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- About Me:
- I'm 62, an Arizona native.
- About my Loss:
- My husband Dave of 41 yrs passed away almost 2 years ago. We found out he had metastic melanoma in Jan and he was gone by October. He was my best friend, my high school boyfriend, the father of my child. The first year after his death was hard, but this seems even harder. There are days when I just don't even know how I can get out of bed in the morning
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Sadness
How do you go from being so sad life doesn't seem worth going on one day and the next you find happiness in the world? I don't understand this feeling. I miss my husband so much, I miss the sound of his voice, the feel of his hands as he holds mine, I miss his silliness, his sense of humor, even his messiness.
This week has been better than last, but I know that that will not last. Next week is the 2nd anniversary of his death, I know it's going to be a tough week. Last year my…
ContinuePosted on September 29, 2015 at 11:30pm
Time
How do you convince people that it actually takes time to get past this grief, not their time, my time? I know some people have walked away because they just don't know how to deal with me and my sadness. How can I be happy one minute and want to crawl into the closet and hide the next? I'm living in the house we lived in together for 27 years. I don't have the heart to sell and move, nor do I want to, so everything about it reminds me of him. I'm so glad for that, but also so sad. I…
ContinuePosted on September 24, 2015 at 8:15pm — 3 Comments
Almost 2 years
I'm coming up on the two year anniversary of my husbands death, why does it only feel like last week. He was my life for 43 years, my high school boy friend, that crazy good looking boy that so many girls liked, but he liked me. From the minute he asked me to dance at a high school dance, I knew he was the one for me. I don't think he knew that, haha. It was another two months before we saw each other again and from that point on, we…
ContinuePosted on September 23, 2015 at 10:45pm — 1 Comment
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Hi Karen, yes, its been 15 months for me and it might as well be yesterday. She and I had 22 years of married life, frankly I think I would rather not be here anymore, nothing is the same, life is just empty now.
Michael UK
Hello Mrs. Olson, I'm glad I did not upset you, from what I can sense you have a lot of friends and family members that loves you so much and they just don't want to see how hurt you were when Dave had move on, but each one of us go through our grief differently, how wonderful you and Dave had spent 43yrs. together and in love with each other, I have wondered what keeps a relationship to keep going with one another, I unfortunately found the love but it just did not last with my mom and dad it was at the ending part of their journey and it was revealed to me, how wrong i was, I will not bore you with me but it helps me to be able to truly say I am sorry to them, I am still dealing with a very good friend that past, she had opened my heart, to what a friend is. thank you for communicating with me and again I pray I do not upset you, I don't know you or Dave but I would love to just hear about you and Dave if you would like to, I have found one way of dealing with my hurt I would just talk as if they are next to me!. Thank You Mrs. Olson. I am truly willing to hear about you and Dave.