live and was sent home from the hospital and wasn't with him when he passed away. I suffer from anxiety and depression because l miss him so much. We were making new memories. I wish I was the one to have found him so my son could have been spared such pain. Bless all of you so new in your grief. Just knowing I have to live my life without him scares me, I will cherish the kind of love we had for one another forever. These messages of love are making me appreciate my loving husband more, and for that I thank ALL of you! I stayed right by his side. Leslie Woody. We had just retired and bought a beautiful home! We had no life insurance. Hello everybody. I will be yours infinity times infinity just as we always saiduntil my ashes mix with yours and we are joined again! I had just left for work and my son found him putting on his socks early that morning. Raised my daughter, raised other children who needed me. I feel him everywhere. I lost my wife of over 62 years. I miss you so much. The end of life was expected, but the pain seems worse now that she is gone. I FEEL his presence and know this is coming from my heart. I lost my husband on the 24th of October last year after ten years of trying to have a baby. Mar 24, 2015 - missing my husband in heaven - Bing Images. He is still with me. Well with Covid 19 lurking about, I decided to bring my husband home sooner. Where are you? My husband passed on November 12, 2017, and your words are my life right now. I love him and miss him every minute of every day. He's able to come home after 8 days. My dear husband worked as an engineer for 52 years until he turned 70. l told him when he was 64 to stop working. God bless you and your son. My chest is so hollow and my heart skips beats daily!!! A man can no longer expect to be the breadwinner, and come home to a set table with a five course dinner and his pipe prepared next to his easy chair. Even that doesn't sound strong or terrible enough to describe how I feel. We were happy, we were a complete family who overcame struggles from our pasts, cancer scares, alcohol and more, yet this happens. But in the middle of the when children have slept, loneliness is unbearable. If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee. All our friends said we had a 'forever love'. You cannot stop thinking about them, and the world seems upside down without them. My prayers are with you and your family. We were a family that did everything together. I love Him so much. When we were together, we were always physically touching each other. xo Missy. I am depressed, in shock, and do not want to believe that my love has gone, and it's getting worse and worse. On Dec.1 2016, I lost my best friend of 34 years. Will the pain ever go away. The only thing that is keeping me going right now is thinking about how lucky I was to have him in my life and for that I will always be grateful. My life is so lonely without him. We watched a movie and he talked with our daughter. We were married almost 34 years I miss him so much Today is the 1st anniversary of my husband's death. I hate what life I have left with NO future as we planned. My heart aches for him every day, and I am so tired of hearing it gets better with time! I miss him so much. I know my friends are tired of seeing my sadness on Facebook. They tell me to be strong for the children, which I do. He also had "restless leg syndrome," but the hospital said it was federal law that they could not leave all bed rails up. Grief has no timeframe and will go on as long as it wants. If not to benefit from it now maybe an early retirement age for full retirement. I am so sorry for your loss. He did everything for me. We had so many plans. His heartbeat ran fast then slow and stopped. I'm angry at myself, at the doctors, at him. That was the most painful part of my life. He loved them before he even met them. He just walked around the corner to assist me and heard someone hurling slurs at me. In May, they said it started in his esophagus. He somehow passed out then fell off his bike right in front of me. My whole being aches; I am consumed with thoughts of our life. Love you. I will join him someday. "Afterglow" by Helen Lowrie Marshall. HE would be thirty and I am still angry!, I too lost my husband 4 months ago, I am lost without him. I wish you were here today, my love. I keep hoping and praying I'll wake up from this terrible week and a half dream, but it is never ending. It has been 1 year tomorrow since I lost my husband Cordy to cancer. Only you can figure that outno one else. We had 3 children together and now have 5 grandchildren. I still don't feel single, and I feel like he is at my side. Since that awful, dreadful day. Believe it or not, reading those letters, I didn't feel so alone. They did a CT of the chest and found stage 4 lung cancer. The only thing keeping me steady is the thought of what would he want me to do. October 23rd, 2016 at 3:04 PM. He had been riding bikes since he was 3. A year ago today the family met to celebrate my husband's 85th birthday. I still miss him and still wish it could've been me. Forever together heart and soul. I just don't want to believe that I'll never see him walk through the door again. Until then, I know he would have been proud of my strength. Claude McKay, ' Absence '. On the same day, unknown to my son, my daughter gave birth to her son. As the 23rd creeps closer, I feel myself not being able to be as strong as everyone has seen me be. He was most of my life, so now I am just this empty shell. Michael molded a handprint statute of their hands together and crying tonight with Michael on the phone and said, "I still can't believe your father is gone." A perfect way to hold on to special memories of" Mum Poems Sister Quotes Yoga Quotes I feel at times that I took him for granted and I can't imagine my life moving on without him. We had been married 63 years and 8 months. He had a stroke at work and a brain aneurism and he passed at the hospital. He was only 47. Three of our daughters and I cared for him 24/7. If we weren't on our bikes we would ride the bus or light rail. He was so disappointed but remained strong. She brings me comfort. I miss him so much, and so much is on me. The most difficult thing for me since your death, is not being able to do things without thinking about you. God called you home My beloved husband, Paul, who I cry daily to be with, passed away March 25, 2021. We went almost every place together. I have to know, can you go on with things? He was a talented singer too and a very loving and caring husband and father for 39 years. My husband had a sore throat and upset stomach. Nothing will make it better. Of what was yet to be, I woke up to him saying he was in pain, he passes out, we get to the hospital. We were together 21 years. I feel your pain. I strive for our babies but its so hard facing reality everyday. I find many widows and widowers feel like they're floundering as time passes. Will I ever stop wanting him to be with me?