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I hope I honored my late wife's memory properly
Posted on 02/04/2024 1:54:47 PM PST by CMS
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To: CMS
They did you wrong. They may have misinterpreted your state of shock. I would want an apology from them. Go up the chain as you can until you get it.
I do have one piece of advice, because I know how traumatic it can be to lose a loved one. Be sure to live a life, because should the day come when you are reunited, she will want to hear everything you did when she was gone. It would probably kill her if she learned that her death took you with her as well.
I had that experience with somebody. His brother died saving lives and he effectively died when his brother died. I told him that.
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:16:24 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(In a nuclear holocaust, there is always a point in time where the meat is cooked to perfection. )
To: CMS
My sincere condolences.
Prayers for you and yours.
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:16:54 PM PST
by
djstex
(All I Have to Say... President Trump was right about everything!)
To: CMS
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:20:35 PM PST
by
roving
(Deplorable Listless Vessel Trumpist With Trumpitis and a Rainbow Bully)
To: CMS
That’s very lovely. Sorry you had such a sad experience!
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:21:56 PM PST
by
jocon307
To: CMS
I’m very sorry for your loss.
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:23:15 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
(Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
To: CMS
It’s hard enough losing someone close that you love. I’m sorry you had to be treated like a guilty subject.
I understand that feeling of regret when there’s no second chance to make it different. Nothing worse!! I have no words to describe how traumatic that feeling is.
I’m sorry for your pain.
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:26:51 PM PST
by
AuntB
(Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
To: Jonty30
I know I need to get out and live a life.
I was already suffering from depression before, this took it to a new level.
It's hard to move on. And yes part of me did die with her, it's just so hard to push forward
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:28:41 PM PST
by
CMS
(I have not heard any politicians say how to take away guns from criminals, just law abiding citizens)
To: CMS
One fight is but the blink of a eye in context of your years together. Forgive yourself and remember the good times.
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:30:27 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: CMS
Everything you do, until you meet again, will be with an eye of being able to share it.
Keep a diary and fill that diary with a bunch of activities, pictures and everything. Just to remind yourself of what you’ll be able to share with her. If you take a pottery class, for example, you can keep pictures of all the vases so you can show her.
That kind of stuff.
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:31:21 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(In a nuclear holocaust, there is always a point in time where the meat is cooked to perfection. )
To: CMS
That’s a beautiful eulogy. Life, such a fleeting thing. Before we know what we’re even doing, it’s over and it’s too late to change it. God knows this, and has mercy on us because of it. And being with God now, she also knows it.
To: CMS
God bless you and keep you.
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:32:32 PM PST
by
MeganC
(Ruzzians aren't people. )
To: CMS
Very sad indeed. I pray that God heals your heart and replaces it with more love!
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:33:21 PM PST
by
silent majority rising
(When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
To: CMS
what a lovely testimony of love.
(and a timely warning to those of us fortunate enough to have our pearls beyond price still with us.
may God meet you and yours with His every Comfort.
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:33:25 PM PST
by
dadfly
To: CMS; roving
Try not to beat yourself up too hard. I rather suspect that's not what she'd want
roving: She knows
I offer you an anecdote from my own younger days, that might perhaps help assuage your regrets some small amount:
I used to be consumed with horrible anxieties, what ifs, etc at night. What if I died? What if she died? What if the house caught fire? What it the car had a blowout... those sorts of things. Always kept me awake. I was eventually able to get them under control.
One night, I had the same experience as you: we exchanged very cross words. And so, added to my anxieties was your very situation: "what if one of us doesn't wake up and those were our last words to each other?"
She was already asleep. She rolled over to where she was facing me, and in the dim light I could just make out her face. I ran a couple of fingers across her cheek, and she smiled in her sleep. After an angry evening, things I felt like couldn't be taken back, the simple truth of things was forgiveness and love, even in her sleep.
And so as roving said: She knows.
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:37:14 PM PST
by
verum ago
(I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
To: CMS
The two of you were blessed. May God comfort you.
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:38:12 PM PST
by
gitmo
To: CMS
So sorry for your loss.
Sure your wife knows you love her and miss her.
Your memorial for her is beautiful.
To: CMS
Very sorry for your loss.
You shared something special, which is a treasure.
To: CMS
Just read your home page.....
Thank you for your service. God bless you.
To: CMS
She knows how you felt and would want you at peace.
It’s very nice.
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:44:38 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: CMS
You did good. I’m trying to think if I’ve argued with you or anything recently. I hope I did. Hang in there buddy. That had to be tough also, people acting like it was your fault.
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posted on
02/04/2024 2:44:52 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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