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Post by placid-void on May 1, 2016 16:46:25 GMT -5
I post this afternoon from the edge of an immeasurable void.
My wife died this past Wednesday.
She has been the joy, light and inspiration of my life.
My center has been shaken.
I am thankful for my connections here on TMB. Thank each of you.
yknot
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Post by dmmichgood on May 1, 2016 16:55:28 GMT -5
I post this afternoon from the edge of an immeasurable void. My wife died this past Wednesday. She has been the joy, light and inspiration of my life. My center has been shaken. I am thankful for my connections here on TMB. Thank each of you. yknot You have my sympathy, yknot. My husband was 90 + one day and had an easy death.
I couldn't have wished for more, never-the-less, it still left a void that I didn't anticipate.
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Post by hberry on May 1, 2016 17:02:49 GMT -5
Yknot, I'm stunned. I am so sorry for your loss and the hole left in the fabric of your life. I know when Mom passed away, I felt like I was still circling around a center that no longer existed, and your loss is much deeper. One expects to lose their parents eventually--it is the norm of age differences--but one somehow hopes to escape the experience of losing your chosen life-partner. My deepest sympathy, dear friend.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2016 17:27:13 GMT -5
Sir, please accept genuine condolences from we who have been there, endured that. Words at this time are all the rest of us have to offer in solace/comfort. We offer them anyway. Grief and loss remain ahead for all living. For some of us, we will be the ones passing to what lies ahead. How I wish all lived near by, but that simply is not the case. Thinking of you in all compassion and kindness.
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Post by xna on May 1, 2016 17:27:38 GMT -5
I post this afternoon from the edge of an immeasurable void. My wife died this past Wednesday. She has been the joy, light and inspiration of my life. My center has been shaken. I am thankful for my connections here on TMB. Thank each of you. yknot Sorry for your loss.
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Post by ellie on May 1, 2016 17:47:26 GMT -5
I post this afternoon from the edge of an immeasurable void. My wife died this past Wednesday. She has been the joy, light and inspiration of my life. My center has been shaken. I am thankful for my connections here on TMB. Thank each of you. yknot Thinking of you placid-void. So sorry for your loss.
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Post by BobWilliston on May 1, 2016 18:04:23 GMT -5
I am sorry to hear about your loss, ynot. Surely your memories of life with her will be pleasant to reflect on.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2016 18:15:24 GMT -5
Yknot, may I express my deepest condolences to you and family at this time of sorrow for the loss of your loved one. May God comfort you all and help you through the pain.
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Post by SharonArnold on May 1, 2016 18:16:27 GMT -5
I post this afternoon from the edge of an immeasurable void. My wife died this past Wednesday. She has been the joy, light and inspiration of my life. My center has been shaken. I am thankful for my connections here on TMB. Thank each of you. yknot yknot, I am stunned, and so, so sorry. What a tough year for you! Hoping you will find comfort in memories of your years together, and in family - including the four footed ones.
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Post by xna on May 1, 2016 18:20:19 GMT -5
I hope you don't take offense to this video, but this understanding of death has helped me come to terms with those close to me who have died. I hope it gives you some comfort as well. I accept that everything that has a beginning must also have an end. Remember that all that your wife was, and all that she did still lives on in the memories of those who's life she touched.
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Post by breakfree on May 1, 2016 18:34:32 GMT -5
Yknot, my deepest sympathy to you...only those who have lost loved ones can understand the depth of loss and despair you must feel...May The God of all comfort be very near you and comfort you .
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Post by emy on May 1, 2016 19:25:05 GMT -5
I post this afternoon from the edge of an immeasurable void. My wife died this past Wednesday. She has been the joy, light and inspiration of my life. My center has been shaken. I am thankful for my connections here on TMB. Thank each of you. yknot Words do not adequately express feelings at times like this, but still need to say that I am very sorry. I know she has had health problems for many years, but was her death unexpected, even so?
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2016 19:28:54 GMT -5
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Post by slowtosee on May 1, 2016 19:44:53 GMT -5
I am sorry for your great loss, yknot. Alvin Kroeker
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Post by Lee on May 1, 2016 23:39:50 GMT -5
There is nothing more precious to a man than the blessings of a wife. To your honor, her memory will bring you relief from your grief.
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Post by dmmichgood on May 2, 2016 0:10:08 GMT -5
I hope you don't take offense to this video, but this understanding of death has helped me come to terms with those close to me who have died. I hope it gives you some comfort as well. I accept that everything that has a beginning must also have an end. Remember that all that your wife was, and all that she did still lives on in the memories of those who's life she touched. Thank you, xna, for the video from humanism.
It explains something that we all have to face sometime about others and ourselves also. It has helped me a lot to look at death in that way.
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Post by maryhig on May 2, 2016 0:27:02 GMT -5
I'm so sorry to hear about the sad loss of your wife Yknot, may God comfort you and give you strength at this sad time,
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Post by pa on May 2, 2016 0:37:59 GMT -5
So sorry to hear this. my thought and prayers are with you.
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Post by whyisitso on May 2, 2016 0:48:14 GMT -5
Very sad to hear yknot. Thoughts and prayers are with you
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Post by ellie on May 2, 2016 3:42:09 GMT -5
I hope this is OK placid-void. For your morning, a hot beverage and a hug.
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Post by elizabethcoleman on May 2, 2016 6:23:23 GMT -5
So very sorry for your loss. Take the time to grieve, and reflect on your life together. While the loss will always remain, I pray that the joy of your love will in time overshadow the depth of the pain of parting.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 9:01:44 GMT -5
Yknot,my deepest sympathy. May friends and family be there for you.May special memories help you too. It takes time..... I can have some empathy having lost close family but losing a spouse is much deeper!I hope there is someone that can just hold your hand and be there for you..... I appreciated those that were just there,they didn't have to say anything,just a hug and being there helped.
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Post by sharingtheriches on May 4, 2016 12:53:25 GMT -5
Unit! So sorry to hear of your loss and I understand the void. It felt like to me that life was over, esp. that life I'd chosen. Sometimes memories are hard to recall though being able to recite them is possible. That void, numbness takes out all that living joy we have had with our chosen mates when they pass on. Please be assured that all this void will eventually give way to the joys of good memories. Now is a recommended time to be extra careful with your own health.
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Post by fixit on May 4, 2016 15:00:53 GMT -5
I'm so sorry Yknot.
Thank you for sharing your loss with us.
Words are so inadequate at a time like this.
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Post by Gene on May 4, 2016 17:59:44 GMT -5
Yknot, my deepest condolences to you in your loss. May you find, over the course of time, a measure of comfort in the memories of your life together.
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Post by placid-void on May 6, 2016 12:19:43 GMT -5
Dearest friends,
As we all know, there are experiences in life that are felt so deeply that no words can express them and yet if we tried to express those feelings, it would require more volumes to hold the words than one can imagine. My life with Lisa has been such an experience.
The experience of reading each thought, each word and each feeling expressed by each of you, my fiends, on this thread, likewise, leaves me without words appropriate and adequate to express the comfort they have brought to me this week. I thank each of you for the love and compassion you have expressed.
For the moment my mind remains in a fog and my actions feel like movement through molasses but in time it is my hope to return to the arena to wrestle once again with the big questions of purpose and meaning, that is the joy of TMB.
Thank you one and all.
Yknot
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Post by howitis on May 6, 2016 21:33:32 GMT -5
May you know the warmth of others to melt the molasses, even just a little.
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Post by joanna on May 10, 2016 5:08:21 GMT -5
I am sorry to hear of your loss placid-void and hope you are taking care of yourself and that the happy memories you shared with your wife can help sustain you.
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