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Bereavement

Rorey

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8. Ashes

Reply to Arne (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 20, 2020, 07:18 PM

Nov 2020

I had my husbands ashes for for over 20 years. I had no intention of hanging onto them for so long. I had remarried and moved. A whole lot about my life had changed. Then one day my son came and got me and we went to the mountains and spread them. It was kind of surreal.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 OP

You can start journaling now Rorey Nov 2020 #1

I thought, as soon as I'd posted, that there's no reason I can't start now journaling about this. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #4

I don't journal as often now Rorey Nov 2020 #7

It totally makes sense! I know so well how writing things down in journaling, lists, etc, helps me, Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #14

We (my large catholic family), have had similar dynamics. Arne Nov 2020 #2

We each were to get some of the ashes. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #5

Ashes Rorey Nov 2020 #8

Not being flip but it's a family Arne Nov 2020 #10

Oops NT Rorey Nov 2020 #11

I really like the idea of spreading the ashes of the departed, especially meaningful places. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #13

I'm so sorry for your loss. NoRoadUntravelled Nov 2020 #3

Awww, thanks. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #6

You matter too. Rorey Nov 2020 #9

I appreciate that. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #12