Joined: 12/26/2018 Posts: 35
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I have something that might help with overwheming grief. My DH died at home 01-21-2020 AD at home in his sleep. For the last year, I have been up and down with grief. Church had a grief-share group which helped. Dec 19, 2020 AD we got DH's remains in the ground. The hold up was waiting on a gravestone to be shipped from Georgia to Nebraska. That night I prayed to our Creater to lift the 'spirit of grief' that was overwelming me . HE DID!! I awoke the next morning after a good nights sleep feeling that it was gone. I home this is some help . God is faithful.
Julie aka bunifoot
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Joined: 1/23/2017 Posts: 1242
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My own grief process is really just starting. My Barbara passed this life on December 20, 2020. I had been praying that she might not suffer, and as near as I can tell, she was not in any physical pain. Was she suffering inwardly, seeing her body ravaged by the Parkinson's ? Was she aware of her inability to articulate any but the most simple words or thoughts ?
I don't know. What I do know is that she left a hole that I was not aware of until I found her with cool skin and bluish lips. That hole is being filled, as I learn how to be a single man again, but it won't happen instantly, and I wouldn't want it to. Like a lot of things in life, grief is a journey.
I am currently going through things in our house that were Barbara's, and each of her little " treasures " brings back some kind of memory. Some of those treasures will stay with me, and some will go to other homes, where they can become someone else's treasure.
That hole I spoke of which is being filled.... the filler is my memories.
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Joined: 4/1/2014 Posts: 5180
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I'm touched by the journeys through grief that are shared here. We each have a history that is different with each lost LO but love is love and we understand the other's grief. I hope that as the days pass, we all will find that our LOs remain dear to us and we find joy when remembering their lives and our times together.
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Joined: 1/1/2012 Posts: 1886
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bunifoot, sorry about your husband. I'm glad you found peace.
Chrisp, I am sorry to hear of Barbara's passing. Grief is definitely a journey.
You are both in my prayers.
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