tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post4411384709988944132..comments2024-02-21T02:19:16.755-08:00Comments on Widow's Voice: Seven Widowed Voices Sharing Love, Loss, and Hope : Do I belong?Michele Neff Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-27228151748813056302013-02-18T21:55:27.627-08:002013-02-18T21:55:27.627-08:00Anonymous, you will find a wonderful group of wido...Anonymous, you will find a wonderful group of widowed people to connect with via our Soaring Spirits on-line community (we are the organization that sponsors this blog) called Widowed Village. This is a wonderful place to connect, and to be understood. www.widowedvillage.org. Our facebook page for the next anonymous commenter is facebook.com/soaringspirits...so sorry for the delayed response, but we would love to connect. Hang in there, and know that you are not alone.Michele Neff Hernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-44959477046209066172013-02-18T21:55:07.158-08:002013-02-18T21:55:07.158-08:00Anonymous, you will find a wonderful group of wido...Anonymous, you will find a wonderful group of widowed people to connect with via our Soaring Spirits on-line community (we are the organization that sponsors this blog) called Widowed Village. This is a wonderful place to connect, and to be understood. www.widowedvillage.org. Our facebook page for the next anonymous commenter is facebook.com/soaringspirits...so sorry for the delayed response, but we would love to connect. Hang in there, and know that you are not alone.Michele Neff Hernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-75068923876168618392013-02-18T17:46:05.376-08:002013-02-18T17:46:05.376-08:00I need to connect with someone in the group I need to connect with someone in the group Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-72687886505956506512012-10-28T21:18:03.850-07:002012-10-28T21:18:03.850-07:00Same here -- can you provide more information abou...Same here -- can you provide more information about how to connect to the FB group? Or do you have an email address that I could search?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-65624284132089308832012-10-23T00:06:37.789-07:002012-10-23T00:06:37.789-07:00I can't find you on FB. I really need to conne...I can't find you on FB. I really need to connect with this group. Thank you!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-68934075568507294662012-10-21T13:42:14.840-07:002012-10-21T13:42:14.840-07:00I am sure that it is different - I am a widow of o...I am sure that it is different - I am a widow of one of those who "fought" to live. But although in the end your husband decided to end his life, from reading your blogs here since your started on widows voice, it appears that for a very very long time he fought FOR life as well as he sought treatment etc. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-20915167073992667032012-10-21T12:22:57.231-07:002012-10-21T12:22:57.231-07:00Im glad you started a group for these precious sur...Im glad you started a group for these precious survivors. Yes, your road is a bit different from ours, but then every one of us has our own unique road. <br />I'd like to add something, which may or may not, help. <br />My husband didn't comitt suicide, but I wanted to after he died, very much. <br />In fact, I tried .... twice. <br />And because I've been that close I know, with every fiber of my being, that for me, and probably most of your spouses, suicide was not a choice. I didn't feel like something I could or could not do, it felt like something I HAD to do. For my children, my family and my friends. This world would be a better place without me in it to drag all of them down, potentially ruining their lives. <br />Or so I thought. <br />I was not myself during that time. I died the second Jim died and so couldn't function the same. <br />I managed to not kill myself, though only due to the help of two very amazing people and God's timing. <br />To someone in so much pain, more pain than most can imagine, dying is not a choice.<br />It's a need as powerful as the need to take a breath. <br />We need to do all we can to remove all of the stigmas, but especially those placed on the widowed survivors. You are all in my thoughts and prayers. Janinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949809367923657970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-42152013965304699422012-10-21T06:39:01.112-07:002012-10-21T06:39:01.112-07:00I am not a suicide widow and as such I believe you...I am not a suicide widow and as such I believe you are right that it is much different, harder. I can only imagine the pain in that, but as a widow know that my thoughts are with you, because just being a widow is painful enough with out adding more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com