Thank you Betty for your words of encourgement. I know it is perfectly ok not to go to cemetary. But somehow guilt still slides in. Have any of you woke up...
Thank you for choosing our shoulders to share your burdens on Cindy. I understand the feeling that reading the Bible and praying doesn't help, but it's our...
Hi Cindy, I know exactly how you feel. I have guilt too just in the fact of why am I here and Aaron is not, could I have taken care of him better, if I could...
Well then...my shoulder is more than happy to let you rest your tears on it. I, too, had a hard time reading the scriptures(seemed like I had to read and...
Hi Amy, Sorry it's taken me awhile to respond. My dad is doing a bit better, and, yes, he's a trooper. Thanks for your concern. Amy wrote: In some ways I wish...
Hi Everyone, I can't believe its already December. Sometimes it seems like it was just yesterday that my mom died and sometimes it seems like its been an...
Hi Denise, It's good to hear from you as it's been awhile, and I'm sorry to hear things are going so rough. I'm glad you felt comfortable enough here to share...
Hello Denise, I am new to this group having only lost my husband 5 months ago. First of all John your prayer for Denise is so very special and I too pray that...
I'm sorry you're struggling but you need to know that the feelings being stronger the second year is entirely normal in grieving. We've all had that...
To all in our grief group I would like to share a poem that my sister sent me, written by a lady she knows who has also lost a loved one this year. Around the...
I know everyone is very busy this day, but I want to wish each of you a Merry Christmas. This is the "first" for me without my loveing husband. I choose to...
Hi Group, I wanted to share the ending of a sermon I recently gave. These are gifts we get from the Lord. I hope you are already enjoying most of these gifts,...
Author: Warren Wiersbe Source: Prayer, Praise and Promises Scripture Reference James 4:8 Psalm 145:14-21 God is Near Read Psalm 145:14-21 "The Lord is near to...
Merry Christmas to you also. You are in my prayers much this holiday. I'm single so I have no way of knowing what it feels like to lose a spouse but I have...
my husband and i are having our first christmas since we lost our son in July. our daughter lives 1600 miles away so we are experiencing the empty nest...
Thanks Betty, This is my first Christmas without my husband. He died in Jan of this year. For the most part I have felt God's strength through the holidays...
Hi Flwrjunkie, Thanks for writing, it's good to hear from you. I'm sorry for the loss of your son. If it's not too hard for you, could you tell us what...
Hi Kay, Sorry you had a challenging time on Friday, but you probably needed it. I wonder sometimes if those "losing it" moments are like small earthquakes that...
Greetings in the Lord, I hope you had a nice Christmas day. This quote seemed appropriate to me: Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone- ...
thanks for writing me back. Bryan was a great person but he had an old soul. he had so much compassion and a great knowledge of God. He was recently married...
Dear Donna; I can't imagine losing a child. July of this year I lost my husband to a very rare cancer. My husband was an only child and I have felt my grief as...
Hi Donna, Thanks for introducing us to Bryan. I'm so sorry for the loss of your son, and the loss of your daughter-in-law during this time. Certainly our...
Hi Donna, Thanks for introducing us to Bryan. I'm so sorry for the loss of your son, and the loss of your daughter-in-law during this time. Certainly our...
can you just tell me if it will be this hard forever. it has been almost 6 months and it still feels like yesterday. no one mentions his name anymore almost...
i still have my faith. if i didn't i would have surly died by now. i can't imagine how hard this would be without it, can you? how long were you and your...
Hi Donna, It was "yesterday," Donna. It takes 6 months to get settled after a move or starting a new job. You've lost your precious son and time is really not...
Dearest Donna, I know only too well what it feels like to loose a child. My son, Stephen,
was just 23. He passed away in 1995. Please, be kind to yourself....
I have never lost a child and they say that is the greatest loss of all. But I can identify with some of what you said. There are still resturants and stores...
thank you for your encourgment. it is so sad when you lose a child isn't it. those who have not experienced this loss compare it to the loss of a parent or...