Good Morning All,
My original post, Life after love, that I posted 15days ago and the replies/comments have given me great comfort as I continue to come to terms with my wifes death, whilst learning to cope and live with the grief it has left me with. We all can relate to how we feel and being able to speak about our loved ones is essential. On the 25th March, Hilary would have been 55, we all got together to celebrate her life, although it was a tough day for me. It is all about taking small steps and talking!
Take care, Russell
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Good morning @RussellE
What a difficult occasion for you on your wife’s birthday but you paid such a tribute to her with others who cared about her.
I certainly talk to and talk about Richard every day. He is still part of my life and always will be so I can’t imagine a day without him being mentioned. Some people find that difficult but they will have to get used to it if I meet them as that’s what I will do.
Your loss is still very recent and raw I’m sure but you sound to be doing so well. As you say, keep talking and trying to live.
Love
Karen xxx
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My gorgeous fantastic wife sue passed away on the first of February this year. Still coming to terms with it but this group are a big help to me .family are a big help
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Dear @RussellE well done for celebrating Hillary’s 55th, i am sure it was very tough but you did it… Hillary would be so proud of you … hugs xx
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Dear Martin it is 4 month tomorrow my beloved Gavin was so cruelly and unexpectedly take from me… he had not been unwell… it was a complete and utter shock… I have gone back to work and coming out of work tonight I realised he would never see a car again… so odd but I broke my heart… they say the strangest things get you … I let it happen it’s a release and gives me hope to carry on … sending you big hugs 
x
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Unfortunately so true.
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Thank you@sandi. That is beautiful and so very true.xx
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That is so beautiful and true
When my partner died in January I wanted to find a piece of prose or poetry that summed up how I felt about her, that I could keep handy and re-read as time went on. I found this poem which whilst still hard for me to read speaks to me and thought it was worth sharing.
Unending Love.
I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times…
In life after life, in age after age, forever.
My spellbound heart has made and remade the necklace of songs,
That you take as a gift, wear round your neck in your many forms,
In life after life, in age after age, forever.
Whenever I hear old chronicles of love, its age-old pain,
Its ancient tale of being apart or together.
As I stare on and on into the past, in the end you emerge,
Clad in the light of a pole-star piercing the darkness of time:
You become an image of what is remembered forever.
You and I have floated here on the stream that brings from the fount.
At the heart of time, love of one for another.
We have played along side millions of lovers, shared in the same
Shy sweetness of meeting, the same distressful tears of farewell
Old love but in shapes that renew and renew forever.
Today it is heaped at your feet, it has found its end in you
The love of all man’s days both past and forever:
Universal joy, universal sorrow, universal life.
The memories of all loves merging with this one love of ours
And the songs of every poet past and forever.
Rabindranath Tagore
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I love this, it’s innocent, sweet and so beautifully simple and resonates with me.
Thank you for sharing
Lyn
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