tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post4318189842865568749..comments2024-02-21T02:19:16.755-08:00Comments on Widow's Voice: Seven Widowed Voices Sharing Love, Loss, and Hope : I'm 21 AgainMichele Neff Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-60717298397887941862012-04-03T21:01:23.863-07:002012-04-03T21:01:23.863-07:00XXXXXXXXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-71598287315948807142012-04-03T18:09:17.580-07:002012-04-03T18:09:17.580-07:00I just had a birthday, too, a significant number,...I just had a birthday, too, a significant number, that I did not want to celebrate. I do not want to celebrate any holiday that begins with "happy", and there are a lot of them, they are no longer happy days for me. So I try to just continue to be grateful as best I can with each day that comes along. I am doing the best I can do with where I am at this present moment.<br /><br />I love how Michele put it, "we celebrate you". I do too.Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-79750914257828105832012-04-03T17:02:18.253-07:002012-04-03T17:02:18.253-07:00Happy birthday Amanda. I know you didn't feel ...Happy birthday Amanda. I know you didn't feel like celebrating the day, but we totally celebrate YOU. Thank you for sharing your heart with us, you make a difference. Cheers to walking this road together in the year to come. xoMichele Neff Hernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-1409357735225104752012-04-03T10:05:19.707-07:002012-04-03T10:05:19.707-07:00Amanda, This is one of those situations no one els...Amanda, This is one of those situations no one else can understand. The best thing of all has been stolen from us, and we can never get it back. Last year my family did their best to give me a wonderful birthday. I had to just love them to bits for it, but at the end of the day, the mountains of presents couldn't match the stupidest one that Philip ever gave me.<br /> Happy birthday, a little late, with love from a sister in grief,<br />Ann-Marieyossk1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16871818911485008756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-29268880653652618912012-04-03T06:24:09.672-07:002012-04-03T06:24:09.672-07:00Amanda,
Your post is so honest and I can relate....Amanda, <br /><br />Your post is so honest and I can relate. I recently celebrated, okay not really, my second birthday without my husband and it felt worse than the first. I really don't know exactly why. Maybe because I came to the same conclusion that you have drawn. But I do believe that all we can do right now is "staying" upright and know that we are not alone. <br /><br />Belated birthday wishes to you from someone who shares your pain!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-87918055065085916992012-04-03T04:57:19.758-07:002012-04-03T04:57:19.758-07:00Yeah... Birthdays sure aren't the same anymore...Yeah... Birthdays sure aren't the same anymore.<br /><br />Mine is this coming weekend, which is also Easter this year. I will be inundated with family - which is a good thing I guess. But I'd be just as 'happy' (or sad really) if I was just left alone.<br /><br />But I know I can't (or shouldn't) wallow in a funk for long. The reality is that I've only lived half my life. I have another whole life to live ahead of me. Like it or not.<br /><br />And I don't want to live it depressed.<br />I'm OK with the occasional 'funk' day, but I know it takes a conscious effort to not stay there.<br />And I refuse to stay there. Sometimes there's no stopping it and it seems to swallow me whole when I'm not looking. But sometimes you just have to punch a hole through it just to see that the sun is shining. <br /><br />Happy belated birthday Amanda, and of course thanks for the words!Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512708135377541004noreply@blogger.com