tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post185265474511772496..comments2024-02-21T02:19:16.755-08:00Comments on Widow's Voice: Seven Widowed Voices Sharing Love, Loss, and Hope : Man StuffMichele Neff Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-83498043020150560052011-03-02T02:58:39.991-08:002011-03-02T02:58:39.991-08:00Thanks for this post it is nice to know that maybe...Thanks for this post it is nice to know that maybe once I find the right someone they will love my daughters as much as I do and give them the role model the need to see in a man. We have many good friends who are male, but they are so different than their dad was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-80292391771885978422011-03-01T08:02:01.940-08:002011-03-01T08:02:01.940-08:00What a touching story about Carl and G. One of the...What a touching story about Carl and G. One of the greatest quotes I've read after losing my mom three years ago when I was just 19 came from the blog 'Diary of a Dying Mom'. The author wrote, "Life gives you many mothers, not just the one of your birth. You will always have a mother when you need one. You just need to look for her." --and the same goes for fathers! I am happy to hear that your little boy is being greatly taken care of as he grows up, and I'm sure his precious angel in heaven is making sure of that too.Samihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595135534176791064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-66893033346163914872011-03-01T07:53:28.900-08:002011-03-01T07:53:28.900-08:00My sons although both grown miss the "advice&...My sons although both grown miss the "advice" of their Dad. My youngest who is 21 asked me yesterday for a picture of his Dad to put on the wall of his dorm room. I felt awful that I hadn't thought of offering, but maybe it's better that he actually asked for it. It made me both proud and sad at the same time. It's been just over a year and the boys seem fine - but as a Mom, I worry. My oldest is newly married, who will he ask advice of as he learns to be an awesome husband? - maybe he already knows, he had a great role model. <br /><br />Great Post Michelle, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-25067081960007001172011-03-01T07:36:35.041-08:002011-03-01T07:36:35.041-08:00Thank you for this post. While it has obviously be...Thank you for this post. While it has obviously been horrendous for me to lose my husband when I was 44, and when my daughter was 10, it is the loss as it relates to my son, who was 6 at the time, that often disturbs me the most. I worry a lot about how he will learn to become a man. I worry about not being able to tie a tie! I worry about how his very being was rocked in such an essential way. If only more men knew how much they could give to the fatherless boys among them. I'm glad you have some men like that for your son, and for you.Jill Schacterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11356054469112135057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-11718611395456019832011-03-01T04:19:14.371-08:002011-03-01T04:19:14.371-08:00I am so glad that your son has men in his life in ...I am so glad that your son has men in his life in the most critical years of growing up. I have two boys who lost their father 19 months ago. They are 17, and 14 years old. His death caused them to want to be children, but excelled them into some strange early adulthood learning to be young men. I had to smile as I read, as we too, watched you-tube video on how to tie a tie before he went to prom last year. Their uncles have not been so kind as to step in and fulfill any role in their lives and it makes me so angry. I am left to be their mom, but at the same time talk about car engines, girls, careers as we college hunt, and the off color jokes they once shared with dad. It is always a juggling act, and I so get your comment about being multiple personalities. Good luck to you and your son. He is fortunate to have others help you fill in those inevitable gaps in life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com