August 2011 Blog Posts (76)

For Nicki

Our little boy Nicholas, sleeping beside mommy

Was just waking up to play

You couldn't wake your mommy up you said

On that very dreadful day

You were with her alone at home

A debt no child should have to pay

I wish that I could have been there

before they carried your mommy away

Every morning now when he gets up

he has the same words to say

"Dad, I know you miss mom, I miss her too,

but it will be okay!"

This…

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Added by MIchael A Ballard on August 24, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments

My Loss of My daughter Becky

 I lost my daughter on August 8 2011. Becky had AML luekeima and also a flip 3 mutant cell in her cancer.She knew something was wrong in Oct 2009.She went to the doctors over and over again and they were always saying it was a virus.She went to cmmc in dec 17 of 2009 and asked to be admitted and they they did a totoal blood  diferential and there it was the cancer.Next morning Adam and the girls and I went to the hospital and got them checked out because of colds and fevers.I went up stairs… Continue

Added by Mariann Plourde on August 24, 2011 at 7:01am — No Comments

The lifeline of love

Thought I would share with you another poem I wrote,

The lifeline of love

We were knitted together as one

it was you that was my lifeline

until death came and took you away

and snapped right through our strong twine

Now I am falling so very fast

no lifeline with which to save me

I never thought the line would…

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Added by Babs on August 24, 2011 at 5:53am — 2 Comments

Pain

I had My Daddy Terry, for 25 years and for some reason I feel it was not long enough. I have so much anger, hurt, guilt, and pain built up. I know he went to heaven but it is still so ha

Added by Tracie Jane Knipp on August 24, 2011 at 1:27am — No Comments

♥ I Love And Miss You Grandma ♥

I wish heaven had a phone so I could hear your voice again. I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, from which I'll never part. God has you in his arms I have you in my heart ♥

Added by Crystal (BluSkyy) on August 24, 2011 at 12:22am — 1 Comment

Come and see me and lay beside me!

Went to visit Jami's grave today.

It was the first time, so I gathered all of my courage and took it with me to face my fears. There really wasn't fear today, just a brief amount of nervousness.

When I got there I knelt down and brushed off some grass from her headstone. Moments later, without even thinking about it, I found myself lying beside the top of her small headstone, which is next to her vase above the buried urn.

After the dream from a couple of nights ago of her lying… Continue

Added by MIchael A Ballard on August 23, 2011 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

Celebrate Life, Never Forget the loved ones

HI Everyone,  I know in grief there are moments of great light and moments of deep and dark despair. I know that I miss my best friend to the very ends of time, but like Michael said, it is not what she wanted for me. Before she died: she made me promise:1) I would walk a 5 K ovarian cancer walk- I will be registering for the one on October 16th, 2011. I'm terrified but I know it will make her proud.2) I promised her - to never ever forget her.3) I promised to talk to her, to come and visit her… Continue

Added by Anne Delina Johnson on August 22, 2011 at 9:38pm — No Comments

Move forward with your lives and express your love more than you thought you ever could!!

All You Need Is Love

The Beatles

Lennon/McCartney

Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
There's nothing you can do that can't be done.
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung. 
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play
the game It's easy. 
There's nothing you can make that can't be made.
 No one you can save that can't be saved. 
Nothing you can do but you can learn…
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Added by MIchael A Ballard on August 22, 2011 at 7:30pm — No Comments

The Rainwater brought my wife to me for a visit.......Just a dream??

I had a dream last night of my wife Jami.  She was lying beside me and she was all in white.

She said something about she was able to spend a little time with me.  Her face was very pure and vivid, and she was dressed in white (or just glowed in white).  

Some of her words she spoke of were that she will always love Nicki and me and everything will be alright.

Holding her,kissing her and smelling her perfume were also obvious during and after the dream.

I remember…

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Added by MIchael A Ballard on August 22, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Almost 2 months and its getting harder not easier

First I had to keep it together for my husband because he had enough to deal with without being worried about me.  Then it was making arrangements and taking care of immediate business that kept me holding on.  But now, nearly 2 months in and Im finally starting to realize how much I have lost.  How much I loved him and didnt mean it when I told him I would be ok.  I am not ok, I will never be ok again.  I dont need anything but for my love to be back here beside me where he belongs.  I will… Continue

Added by anna l. on August 22, 2011 at 6:42am — 4 Comments

Has your grief affected your faith?

