tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post8343575502705647753..comments2024-02-21T02:19:16.755-08:00Comments on Widow's Voice: Seven Widowed Voices Sharing Love, Loss, and Hope : I am not alone (why I am glad I blog)Michele Neff Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-87852885586871028552011-11-17T08:42:31.108-08:002011-11-17T08:42:31.108-08:00Thank you for helping me to understand why I keep ...Thank you for helping me to understand why I keep blogging, my wife died in May after 40 years together... and though the tears flow every single day as I sit down to write, somehow fitting a few words together helps me to make sense of it all.David Painehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03791669101259224710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-4072418592294891362011-11-15T21:10:37.053-08:002011-11-15T21:10:37.053-08:00I just started my blog and hopefully one day I can...I just started my blog and hopefully one day I can read my old writings and say to myself..<br />"See.. It does get better"<br /><br />Reading some the blogs on this site are inspirational and sometimes painful.<br /><br />Right now now I'm just living day to day trying to survive without my baby.NathanNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354897591475902471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-41179744354355738262011-11-15T19:59:14.124-08:002011-11-15T19:59:14.124-08:00Although I started a blog when Dave was first diag...Although I started a blog when Dave was first diagnosed, I found that I couldn't bring myself to carry on with it after he died. We started it mainly to keep friends and family in the loop of how things were going so we didn't have to keep repeating things over and over and over. I was amazed at how many people read it, and Dave seemed to like it. But I find it oh so personal and didn't want to share my pain and vulnerability with everybody after he died.<br /><br />So, I began journaling the old-fashioned way a month after he died. With a pen and paper. It's been 17 months now and I've only gone back and read a few pages recently. I don't enjoy it. It was extremely helpful at the time but I don't feel like reliving it.<br /><br />Thank you all, for your continued courage to keep on blogging and baring you souls for public viewing.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512708135377541004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-70313875354859191822011-11-15T16:13:02.761-08:002011-11-15T16:13:02.761-08:00Ditto!Ditto!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-21454635052433732722011-11-15T16:08:16.898-08:002011-11-15T16:08:16.898-08:00Great post, Amanda. Welcome!Great post, Amanda. Welcome!Janinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949809367923657970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-60228691280877430722011-11-15T11:19:07.019-08:002011-11-15T11:19:07.019-08:00Beautifully expressed.Beautifully expressed.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02218009891182171803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-28111683995700615632011-11-15T09:23:56.626-08:002011-11-15T09:23:56.626-08:00Thank you Amanda for being willing to take the ext...Thank you Amanda for being willing to take the extra step of sharing your journey here. Your courage and honesty prove to other widowed people exactly what you first discovered here, that knowing you are not alone helps too.<br /><br />xo MMichele Neff Hernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-79887004808049560862011-11-15T05:36:35.900-08:002011-11-15T05:36:35.900-08:00Crazy, your words are mine this morning! My daught...Crazy, your words are mine this morning! My daughter turned 11 this week, and birthdays are so tough without her dad (this was her third 'without Dad' birthday). And yet, we keep going, doing, creating this new life. Reading this blog has been part of the journey, thanks Amanda. Thanks all of you bloggers and readers.Deb Shankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03126415496141540544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-78758894676824020632011-11-15T04:21:15.292-08:002011-11-15T04:21:15.292-08:00Was just being thankful for you this morning (in a...Was just being thankful for you this morning (in a myers briggs way), and here you are with a you are not alone post. <br /><br />And, crazy isn't it - I went back and reread through my blog a few weeks ago, crying/wondering that I actually lived that.meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064483599165161879noreply@blogger.com