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Topic: WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS
BettyB's photo
Mon 05/26/08 12:26 PM

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.

I really wish I could go but quite sure its not going to happen. Anyway I think it is a great thing you are doing .I'm just too far awayflowerforyou flowerforyou

oldsage's photo
Mon 05/26/08 07:47 PM
INTENTION = RESULTS

I think it could be a cheap vacation for most.

oldsage's photo
Tue 05/27/08 10:26 AM
Just talked to another lady from Ontario.
You two could travel together.

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Tue 05/27/08 10:34 AM
Edited by MsWizard on Tue 05/27/08 10:35 AM

This is a thread for people who have lost a husband or wife. We can discuss the issues of loss etc, parenting alone, loss of income, and entering the dating world again.


My husband was killed in a plane crash October 21, 2001....we had been divorced just two months...a few months afterward my son needed a "cup" to be on his baseball team and I had to go out looking for one....and had to ask him if he's small, medium or large....sigh....that was definitely a moment in which he needed dad...

BettyB's photo
Tue 05/27/08 10:40 AM
Edited by BettyB on Tue 05/27/08 10:42 AM


This is a thread for people who have lost a husband or wife. We can discuss the issues of loss etc, parenting alone, loss of income, and entering the dating world again.


My husband was killed in a plane crash October 21, 2001....we had been divorced just two months...a few months afterward my son needed a "cup" to be on his baseball team and I had to go out looking for one....and had to ask him if he's small, medium or large....sigh....that was definitely a moment in which he needed dad...

A suuden death like that is brutal! At least I knew it was coming , not to say that watching the life being sucked right out of him was'nt horriable . But the shock must have been unreal.
How is your son coping ?

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Tue 05/27/08 10:43 AM



This is a thread for people who have lost a husband or wife. We can discuss the issues of loss etc, parenting alone, loss of income, and entering the dating world again.


My husband was killed in a plane crash October 21, 2001....we had been divorced just two months...a few months afterward my son needed a "cup" to be on his baseball team and I had to go out looking for one....and had to ask him if he's small, medium or large....sigh....that was definitely a moment in which he needed dad...

A suuden death loke that is brutal! At least I knew it was coming , not to say that watching the life being sucked right out of him was horriable . But the shock must have been unreal.
How is your son coping ?


Well it's been several years now but he's never coped. He didnt even cry. He didnt speak to his father for quite a while after we left him and now he's racked by guilt....and I am for not making him speak to his father.....his father and I had been speaking of reconciling and we kept it quiet so as to not get my son's hopes up...

oldsage's photo
Tue 05/27/08 10:43 AM
Can you find a male friend to help with such situations??
I was lucky, kids were all grown.

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Tue 05/27/08 10:45 AM
HI Sage, how are you honey?

Yes, I've had several male friends to try to step in....my son is 19 now but still could use a male perspective...so I encourage him to speak to his father's best friend and that helps some...but not completely obviously....it's sad really....

oldsage's photo
Tue 05/27/08 10:48 AM
I am same as ever, Ms. Wizard.
Good to see you, ever need ideas with the son, drop me a line.
How is your life, any chance of seeing you here in July?

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Tue 05/27/08 11:16 AM

I am same as ever, Ms. Wizard.
Good to see you, ever need ideas with the son, drop me a line.
How is your life, any chance of seeing you here in July?


Why thank you for that offer Sage! I will keep you in mind next time I'm baffled by "boy" subjects!!

I doubt I will be out that way in Iowa unfortunately....but if and when I do get out there, you and I will have to go have a starbucks and chit chat! :heart:

oldsage's photo
Tue 05/27/08 11:23 AM
Starbucks hell, steaks on me.

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Tue 05/27/08 11:39 AM

Starbucks hell, steaks on me.


Yahooooooo!!! :heart: :heart:

KmonicaK's photo
Tue 05/27/08 01:24 PM
Just found this thread - I was widowed suddenly last October - still "learning to live" without the love of my life

BettyB's photo
Tue 05/27/08 01:36 PM

Just found this thread - I was widowed suddenly last October - still "learning to live" without the love of my life

Sorry to thatflowerforyou Take it a day at a time , that is all you can doflowerforyou

auburngirl's photo
Tue 05/27/08 03:49 PM
Good Evening All

MsWizard, Welcome flowerforyou

Monica, Welcome flowerforyou

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Tue 05/27/08 04:48 PM

Good Evening All

MsWizard, Welcome flowerforyou

Monica, Welcome flowerforyou


Thank you Auburngirl~flowerforyou

auburngirl's photo
Tue 05/27/08 04:52 PM
Ms, please call me Connie flowerforyou


Sounds like you and your son have been thru it! I'm sorry.

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Tue 05/27/08 05:05 PM

Ms, please call me Connie flowerforyou


Sounds like you and your son have been thru it! I'm sorry.


Yes we have Connie...but we're much better than we were, and please call me Alicia~

auburngirl's photo
Tue 05/27/08 05:11 PM
ty Alicia flowerforyou


Well, I can tell you time helps a lot of things. It will be 9 years for me next month. Seems like yesterday and another lifetime, all at the same time. You can read my story on the first page if you like.


How are you and son doing now?

KmonicaK's photo
Tue 05/27/08 05:23 PM
I am glad this site is here. I started on the YWBB -it was good. My husband passed away in his sleep while I was at work of an undiagnosed heart problem at 37 years old in October. We were together almost 8 years. My kids (his stepkids) have struggled too. I know that I need to get out - he would want me to. But so many men tell me "I need to get over my ex." First he isn't my ex - and secondly - no one will ever match up to him. I know that time helps heal - but it has been so traumatizing. It is helpful to have others that truely understand this loss. Thanks for listening!! Monica

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