I have been a christian for 18 years and have loved the lord with all my heart and been an active member of my church for that time. I have been through many trials and have always found strengh in God and my church family. At the moment though I am really struggling, I havn't been to church since January and have not been able to worship, I know God is with me and don't want to abandon him or my faith but there seems to be a barrier. I wondered if anyone on here has found this difficult. It…

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Added by Babs on August 21, 2011 at 1:58pm — 15 Comments

I cant stop the tears any longer...

A few weeks ago, i was talking to Ryan about Robert again, and he said something that bothered me, and made me think that every time i talk about Robert, it bothered him. So i vowed to not talk about Robert to Ryan anymore, which is why i got an account on here, so i could talk and not bother him. But i dont have my real, personal person anymore, and it seems to be taking a harder toll than i thought it would. Today is 3 months since the accident, and it seems harder than ever. 3 months since… Continue

Added by Kelly Husak on August 20, 2011 at 2:59am — 2 Comments

Pills, pills and more pills ......Anger Stage - "Hello!"

I was overcome today with anger about my wife's passing.

A lot of it has to do with her Doctors.  I know it is easy to blame the doctors, and I have been told that nobody makes them take anything or put a pill in their mouth except the person taking it.  

Now hold on just a minute, because if it wasn't for the doctors just laying script after script out for her, plus bags and boxes of samples, maybe she would still be here today.

Can't some of these types of doctors get…

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Added by MIchael A Ballard on August 19, 2011 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

We all have one thing in common besides grief. Time...

Grief is work, requiring time and energy. The memories, meanings and fulfilled needs provided by the lost loved one take time to work through.

Added by MIchael A Ballard on August 18, 2011 at 11:56pm — No Comments

Funeral Arrangements

Joe was from Ireland and since his death, I have not spoken to anybody from his family apart from his ex wife. I feel like I would like to be in Ireland to be at the funeral. I feel like the family did not include me, I was the one there with him, since he moved to the island!! I feel left out. And I was also there with him on the night of death!!

It becomes even more important to me to have a memeorial for him on the island!!

Added by Emily Elizee on August 18, 2011 at 1:19pm — No Comments

FINDING MYSELF

 

My mom and her 3 sisters at our last family reunion last June.

 

I have been going to counseling for a couple months now I…

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Added by Heather Loehr on August 18, 2011 at 10:15am — 1 Comment

Our mind's radio

Just wanted everyone on here to know that I am thinking about you all.  

Was doing some research on death rates, based on 1 out of every 113 people in the world that died last year, there is 1.78 deaths per second, 107 deaths per minute, 6,390 deaths per hour, 153,000 deaths per day, 56.0 million deaths per year, 3.9 billion deaths per average lifetime (70 years).

I was amazed, had no idea, every second someone dies?  I always heard this but never verified it!

Just when…

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Added by MIchael A Ballard on August 17, 2011 at 1:30am — No Comments

Another day to grieve alone

Its the anniversary of steve's death today, but nobody really knew, so wasn't acknowledged by anyone but me, I am tired of grieving alone. Babs

Added by Babs on August 16, 2011 at 4:01pm — 4 Comments

Dealing with phone calls

Im wondering how long the phone calls for my husband will continue.  He worked with forestry professionals from Alaska to Colorado, BC to Ontario.  There is no way for everyone to get notified of his passing so it seems a few times every week I answer a call from someone who jauntily asks to speak with Tom.  It is horrible to have to tell them he has died.  Most are in shock and ask what happened, expecting me to be able to answer.  Because he worked from home the past 5 years alot of these… Continue

Added by anna l. on August 16, 2011 at 5:02am — No Comments

Taking a step back

I'm up in Wyoming now, with me and Robert's blood father, his girlfriend and Jenna. I'm not used to being around them without Robert at all. And Sunday, when we came up here, my Nana (Kennys mom) talked about how she read this book just a few months before Robert's death and it really helped her with the grieving process and how i should read it too. Honestly (And this will make me sound like a shallow beech) if i didnt need the money she provides and will provide in the future, i would've… Continue

Added by Kelly Husak on August 16, 2011 at 3:05am — No Comments

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