[Ditter]

My worst year out of an otherwise wonderful life was 1984. In Jan my mother died. Her death was not as sad as the life she had led for 5 years as a stroke victim who could not speak or walk but it was a sad good bye to a wonderful mother. Then in Oct of '84 my father died suddenly. My 18 year old son came home from college for dad's funeral and 24 hours after we buried daddy my son was killed in an accident. I stopped grieving for my dad and began grieving for my son. Occasionally I would be so low that I wanted to talk to my dad (I was already used to the fact that I could not talk to mom because of her stroke 5 years before). I would dial daddys number and then remember he was gone too. Then I would grieve for him for a few hours before I went back to grieving for my son. All in all it was the worst year I can imagine having and I survived. It took me 3 years to pull it all together and during those 3 years I am sure other lesser, normal sort of tragedies occurred, but I felt bulletproof where sadness and tragedy were concerned. With the help of God I made it and I know with his help I can make it thru whatever else life holds in store for me. So cowboy up George Clooney! (you lilly livered liberal)

[jocon307]

"So cowboy up George Clooney! (you lilly livered liberal)"

I like the way you said that!

On a serious note, you sound like you had a really awful year. I'm very sorry for your loss of your son, just very sad.

[UnBubba]

Oh my, that is quite a year to have to go through.