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SpamWyzer

(385 posts)
7. My departed wife
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 09:51 AM
Sep 2023

of 40 years was an avid gardener, she loved flowers, butterflies and hummingbirds, she loved the natural world. When she died suddenly, I was destroyed. Almost physically incapable of anything beyond tears and fears. Then one day, as I pulled weeds from her flower beds, missing her with that horrible void that no one else can fill when a kind voice in my own head said to me, almost as she would have..."She was your wife, not your life."...I pondered this truth. It led me back to me. It saved me from the despair of loss and fears of loneliness and old age without a partner. Guess what? I am much better now. I pray you find a moment when the perspective shifts back into place, when your heart feels the loss but not the pain and when you discover yourself again inside just waiting to do things like enjoying the birds. He would want you to be happy again. Peace

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I completely sympathize. Lost the love of my life in 2005 Walleye Sep 2023 #1
Thank you imavoter Sep 2023 #4
I am glad that you are starting to find joy again. Please take very good niyad Sep 2023 #2
thank you n/t imavoter Sep 2023 #5
Get Well samplegirl Sep 2023 #3
I'm doing ok. imavoter Sep 2023 #6
My departed wife SpamWyzer Sep 2023 #7
Oh, Delphinus Sep 2023 #9
Out-of-the-blue divorce is so horrible! BComplex Sep 2023 #13
Thank you for your thoughts. Delmette2.0 Sep 2023 #12
I am glad you are mending. peacebuzzard Sep 2023 #8
So glad to hear you are starting to get a little strength back. MLAA Sep 2023 #10
And thank goodness for YOU! calimary Sep 2023 #11
I'm in your boat, Calimary. BComplex Sep 2023 #14
Terrific lyrics! They really speak the truth. calimary Sep 2023 #15
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