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Topic: WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS
auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Sun 05/25/08 03:50 PM
Hey there Sadie

Sharris Joined Sun 12/10/06 Posts: 7300	Sun 05/25/08 03:55 PM
I hate holidays, it always reminds me of the family life I thought I would have with my husband and son. I try to create holiday rituals that i think we would have shared, but the day usual ends in tears and it lost my husband 6 years ago. Hello Enderra, a pretty name. How old is your son? I am almost to 3 years. How long would you be married? Holidays and creating something new with the satisfaction of what was hoped for, is so very touchy. I am sorry you have to live this pain. I am Sadie

Sharris Joined Sun 12/10/06 Posts: 7300	Sun 05/25/08 03:57 PM
Hey there Sadie [/quote Hello, I have been to costco, got my tires rotated, bought my fruit and am having coffee with y'all now. almost a revived woman.. We need a table to sit around..How are you today?]

oldsage Joined Thu 09/14/06 Posts: 18043	Sun 05/25/08 04:02 PM
We're not sitting at a table?? Thought I was.

auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Sun 05/25/08 04:08 PM
A very large table! I'm well ty Sadie. Sounds like you got a lot done today!

auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Sun 05/25/08 04:19 PM
Okay I'm off to get some supper. I'll see y'all later Hugs all around

Sharris Joined Sun 12/10/06 Posts: 7300	Sun 05/25/08 04:23 PM
Okay I'm off to get some supper. I'll see y'all later Hugs all around did that at costco too. Later, s

knightless Joined Sat 04/14/07 Posts: 402	Sun 05/25/08 04:38 PM
Hi Oldsage, Even if I could ride up with them I would need to help with gas, and food..and since I can't I wouldn't feel comfortable unless I could do my part. But I sure appreciate the thought.

knightless Joined Sat 04/14/07 Posts: 402	Sun 05/25/08 04:39 PM
Hi Enderra..and welcome..

knightless Joined Sat 04/14/07 Posts: 402	Sun 05/25/08 04:41 PM
Hey Auburn..hope you've had a good day.., bummer we can't make it to the gathering. Maybe next time.

BettyB Joined Tue 01/29/08 Posts: 31912	Sun 05/25/08 04:45 PM
Sage is that gathering you want something you have always done , or is it because of this post? I don,t think I can go but it is a great idea. /

enderra Joined Tue 04/15/08 Posts: 1719	Sun 05/25/08 07:23 PM
thanks for the welcome. We would have been married only 9 years. So I have spend more years without him than I did with him. I know it doesn't compare to those of you who were married for many years. I can't imagine that. The hardest part is raising a child, who unlike a child of divorce knows there is another parent out there, mine is painfully aware of having none. He is seven.

Sharris Joined Sun 12/10/06 Posts: 7300	Sun 05/25/08 08:25 PM
thanks for the welcome. We would have been married only 9 years. So I have spend more years without him than I did with him. I know it doesn't compare to those of you who were married for many years. I can't imagine that. The hardest part is raising a child, who unlike a child of divorce knows there is another parent out there, mine is painfully aware of having none. He is seven. None of us can compare the ease or difficulty..it is just plain hard any way it is dealt. How does one live as if it doesn't matter or is not the way it is..that is different for everyone. You can only do with all you have. Hold each other as often as you will. They grow up and out fast..

aaryan Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 72	Mon 05/26/08 03:25 AM
i just wanted you all to know that i am sorry for your losses and that my father is a widower has been for the past 20 yrs. i think its wonderfull ma'am that you are starting this thread i think it will help everyone. good luck and best wishes. ........so cool.

auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Mon 05/26/08 06:33 AM
Good Morning to any widows signed in!

lilangel2 Joined Wed 03/05/08 Posts: 9096	Mon 05/26/08 07:04 AM
Good morning everyone! Signs from above.... My husband died in November of 2005. The very first freeze of the winter came shortly after...I realized I had to wrap all of the outer pipes to keep them from freezing. My husband had always done this...the dog and weather has frayed old wrappings, so I bought some foam and tape and my daughter and I went out into the cold wind to work...I would unroll a section of foam and wrap the pipe and tape it...the unroll another section etc...One section left me and my daughter with mouths agape and made tears well up in our eyes...there in the foam was a cutout piece shaped like a heart ...It was a brand new roll of foam...there was no reason for that heart to be there. I saved the cutout. I may take a pic of it and show you sometime.

auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Mon 05/26/08 07:10 AM
{{{{Twin}}}} That is so cool! I've had a lot of those kinds of things occur. I would likely be one of those people that would have said, oh she's just grasping at straws for a sign, Prior to being widowed! BUT, I've had too many weird things happen to me to blow them off to coincidence. I'm glad that happened for you. Always brings a smile, doesn't it?!

BettyB Joined Tue 01/29/08 Posts: 31912	Mon 05/26/08 07:35 AM
Good morning everyone! Signs from above.... My husband died in November of 2005. The very first freeze of the winter came shortly after...I realized I had to wrap all of the outer pipes to keep them from freezing. My husband had always done this...the dog and weather has frayed old wrappings, so I bought some foam and tape and my daughter and I went out into the cold wind to work...I would unroll a section of foam and wrap the pipe and tape it...the unroll another section etc...One section left me and my daughter with mouths agape and made tears well up in our eyes...there in the foam was a cutout piece shaped like a heart ...It was a brand new roll of foam...there was no reason for that heart to be there. I saved the cutout. I may take a pic of it and show you sometime. OMG that gave me goose bumps ! That is wonderful . I have had things happen to, but in a more subtle way

BettyB Joined Tue 01/29/08 Posts: 31912	Mon 05/26/08 07:35 AM Edited by BettyB on Mon 05/26/08 07:40 AM
Hope everbody is doing well today

oldsage Joined Thu 09/14/06 Posts: 18043	Mon 05/26/08 08:11 AM
Betty, this is the frst time for something like this. We enjoyed sharing our home, July 4 was always a big thing. Now it is only a big deal when son brings his famiy back.