tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post4377304019456857879..comments2024-02-21T02:19:16.755-08:00Comments on Widow's Voice: Seven Widowed Voices Sharing Love, Loss, and Hope : Bookends and New FriendsMichele Neff Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-14710886734215838622012-05-21T20:54:48.831-07:002012-05-21T20:54:48.831-07:00Chris,
This is beyond brilliant. So well written....Chris,<br /><br />This is beyond brilliant. So well written. Love "We know all too well what the bookends of a relationship look like. In contrast, most people only know what it looks like when the books fall chaotically off the shelf." YES.<br /><br />I think it'd be really kind of vulgar to have walked life's hardest road and then do nothing help those just starting on it, even if all one can manage is passing on SSLF's contact info or making a simple phone call. Bravo, man.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05882630042530182501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-9358307944082114622012-05-19T16:56:53.385-07:002012-05-19T16:56:53.385-07:00Beautiful post.
Our experience sucks, but it makes...Beautiful post.<br />Our experience sucks, but it makes us uniquely valuable to others. And in helping others we can help ourselves come to terms with what happened to us.<br /><br />I have been volunteering as a group leader at OUR HOUSE for a little over a year. I think I have healed more and learned more about my own grief in this time than in the 5 years of living with the death of my husband before that. It's powerful, this helping. I am as equally sorry as happy that you can be there for this man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-48275374173618177492012-05-19T08:40:09.222-07:002012-05-19T08:40:09.222-07:00Thank you for reaching out Chris to him and to us!...Thank you for reaching out Chris to him and to us!Memories of Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675244464777435446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-45915070118422073912012-05-18T14:10:56.851-07:002012-05-18T14:10:56.851-07:00Chris,
Wow! Awesome writing. I identified with all...Chris,<br />Wow! Awesome writing. I identified with all you wrote...since you have been widowed for a little bit of time....you might of experienced this already.....reaching out to someone to offer a lifeline can be like trying to save a drowning person ....even if your already a great swimmer you can be brought under water by them. If they reject your offer to talk do not take it personally. Several of us have offered other widowed people info about widowed village and have been judged harshly for myriad of reasons...like oh...I have it all handled...then when you see them months later....where do you know other widows from? Just planting the seed that they are not alone...is huge....and enough...if you check back...fine....if you don't.....still fine....Widow Card.ACEhttp://verizon.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-83741650878359773872012-05-18T12:58:40.593-07:002012-05-18T12:58:40.593-07:00Chris, powerful, insightful, inspiring... your gif...Chris, powerful, insightful, inspiring... your gift, as a result of Maggie's death, is your unbelievable ability to communicate strongly in writing! Or maybe it is our blessing and your curse...<br /><br />Many tears and thank you for the release!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-62284274788463371942012-05-18T11:25:50.031-07:002012-05-18T11:25:50.031-07:00The tears have come again, while reading this. Th...The tears have come again, while reading this. Thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-91224045827961203322012-05-18T11:23:32.315-07:002012-05-18T11:23:32.315-07:00Thanks for the message today. Found out today that...Thanks for the message today. Found out today that a friend has been given a yr. because of a cancerous brain tumor. Rips my heart to shrewed having had my own love die of cancer. I don't want to miss the now or the later. So greatful for this reminder in your blog today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-22765958898766760862012-05-18T10:17:44.808-07:002012-05-18T10:17:44.808-07:00God Bless you for reaching out to Mr. Austin. I to...God Bless you for reaching out to Mr. Austin. I too reached out to the spouse of someone I knew very long ago. Unfortunately she lives in Utah and we will likely never meet, but she knows I am out there if she needs me. Maybe I should reach out again soon. good idea.tracienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-1914580382841374532012-05-18T08:13:26.797-07:002012-05-18T08:13:26.797-07:00"Our experience is our gift and our curse. Ex..."Our experience is our gift and our curse. Experience has made us rich but at an unbelievable price."<br /><br />Wow. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-55944283257683613032012-05-18T06:44:45.749-07:002012-05-18T06:44:45.749-07:00Wow!m Chris, what a powerful message.
I do believe...Wow!m Chris, what a powerful message.<br />I do believe that. I just gave a talk to a group of palliative care hospital staff. We do have something unique to say. We do know about living and dying - we can share our depth and pain and joy and walk with another suffering person.<br />There will be light.<br />Sometimes we have to knock on the door and open our hearts and share it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com