The Pain of Losing!

United Arab Emirates
February 2, 2007 4:49pm CST
I never knew life can be so hurtful and painful when it takes a very dear loved ones from you. I felt destroyed when I lost my kid brother a year ago, and then I lost my baby too. It was the most devastating moments in my life. I cried in public places, because I couldn't keep my grief. I felt havoc, dull and very down. If not for my consoling husband, I wouldn't regain my hope. He keeps on telling me to lift up everything to God, that everything has a reason, and surely it's for the best of us. Initially my grieving mind refused to accept this reasoning, but somehow I managed to accept it eventually. Have you ever lost a very dear loved one in your life? How does it affect you, your life and your family? How you dealt with the pain?
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@toonatoons (3737)
• Philippines
4 Feb 07
i'm really sorry to hear that, and i want you to know that i truly understand what you're going through. i lost my dad six years ago, but the pain is still there --- i don't think it has even waned a bit after all this time. i still cry a lot, too, although i don't do it in public. i cry when i'm driving alone, before i sleep at night when nobody else could see him nor hear my sobs. yes, it is always painful to lose a loved one. there are some helpful sites on the page of your post. you may try to take a look at them, to help you somehow overcome your grief.
• United Arab Emirates
4 Feb 07
thank you. Just to hear someone that they understand somehow eases the pain. Sometimes I hate to be alone, just to forget those painful memories. I'd like to feel myself happy so that I won't remember. thanks for sharing.
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• United States
7 Feb 07
i lost my only sibling, robyn to a massive heart attack in 1999. she was just 37 years old. one year younger than i am today. she left behind three young children. it nearly destroyed our mother, me, her children. we are still seeking ways to cope.
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@cliffcliff (1350)
• United States
7 Feb 07
loss of loved ones is the most painful i think in this life.. god bless you.
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• United Arab Emirates
7 Feb 07
God bless you too cliff and your loved ones too.
• Philippines
7 Feb 07
I lost my grandfather 3 years ago, but of course life must go on. Just like one of the sayings that I read from my favorite newspaper section, "Life is all about making memories and you cannot make more memories if you live a stagnant life where you are mired in what isn't there anymore". We have to learn to accept things even though how painful it may become.
• United Arab Emirates
7 Feb 07
thanks for the kind words. God bless you.
4 Feb 07
I think it was realy hard for u to talk about it. Its realy terrible thing that happen. how can u deal with it u asking? i think that u cant realy just forget it only with the time u will cure time cure anyting but u need to wait it I am sorry the u lost ur baby and ur kid i prefer to die myself before its will happen to someone else that i love and clos to him try to think about someting happy and try to fill ur self with other things on ur head so it wont budder u so much!
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• United Arab Emirates
4 Feb 07
yes, that's what I'm doing always. Trying to be happy and keeping myself busy so that I won't remember those painful memories. And this is the first time I talked about it since my loss. somehow I kind of feel relieved. Thanks.
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• Philippines
7 Feb 07
Sorry to hear about your loss Camille. i too have lost my baby in 2005. She only lived for 10 days and the pain of her loss is still as fresh as if it happened yesterday. There were times also when a word or thing will just trigger me to cry. There were times that I have cried myself to sleep and feeling a big void in my heart. Same as you, my husband tells me to raise everything to God. At the start, it was easier said than done. The pain was strong and it was hard to accept it. But yes, we eventually did gos past it. I was able to move on somehow. Still, it is not an easy path to recovery. I diverted my attention to other things like my hobby and of course going back to work. The healing is not yet over but we have to move on, at least one day at a time. That is the only way we can move forward for now. Hugs to you.
• United Arab Emirates
7 Feb 07
Thanks for sharing. I knew it wouldn't be easy for us to talk about it. Sometimes, I feel like tears will gonna fall down any minute when I remember those moments but I'm trying to be strong and tough. Life is like this, we have to move on. Hugs to you too.
@Springlady (3986)
• United States
7 Feb 07
I'm so sorry Camille for your loses. Losing a loved one has to be one of the hardest things we will ever go thru. Your husband is right about giving everything to the Lord. He knows your grief and He wants to comfort you as only He can. You will never fully get over losing them, but with time and with God's help, the pain will dull and you will think of them with good memories. Plus, knowing that we will see our loved ones again in heaven is so awesome and so very comforting to know! This life is only temporary but the Life to come is Eternal and we should be very thankful for that! Praise God Who gives us victory over the grave!
• United Arab Emirates
19 Feb 07
Thank you for your so inspiring word. And I thank and praise God for everything He had bestowed me, including my family and my siblings. Yes, we will unite with them in heaven after this life. "Alhamd Illah" (meaning thank God)