Grieving with Hope - Loss of a Spouse

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  @tedsterrett7204 · 5 years ago

  In actuality your spouse has a piece of your soul so when they pass on part of your soul goes with them. I lost my wife of 30 years in 2016. There is no loss like the loss of a spouse you feel empty.

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• NP

  @npenick66 · 2 years ago (edited)

  My wife of 20 years passed away unexpectedly 23 days ago on 1/5/24. &nbsp;She said that she was a little tired and wanted to nap in her recliner, she didn&apos;t wake up. &nbsp;She was 52. &nbsp;They said that she had a &apos;little bit&apos; of pneumonia in her right lung, that&apos;s it. &nbsp;Something that was easily treatable. &nbsp;<br><br>We have a 14 year old severely autistic son. &nbsp;It&apos;s so hard to believe that she won&apos;t be here to see him grow. &nbsp;He was the center of her world. <br><br>She was a cheerleader in every positive connotation of the word. &nbsp;Every birthday or holiday the house was over decorated, the neighbors always knew something was up because she&apos;d decorate the yard too. &nbsp;It wasn&apos;t decorated unless it was over decorated. &nbsp;Nobody near us ever went hungry, she always cooked like she was feeding an NFL team. &nbsp;She&apos;d break out crafts for everyone at the drop of a hat. &nbsp;Face paints could appear at a moments notice. &nbsp;Constant games of tag or nerf wars in the back yard. &nbsp;Everything was always full of laughter and enthusiasm.<br><br>She was so excited that our son was growing up, we bought him his first electric razor for Christmas. &nbsp;We were going to make a major event out of shearing his peach fuzz. &nbsp;But we put it off because we were fighting a little cold. &nbsp;She died 2 nights before her major event. &nbsp;I know it sounds silly making a big deal out of something like a first shave but it&apos;s taken me 3 weeks to face this without her. &nbsp;To a young man it&apos;s a rite of passage, something that she never would have missed.<br><br>Tonight I gave him his first shave. &nbsp;Just the two of us.

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• MK

  @mkpeters100 · 8 years ago

  It doesn&apos;t get better as time goes on....it gets worse. At first you&apos;re in denial and shock. Once that&apos;s over the reality sets in and that&apos;s when you realize that it&apos;s final, and the loneliness hits you in the face. Family and friends stop coming around because they either feel they&apos;ve exhausted their condolences, or they don&apos;t want to be around someone that is depressed all the time (which is understandable). So you either lie and say that you&apos;re doing ok, or you avoid people.

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• GO

  @godfreytumwesigye · 4 years ago

  I lost my wife to Covid-19 on 16th June 2021. I&apos;m hurting, I feel a huge vacuum in my heart, in my entire being. A big part of me went with her. People don&apos;t understand how I feel. They fear to talk to me. Is not easy!

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• DO

  @dougmoore5222 · 5 years ago

  My wife and daughter died in a car crash almost 40 years ago. I have since remarried, yet, I think of them almost ever day. The years may pass, and we survivors may build a wall to help deal with such loss, but it almost always proves but a thin veneer that can crumble with a whiff of perfume, a sudden warm memory, or the melody of a shared song, and again the tears roll down our cheeks and grief tears at our heart. The pain of such loss remains for life even though we learn ways of disguising it.

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• CA

  @CamDollM3 · 5 years ago

  To all those who have lost someone dear to you, the people who care about you, we love you and recognize your struggles. You&apos;re doing the best you can given your circumstance. <br><br>This is not an easy task.

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• DO

  @dordil · 6 years ago

  My husband of 43 years died on 15 July 2016.My world fell apart.I lost me in the process and after 3 years still trying to find me.No nobody knows the loss of a spouse but you.Feel for all those that have lost loved ones.

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• SA

  @sandyd2527 · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s been 1 month and 17 days since my hubby of 35 years passed on and went to be with Jesus. My life revolved around him and now I don&apos;t know what to do with myself. I miss him so much. The evenings are the hardest for me.

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• DO

  @dondressel452 · 5 years ago

  I’m here because I’m worried about my fiancé <br>I’ve got cancer and I hope she can get support from her family when I pass<br>My heart goes out to each and everyone who’s lost a loved on here

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• PE

  @peace4serenity · 5 years ago

  My beautiful husband died 3 weeks ago. &nbsp;In the last year of his life he had prostate and esophagus cancer. &nbsp; He died quickly of complications following surgery and radiation. &nbsp;He was the most loving, kind, giving, faith filled man I’ve ever known. &nbsp; In a few days we would have been celebrating our 19th wedding anniversary. &nbsp;I miss praying with him, &nbsp;I miss his laughter and his loving ways. &nbsp;We were supported in prayer by so many people we felt carried in grace. &nbsp; He died peacefully. &nbsp;In the last week of his life I would often say “Thy will be done”. &nbsp;“Jesus I trust in you”. &nbsp;When he struggled he would say, “I offer it up”. &nbsp;I watched as he placed his trust in the Lord. &nbsp;His faith strengthened me. &nbsp;I miss him so deeply and all the paper work and legal things to do is so stressful. All our children live far away from home, but &nbsp;I feel the presence of the Lord. &nbsp;Each time I cry deeply. &nbsp; I feel comforted by God. &nbsp;I work very hard to stay in this moment. &nbsp;I can manage today with God’s grace despite how deeply my heart aches. &nbsp;Often when we prayed together we would thank God our faith. &nbsp;I thank God for my faith and our faith community who have been so supportive.

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• GO

  @godfreytumwesigye · 4 years ago

  Whereas I want to keep talking about her, people want us to avoid. I have stopped telling people the truth about how I feel; I lie to them that I&apos;m fine: that&apos;s what they want to hear. Truth be said; I&apos;m not ok, I m doing so badly - the pain, the emptiness, the feeling of guilt. The feeling that people don&apos;t care. I think only my children feel such deep pain

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• TI

  @tiffanyanderson6271 · 4 years ago

  These testimonies were so helpful as I am grieving the loss of my husband, who passed away 2 months ago. We would have celebrated our 34th wedding Anniversary in March. My heart aches because I miss him so much but my heart also rejoices that he is with the Lord.

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