Well time is passing, and we are moving forward or not. I hope we are moving forward.  It's very traumatic when we lose love ones.  Death I think is a punishment for the living.  However, time does help.  Time has helped me to move forward.  Of course there are still times when I cry, but I am not stuck.  There are still times I feel sorry for myself and even angry, but thank God I don't stay that way.  I think what we all are feeling is very natural.  God put us here to live life and this is what we must fight to do everyday.

Lee

Thomasine I really hope and pray that your good-bye won't be a long one. Where ever you go or may be,I pray that God will be with you in all your going and your coming. May God be with you and throw around you his broad arms of protection and protect you from all hurt harm and danger. Hope to here from you soon. A FRIEND ALWAYS ELAINE

Hi Thomasine, things are doing so so, I just had a birthday and I managed to get through without crying... You know my heart is so sad for the little boy that (one of the newest members here) the 7 yr old who drowned Chris Jacobs, its terrible the pain we sometimes MUST endure, the things we have NO CONTROL OVER
but you know I am doing okay and how are you doing these days....

Thomasine, thank you for your words of encouragement. It is nothing anyone can imagine except someone who has been through it and still it is very personal and affects each person differently. I was a praying person, but after my brother and husband passed so close I could no longer prayer and asked people to pray for me. Time has helped and I am able to pray again. There is nothing else we can do.

Thomasine, thanks for the words of encouragement... you really dont know the impact just other kindness have on the grieving....And as a child I learned we are here on God's time and things are done to his expectation and when the time is hear,,,, no matter what's going on its time to step and walk with him.... my understanding is a lot better, again thanks