tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post7002776930498118094..comments2024-02-21T02:19:16.755-08:00Comments on Widow's Voice: Seven Widowed Voices Sharing Love, Loss, and Hope : A Date By Any Other Name ....Michele Neff Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-17887831656926413812011-12-22T09:37:07.327-08:002011-12-22T09:37:07.327-08:00You are strong, Janine. How lovely to have other f...You are strong, Janine. How lovely to have other famly memebers birthdays to celebrate the living on your husbands day of death. We all need other things to focus on, especially this time of year. My Mom died a year to the day my husband did, so I have yet to embrace that day with anything but sorrow, maybe in time... I am aching to be hopeful, but still feeling so lost in it all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-47059455354362076442011-12-22T07:38:45.367-08:002011-12-22T07:38:45.367-08:00Janine, Very well written. You speak from the hear...Janine, Very well written. You speak from the heart of many. My 3 yr mark was the 19th. Three yrs ago the word "Hope" was not even in my vocabulary. But now I see it, I feel it, and I know it. For those just starting on this journey hold on to Janine's words for it will come a day when you can see a glimpse of that "Hope" coming to your heart.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382085127262061621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-29805901041937839912011-12-21T19:36:42.517-08:002011-12-21T19:36:42.517-08:00Such a beautiful post...full of truth and hope. I...Such a beautiful post...full of truth and hope. I am closing in on the second year without my husband, Jim. Some days it seems like only yesterday and then again, has it only been 2 years since he died?? You never stop loving them, missing their smile, words of wisdom or sense of humor. And we each keep moving forward at our own pace through each day. Thank you for sharing!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-9160253903924719352011-12-21T16:58:35.197-08:002011-12-21T16:58:35.197-08:00Five more days to the 3 year mark of his death, an...Five more days to the 3 year mark of his death, and every single word you wrote...I get it, I feel it. I think I will still cry on that day (btw, I haven't been crying for a long time), but I get it when you say a bigger glimpse of hope.<br /><br />One glimpse. One step. One hope.<br /><br />Thanks for the beautiful words!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-83369728849785858532011-12-21T07:33:30.679-08:002011-12-21T07:33:30.679-08:00Absolutely beautiful Janine! I cried throughout! Y...Absolutely beautiful Janine! I cried throughout! You are simply amazing! <br /><br />Hope we can all find the "hope"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-39885072429706372332011-12-21T03:20:43.838-08:002011-12-21T03:20:43.838-08:00I woke up this morning finally feeling content aft...I woke up this morning finally feeling content after dreaming of a happier future. And I also thought of how I missed my love this morning. Two years ago, I could not even see the future, I couldn't understand how I could feel grateful and sad at the same time. Now, I get it. I can look back and laugh at how excited he was about finding a Santa snoopy to put in our yard and shed a tear as I hold the Christmas Stocking that was his. He would want me to smile. He would say I deserve to after all I went through for the 3 years he was sick and the 2 long years without him. To those of you who just started this journey, Janine is right, you will get here after what feels like an eternity and you will fall back into the pit on occasion and the time it takes you to crawl out will shorten. Hang unto what ever Hope you can, because that will be the rope to help pull you out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com