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It's Been 6 Months Since My Little Brother Passed, but

Loyal Opposition @PinkFloydFan (1187) • United States 3 Oct 23

I can't get over it.. I think I'm worse. I'm not able to eat or sleep, and when I force myself to eat after smoking legal stuff, I can't keep it down, despite it being bird food. The world keeps turning, though.. My bills didn't...

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Double shock

Gary Marsh @garymarsh6 (23998) • United Kingdom 31 Jul 19

I am not really up to posting much at the moment but a friend of mine contacted to let me know that @goaskalice had passed away. I did not know him personally but I do know that he was a very popular and fair guy who helped people...

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103 years in five minutes

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 6 Jun 19

My mother died on Sunday at the age of 103 (not far short of 104). I am pleased to say that she did not have a lingering illness and suffered no pain and very little discomfort during her final days. She spent her last couple of...

mother

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Missing My Daddy

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 6 Nov 18

It seems just like yesterday that my daddy was on my front porch, celebrating Halloween with us. Just last year, he had made it out of the hospital, determined to get better and live life. This year, he was not with us. Some days,...

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Decluttering Project, Day 3 Part 1, Emotionally Hard Decisions

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 15 Sep 18

One of the hardest parts of decluttering is getting rid of things you saved for emotional reasons, like I saved this hat for 27 years. It was Jason's Webelos hat when he first joined Cub Scouts. When Jason died in 1991, it took a...

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Grief/Bereavement

Rosie @rosie230 (1700) 5 Oct 17

I lost my Mum in March, and I think even now I am still in shock. IWe never like to think about losing our parents, but we know that we will eventually. My Mum was 68 when she died. She had a stroke in Feb and spent 3 weeks in...

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Stupid Proverb - You Have Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 Jul 17

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Thin Air

Gloria Faye Brown Bates @GrannyGee (3517) • Louisburg, North Carolina 27 Jan 17

Thin Air By Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee I reached out into the air Reaching toward something unseen Hoping to find ... to hold my son's hand I felt nothing as I held my hand out I moved my hand back ... forward as...

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A Blast from Our Past Has Me Spinning

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 13 Sep 16

About this time last week I received an email forwarded through HubPages that took me back to 1991, the year my fourteen year old son died in an accident. In 2009 my daughter voluntarily followed him while in a deep depression....

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I Never Found Comfort Reading Someone Else's Grief ... I Had to Write My Own

Gloria Faye Brown Bates @GrannyGee (3517) • Louisburg, North Carolina 29 Feb 16

I was answering comments on my story tonight. The story is about grief, pain ... loss of my son. Someone commented to me that others might find comfort in my words ... others who have experienced loss of a child. If someone...

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Here Is A Totally Unfunny Funny Story For You

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 18 Dec 15

I hate people who tell you in advance that the story they are about to relate is extremely funny and how much you’ll be laughing by the time the story ends. Somehow, you just know the story is going to drag on for some time, prove...

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Are your parents still alive?

Janet Anderson @Auntylou (4262) • Oxford, England 9 Nov 15

My mum died just last year , though it seems much longer. She was in her eighties and died suddenly of a heart attack having been increasingly frail for some time. She was lucky in this as she had always said that she would not...

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My Son Died 24 Years Ago Today in a Jet Ski Accident

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 27 Aug 15

I will never forget that day. He was 14. He was going off to a lake near Los Angeles to water ski with a small group from church. One of the four adults in the group had a boat and water skis. We didn't know he was also bringing a...

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When was the last time you cried?

gicolet @gicolet (1702) • United States 14 Oct 11

I used to cry a lot when i was a child but I think that's normal. I cried also when my heart was broken by someone i used to love. That's also normal and it was years ago. These days I only cry every now and then if I get to watch...

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crying

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What would you do when a family relative dies and you're thousand miles away?

gicolet @gicolet (1702) • United States 26 Apr 11

I just heard that my cousin passed away. I was not very close with her but she was good to my father who also passed away over a year ago. When my father passed away, I flew as fast as I could to be there in time for the funeral....

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have u suffered bereavement?

kinkii09 @kinkii09 (75) 23 Jul 09

i have lost quite a few close people in my 29 yrs of life, i dont know how ive got through most of it, i believe we all have a survival mode within us that keeps us going through the trauma we suffer when we lose som1 close...what...

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What would you do?

jennysue79 @jennysue79 (33) • United States 23 Jun 09

I want to make a long story short I got married in 2003 and the first few years of our marriage was great but in January 2006 my husband's dad passed away and he took it extremely bad. The stress actually caused us to seperate by...

friend

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What do I do with the contact number of a dead person?

ravend @ravend (658) • Malta 17 Feb 09

A friend of mine recently died in a motorbike accident. It was one of the greatest shocks of my life, even though I had not talked to him for quite some time. So; I have him listed in my SIM phone book as 'The guy who is with xxx'...

bereavement

dead friends

learning to say goodbye

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Why do people read obituary columns?

beautyqueen26 @beautyqueen26 (16030) • United States 13 Oct 08

I don't usually read obituary columns in our local area, cause I don't know many people here. But, I have read a few obituaries and always find them morbidly fascinating. Sometimes, I walk away from the experience with...

read an obituary column

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How to comfort the bereaved?

jasbir_pro @jasbir_pro (283) • India 17 Jun 08

One of my friends lost his mother yesterday night. I was there today morning. I don't know if I am not conversant with the protocal, but I, as always, found myself wondering how to comfort my friend and his elder brother. I am...

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