| I just don't know how I will survive without him. I am lost and feel as if my brain is in a fog. I feel for you, and reading all these posts helps me see I am not the only one who is going out of my mind. He was enjoying the life. NO, I AM NOT OKAY." I cry alone, at night because no one wants to hear I am not doing ok..thank you for sharing ladies, it is comforting knowing I am not alone. Terrie, I know how you feel when you want to be left alone so you can cry all you want. I'm not really sure how to feel or act. I took an early retirement as my wife needed me more than anything. The last few weeks he was in such pain, which he hid from me. There is no one to talk to. He was sitting in his chair and I knew it was bad. I know God is near, and I continually pray to feel his presence to get me through step by step. I can't put into words how much he meant to me and our children and how much we miss him. I wear his wedding ring on a chain. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February 2006. He passed away September 28, 2018. We were together for 41 years. May 19 will mark the 5 month mark of his death and it is also our secondary anniversary, even though we were only married 2 years we were together for almost 25 yrs. They were in a car accident together. I function and get through the day, but I am sad to the bones. He knew who I was and that the mortgage needed paid. . And I can't wait to fall into his arms and finally be home again with him in God's eternal kingdom. I miss you Poems for him . I think I went crazy for a while because I wanted to find a way to bring him back alive! I am not sure that is true. I don't think you do ever get over it! Widow is a lonely harsh title that I never wanted. Everybody's answer to this is start dating. I go over the whole scene in my head a lot. Our marriage had a lot of problems at the end, so I did not expect to be irrevocably and deeply affected by his death. After numerous tests and extras, we were told the pain in his should was the least of his problems - that he was in stage four lung cancer and had less than 2 months to live. Hi Frank- I am so very sorry for your loss. He died at home after being at the hospital for 8 1/2 hours for chemo and radiation. The only reason this sticks in my mind as I was just looking at my retirement money and what I can do for early retirement and I saw that dependent children and spouses can get their husband's retirement from federal. I still feel alone sometimes. He drovealways looking after me. I don't know how to move on from this. People expect me to be happy and I try to put on a mask but the moment I am alone the mask comes off and cry and talk to him. Lots of people, lots of advice, lots of choices, but in the end whatever you do will be the right thing for that time. He left such an imprint in the lives of so many people, especially mine. Until now, I'm grieving. We were so synchronously in tune for 46 years, I have felt at times as though my balance is thrown away. I can only cry when no one is around; why is that? They are right next to us. He came to my aid when I phoned him as a result of a minor fender bender in our townhome development. Grieving is so hard and painful when you miss them so much. My husband would have been turning 50 in September. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer July 12, 2018 and passed September 23, 2018. We were never apart for more than a few days the entire 22 years. I was missing my husband, and I knew he was not coming back, so I decided I shall live and not die. I do still feel truly empty, lost, and I can't stop my tears in the public or with my friends. We have two children. I have lost husband, friend, and lover. My friends and family try to be helpful, but they just don't understand. We experienced all of the for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health before But I wanted to comment on the fact that I believe you can also get your husband's Social Security at retirement age it's something you may want to look into. Yes the nights are hardest, sometimes you cannot sleep without some kind of help. His daughters have made this transition very hard, and I am thankful for my children. The only thing that gives me a little comfort is when people reach out to give me a hug or when they are willing to listen to me when I need to talk or cry. He left me with so many questions, in a void like a black hole. I have had pictures developed of him and hang them just so I can look at him. As I read this poem over and over, it made me cry but also made me smile. For he is not gone . Read Complete Poem Stories 177 The nights are just the hardesthis face kept haunting mekept coming to my dreamI keep hearing a friend said that life still goes on, yeah it's easy for them to say it because they don't know how painful and regret I feel. So glad I found this thread of emails today. Oh hell, where and how can I move on? I am coming up on a 5 year mark when I lost my husband. Grace A. Mandry. He was only able to move a finger on his left hand. I miss him so much. Who came up with that saying? I have remarried happily, but I miss him every day and talk to him. Each day I am certain he is with me . This is complete misery. My heart is just broken, and I'll never get over this. My life is so empty now. Now it's November and Thanksgiving was closing in. I wonder if they lost their soulmate! Thank you. Never once did he complain about pain. We were one. The shadows climb the wall. Can't stop crying. He is 38. We did everything together. He was the only man who ever told me I was beautiful and daily told me I was, "cute times 10!". I married a lady who lost her fianc just before the alter. I wanted to go with him. When I read what you wrote it was strikingly similar to how I feel. He took 1 good breath and another then one tear, another breath and he was gone. He was 49. We met when I was sixteen and were together our entire adult lives, 32 years. God bless and keep you both on this journey. Oh why, why, why, I keep asking. My heart was crushed! I really believe a piece of my heart went with him. Best friend for 30 years and married for the last 16. 16 days later my love was gone. We were together for twenty-five years. I have to pretend to be happy every day, pretend to be 'normal' whatever that is anymore. And took you away from me. While he was signing in to see him, he collapsed and died. I don't know how I'm going to go on without him. He was taken from me with an illness that they knew little about.

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