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Brett Bowman commented on Karen's group I miss my Mom!

"I was thinking about this today. If I could have my mom back for just one month I would dote on her till the cows came home. The truth is my mom wouldn't have liked that. She didn't like to be doted on. At the end she was very appreciative…"

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BLUEBELL commented on Karen's group I miss my Mom!

"Thank you for your post Brett. It not only will help Virginia, it is helping me too. Bluebell"

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Brett Bowman commented on Karen's group I miss my Mom!

"Virginia, our stories are very similar. I was my mom's caretaker as well. I was diagnosed with PTSD after she died. When we have PTSD we can turn just about everything into a worst case scenario. It is so easy to look back and question…"

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BLUEBELL commented on Karen's group I miss my Mom!

"Hi Virginia and welcome. May I ask when your dear Mom passed away? Bluebell"

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Virginia G commented on Karen's group I miss my Mom!

"And speaking of therapists, I have ptsd, and sometimes I feel like I don’t fully realize what happened. I sort of get numb at times and feel guilty about it. I asked my therapist if it means I don’t care about my Mom.…"

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Virginia G commented on Karen's group I miss my Mom!

"Hi, just joined the group. Wanted to comment on Brett’s point about people getting tired of hearing about grief or not understanding it. I feel like I want to talk about my Mom constantly, whether it’s good times or bad.…"

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Virginia G joined Karen's group

I miss my Mom!

If you have that hole in your heart that you get when you lose the woman that you shared a body with....

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Lost a great friend.

I recently received news that my best friend passed away from heroin laced with fentanyl at age 31 on jan 10th. I was in shock and felt like i was in a bad dream. I hadn't heard from him in almost 6 months and figured he was out slamming dope because in the past he would tend to avoid me and my mother (who was like a 2nd mom to him) because he didn't want us seeing him strung out and didn't want to ruin our relationship of trust. May 15th, i arrive home from a job interview and check facebook…See More

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morgan replied to monty thompson's discussion My wife passed 5 days before christmas in the group Lost My Spouse...

"Monty, I want to let you know that everything you are feeling is normal even though it seems so difficult compared to what we thought we had and what we knew. The death of our spouse is the most difficult thing we will ever face, bar none.…"

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Jen H replied to monty thompson's discussion My wife passed 5 days before christmas in the group Lost My Spouse...

"Hi Monty, I lost my husband New Year’s Eve and have a 4 year old. It is extraordinarily hard to put on the happy face, be everything she needs, keep productive at my job, keep the house going and all the other needs of life covered. Bless you…"

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monty thompson added a discussion to the group Lost My Spouse...

My wife passed 5 days before christmas

Hi AllMy name is Monty and i have become single parent of two special needs boys when i lost my wife and life partner of 25 years, 5 days before Christmas.My wife had Myotonic Dystrophy and other the last 2 years she had really declined both in her ability to look after herself, our boys, happiness and quality of life.i tried all i could to try and encourage her to be the best she could given her condition. Unfortunately this was not enough to stave off a simple cold turning bad overnight and…See More

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CYBERSIS commented on Ginger's blog post No Title

"Really sorry for your loss. How awful to lose a child. I guess some people are really uncomfortable with grief and just don't know what to say. I know exactly the loss you feel. I lost my mother in October. I saw her and talked to her…"

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