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Bereavement

In reply to the discussion: My husband died Jan 14 [View all]

Uben

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13. I thnk you'll be fine......
Mon Feb 13, 2012, 10:21 AM
Feb 2012

....My wife died a week ago. I am experiencing grief, in spurts, but overall, I too was amazed it didn't hit me harder. She had stage IV cancer and survived only a couple of months after the recurrence. I grieved more while she was suffering, I believe. Now that she is no longer suffering, that knowledge comforts me and allows me to accept her passing. I accepted her mortality, and mine, many years ago. Like you said, it might hit like a ton o bricks later, but right now, I am just enjoying pleasant memories. We both expressed our desire that the other enjoy life to it's fullest in the event of the other's death. That's what I am going to try to do!

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