TODAY, this morning, I woke up and the first thought that ran through my head was: “Oh, hurray, I am still here!” I feel hopeful and good and positive.
WOW!!!!
Three years ago, I was waking up thinking the opposite. I was thinking thoughts like: “Oh, shit, I’m
still here.” I was so sad that I just
wanted life to be over, to join my darling husbands.
This is really big for me.
I have spent the last decade in grief, full tilt boogie grief it
seems. I use the metaphor that having a
spouse die is like falling down a deep dark well. As you claw your way up, you start to see the
light and the light begins to grow in size the longer you cling to the sides
and make your way upward. Well, I had
just approached the top of the well I had fallen into after T’s death when Dave
died and I fell all the way to the bottom again. I didn’t even try getting out for a
while. I just laid down there and
wallowed. So, for me to feel that it is
good, even great, to wake up in this world, is big! It’s a milestone. It makes me smile.
Now, if you have been reading my blog, you will have read
that I try to make myself feel better by adding a new man to my life - to fill
the emptiness. Well, my happiness today
has nothing to do with any man. I am on
my own, I live alone, I make plans alone and I am finally okay with being alone. Hallelujah.
I have worked hard to be okay with flying solo and being a widow without
a partner.
So what have I learned about grief? That time and self-care, self-love will help
you through. That you can get to a place
where being alone is okay. That you will
survive despite your wish not to. That
life can once again be a source of joy and excitement.
Does this mean that I have forgotten my husbands? No.
Definitely not. I think of them
everyday. I miss them all the time. I honour their memories and their important
dates. I keep in contact with their
parents. I have them forever more. I am blessed to have had them in my
life. And I know that I will have
moments of grief, even paralyzing grief, in the future. Maybe even today. It never goes away. But it doesn’t hurt as much as it used
to.
It's Christmas Eve it hits you so hard I wonder how many tears can you cry it's been 15 months I am thankful I got to walk straight through hell with my husband of 46 years he had cancer as all widows know some days just hurt so bad you just don't know what to do with all that pain your heart is ripped out and stomped on god bless us all
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your positive post. I wanted to feel that I was not the only one who has had to suffer the death of two husbands but your advice is simple, based on years of real experience and just makes sense. There is light at the end of this long tunnel and I am now slowly walking towards it. X
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