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Comfort Zone  Maybe I expected something different to happen today. After all, regardless of the fact that our Son is dead, this being the 8-month anniversary of his ...

Jasons Story By C. Cox  My son Jason Ashby Cox was killed on April 6, 2011. He had gotten home from work around 3:15pm, and drove his dad around looking for a new truck for his ...

TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY  In the past three years I have endured losses more than one person should have to. In Oct.2008 I lost my step father to heart failure (this was the third ...

My First Week after the Cleansing Process  After my daughter's burial, as it's customary I wore a black cloak and head scarf, for mourning. In a way it is supposed to help me face the reality of ...

My Little Flower  My little baby Mbali (which means flower) passed away 2 months ago after a battle with Lupus Syndrome. She was only 2yrs old, but such a bubbly little ...

if only  Has any one out there ever lost a loved one through epilepsy?

I say "If only" because i know that if I had been there i could so easily have saved ...

tell him to wait for me  I am very sad and lonely after my partner died recently in April of this year. I am now 33 weeks pregant with our baby and i miss not sharing the joy and ...

My preciouse Daddy <3   My Daddie died four years ago I was 11 years old I miss him soo much he was overweight and died of a heart attack I didn't get to say goodbye to him

I ...

The Prize by C.J. Couvillion  My son Stephen Couvillion died unexpectedly on April 25th, 2010, in Philadelphia, PA. He was a 29-yr old graduate student at Temple University at the ...

Multi-dimensional 'Stages'   "All the world's a stage", as I slide silently- and sometimes in bombastic anger!- from one to the next- acting out my new found freedom and rage. It is ...

A Father's Love  My parents separated when I was 7 and I lost a lot of contact with my Dad at that time, but I was fortunate to reconnected with him later on in my life....

Crying  I need a safe place that I can tell my story. My Mother died 8 months ago and I'm still crying. Everyone seems to judge me because of the crying. They ...

brother  My brother died unexpectedly 3 weeks ago. I keep asking my self when will the tears go away? The first few days i kept hoping that i would get a phone ...

Mom   My Mother passed away nearly 6 months ago and I'm still having a hard time with everything. I don't cry as often but I still have my bad days. I go to ...

missing my daughter  my daughter had a perscription drug problem. she was 26yrs. 3-13-83 1-11-10. she has 2 kids zoey 6yrs macy 4yrs. her name was ashley. she died of a drug ...

ANGEL 4 EVER  My daughter Angel was taken home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on August 4, 2009. She was 22 years old

my only daughter and my oldest child. She ...

Christmas without dad  We went Christmas shopping today,
We got a few things for mum to wrap up and keep her occupied;
But even shopping was upsetting as we didn't have dad ...

let it begins!  This feeling is within me each and every day and night. Am living like a slave of pain and formidable should i blame my creator? should i blame my mind ...

The priest wore white socks and a robe  The Priest wore white socks and a robe

I have thought about this a thousand, no more than a million times over and over in my head and cannot believe ...

The Sudden Loss of My Husband  My husband was killed just over seven weeks ago in a car crash caused by speed and dangerous driving by the other driver. I feel that I am not coping and ...

My son forever 21!  The phone call came at 5.38am on Jan. 6th 2010. The ringing on the cell woke me instantly.. "call from Tonya mobile" I grab my cell and said hello only ...

August 28, 2008  I am writing this as if I were telling a detailed story, it's the only way I know how to express, so one can feel what I feel.

"In the morning." Those ...

Jill--Amy's Mom  My daughter Amy was killed in a auto accident 7 years ago. She was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by one of my nieces. My niece was driving a little ...

Momma's Story  I wrote this poem after my Mom passed away,
A lot of things were going through my head, didn't really understand why,
I finally realized, I need to write ...

What just happened?  Today is Tim's birthday. He would've been 59. I miss him terribly.

July 4, 2007 I had a feeling Tim wasn't feeling well. I offered to take him to ...

Why?  I was engaged in 1992 to a wonderful man. He was a bit skittish on finally getting married, but we did set a date for 2003. In Sept of 2002 he went to ...

What's Left Unsaid  George died 7 months ago. He was my husband for 38 years, but my ex-husband for 4 months (not my choice). He fell 50 ft down a mountain side whilst on ...

This is not easy.  It is now just over 4 months since my father died and I am struggling inwardly. I am coping outwardly and getting on with all that has to be done in life ...

My Daddy  My Daddy was my heart. He was the kindest, gentlest person on earth. Everyone loved him dearly.

He had congestive heart failure. He left this world ...

Letting Go Does Not Mean Forgetting - Jenny Kander  I joined a support group called Compassionate Friends, and I got this article from the newsletter they send to members. It really touched me, so I thought ...

Dearly Loved, Dearly Wanted  I was pregnant with our second child. Our first Pregnancy went so well, with no battles to speak of, nothing out of the normal, we have a beautiful baby ...

The Final Goodbye The One I Never Got To Say  my husband and i were going thru alot of things physically, and mentally, he supposedly inherited a home and we saw it as afresh start, instead his mother ...

As a Son, As a Student, As a Soldier, As a Father and to end as a Friend  As a Son, I did not do much to my beloved father. I realized it only after he had gone for ever. He had shouldered me for night show movies till my age ...

Sharing Sheldon  December 30,2010 my husband and I had went to bed around 9pm. Shortly after falling asleep we were woke by the phone ringing. Why is it that when the phone ...

My journey  My Dad died nearly two ears ago and I am struggling through this journey. So I have started to blog to see if that will help me accept the reality and ...