"Thank you, Anna. After five months, most family members and friends don't want to hear about it any longer. I'm hoping that soon I will feel at least a small amount of healing. Thank you for listening and responding."

"Angela, for sure it is normal!  I was in a sort of shock for a few months after my husband died just a year after our son.  At three months after I was beginning to hit a bottom and stayed there for a long while.  Everyone grieves…"

"Thank you for your caring response to my earlier post. I want to know if it is normal to be feeling so depressed and grief stricken after five months. There are days I do not even have the energy or desire to shower and every day finds me crying so…"

"Shortly before our son died my husband and I were up on the mountain at our little house that we built years ago when we were young and strong...I mean we literally built it...hauled the lumber in on an old flatbed truck over an old logging road,…"

"I, too, am comforted by birds. I have an Eastern Blue Bird couple who are nesting on my back deck. I enjoy their courtship, marriage, eggs, babies, and fledging from about 5' from my living room window. Such a pleasure this summer. So good to…"

"Oh Vasanthi and Mary..how beautiful ...and since God IS love...even our poor human attempts at love is a reflection or a tiny bit of HIM...He cares enough for us to let us feel LOVE...He MUST care about how we are feeling.... we went to the mountain…"

"Love and reaching out is the most important thing that I can do for others and myself, I agree whole heartedly! Yes, without faith in God, I would not be "making it" at all. I understand what you are saying Vasanthi. Recently re-read…"

"Love to u all here .. the lord is omniscient and omnipotent-- please trust that--not saying it as some religious crap but saying it because i firmly know it..how? because with all the severe trials one goes through, it still doesn't take away…"

"Michelle, I too, have a friend who has dropped me, but it's because she is dealing with un-dealt with grief. I understand her better after we've talked a couple of times. I miss her, but at this time in our lives we can't help each…"

"Thank you for taking the time to reply. Yes, I really do realize the remodeling is helping my mom. I don't say anything about how I feel because I don't want her to realize that her way of coping is making my coping harder, because that…"

"I have been super emotionaly today.  A good friend of mine lost her mother 11 years ago today.  She still grieves for her.  At the end of June last year we found out my mom  had cancer, she died 6 months later.  I finding…"

"My son was 20 years old. 9 days after his 20th birthday. 8 months with my son."

"Angela, I am so so sorry.  I lost my best friend and soul mate a year ago and I still cry every day and I still am having trouble moving on.  I think we all grieve at our own pace.  It has been such a short time for you. …"

"yesterday was my 41 wedding anniversary with my husband. I lost the love of my life 22 months ago.  I took two red roses to the cemetery and said a prayer, I love Rick, more today than the day were married. We had a wonderful friendship for two…"

"This pic is from online...put on by someone named cutiezionist08..i think from glittergraphics.com...as soon as I read your account, I thought of this picture...."