Thanks everyone for your support. I lose Mom a month ago today so its very fresh yet. We had a very close relationship all of our lives which makes it harder...
Hi Norma, I'm sorry you have to go thru this and that it is so fresh. I lost dad in August so I've been thru the holidays and Easter and they were very very...
Hi Norma, Thanks for writing. I'm really sorry to hear about the recent loss of your mother. What a blessing to have her for a very long life and be close with...
Hello everyone. In the morning I am leaving to go see my brother and sisters for the week-end. It will be our first Mother's Day without Mom in our midst. She...
Hello everyone. I haven't been posting much lately because we have been really busy and I have been trying to deal with everything and again I went backwards...
Hello Lisa, thanks for the comforting words. So far I am doing alright, but sunday is not here yet and who knows I may be able to get through it afterall. I...
Father's and daughter's are different than mother's and daughter's. Me and mom can laugh and then in the next minute be screaming and cussing each other and...
Thank you Bonita what you said is really sweet. I will be thinking about you Sunday. I hope the day is easier for you than you think it will be. Remember...
Lisa, You are so lucky to have had that relationship with you dad. That is something you have that many don't. My Mom and Dad had been married and divorced 3...
I probably need counseling, but feel i am too much for anyone. Not even sure how i expect anyone to respond. My losses are not recent, but hitting home this...
Regina, I'm so sorry for your losses. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to lose a child. My heart goes out to you. I wish that I had some...
OH, I didn't mean lost as in died, I am so sorry for that. I meant she was developing normally then around 3 went into her own world and stopped talking and...
Oh, I'm sorry I didn't understand. You didn't misrepresent yourself I'm sure it was reader error. My computer is acting up so I keep getting sent to another...
Hi Regina, Thanks for writing and sharing a part of your story. Time constraints this morning limit my response, but I wanted to say that you are not too much...
My preacher keeps telling us (as a congregation within his sermons somehow gets worked in) to take things to God and I know I should. I also have a hard time...
Greetings all, I'd like to share a few thoughts from my reflection this morning. Psalm 121<A Song of Ascents.> I lift up my eyes to the hills-- from where will...
Hi Regina, You wrote: "I know my problem is very petty in comparison to theirs and many many others. I just seem to be at a stumbling block and can’t move...
Thank you so much. You are right. I need to get up and dike into taking care of business wholeheartedly. Working through grief has gotten harder. I usually...
I feel much better when I do something, no matter how small, for someone else, I need to keep with that as well. And please remember afterwards to take a few...
John, What you said about us being the ones missed someday really hit home for me. I get so caught up in my own grief and hurt from losing Dad and Brad...
Hi Lisa, What you said about us being the ones missed someday really hit home for me. Good, You're a wonderful person and they have a tremendous blessing with...
When my dad died, my son and I grieved together. His preschool teacher gave me a handout that said the average American believes grief is over in an average...
Hi Regina, 3 days for any public display? That's probably what we determine as acceptable grieving in our country. I could see 3 days with traditional Hispanic...
The article was referring to a survey done that said most folks think grief only lasts that long. I am not sure if it meant publicly or not. I have to admit,...
Mark 10:45 "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." Jesus' life was shaped by death. Not...
Hello Everyone, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Vanessa A. Johnson, aka VeeJay and I am the author of a new book, When Death Comes a Knockin', a self- help,...
Welcome VeeJay, Thanks for writing. I'm sorry about your losses and I hope your book was a healing process to write, and a blessing to other that have gone...
Hey John, Thanks for your kind words....Yes, writing the book was very theraputic. I recommend writing to anyone who is going through the grief process, even...
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