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Bereavement

murielm99

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3. It is tough, Peggy, when we

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 12:21 AM

Oct 2015

want to share something with that person. We hear a joke, or some news we know would make them smile. We visit a restaurant we know they would have liked.

I hope your pain eases.

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Tonight I got some very good news.......and now I'm sad. [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 OP

My dear, Peggy. It will ease. Wilms Oct 2015 #1

I sure am. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #2

It is tough, Peggy, when we murielm99 Oct 2015 #3

Thank you. I expect it will... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #4

I wish I had ohheckyeah Oct 2015 #5

Just having you talk to me helps so much, my dear ohheckyeah... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #6

I think losing joy ohheckyeah Oct 2015 #7

It does suck. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #8

Good point. ohheckyeah Oct 2015 #9

The pain will ease. Paka Oct 2015 #10

Still to this very day when I receive news of any kind one of my first thoughts auntAgonist Oct 2015 #11

Thank you...the good memories do help. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #12

how long has it been since your mom passed? orleans Oct 2015 #13

It seems like yesterday some days but in reality it's been a lifetime ago. 1997 August 23rd. auntAgonist Oct 2015 #16

tell him, peggy--say it out loud & talk about it orleans Oct 2015 #14

Sometimes I do talk to him, as though he were here...but I sure feel silly! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #15

"Beauty without the beloved is like a sword through the heart" NCarolinawoman Oct 2015 #17

That is a beautiful saying, and thank you for showing it to me. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #18

I talk to my Dad. ohheckyeah Oct 2015 #19