tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738048378012755564.post1243759525549461261..comments2024-03-06T03:23:51.904-08:00Comments on Surviving Middle-Aged Widowhood: The Power of LoveWidow in the Middlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01598249263166943162noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738048378012755564.post-41706539979913835212010-02-17T06:02:25.170-08:002010-02-17T06:02:25.170-08:00CCC - Thank you for sending kind sentiments my way...CCC - Thank you for sending kind sentiments my way on Valentine's Day. It means a lot to know that I was thought of on a tough day for so many of us. There is a great deal of power in the act of spreading kindness and grace to others in need. I hope your day was touched with love.Widow in the Middlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01598249263166943162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738048378012755564.post-1161750017293708992010-02-14T19:08:17.683-08:002010-02-14T19:08:17.683-08:00Thinking of you today ... and sending hugs ...Thinking of you today ... and sending hugs ...CCCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738048378012755564.post-34341114086799640472010-02-14T17:15:51.720-08:002010-02-14T17:15:51.720-08:00Kelly - I am in total agreement with what you say ...Kelly - I am in total agreement with what you say about the gift being right in front of us all the time. I think some of the world may be receiving this message as we mourn the untimely and tragic death of the young athlete at the Olympics. I know this has touched me. None of us knows what lies ahead on any given day.Widow in the Middlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01598249263166943162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738048378012755564.post-68672872839784491912010-02-14T17:07:08.659-08:002010-02-14T17:07:08.659-08:00Thelma - Yours is a truly appropriate wish for all...Thelma - Yours is a truly appropriate wish for all of us on this Valentine's Day!<br /><br />Dear sweet, kind, compassionate wNs- My selfish and trivial issues are the least you should be focused on this week but I appreciate your care and concern. Yes, Sam and I are still together although it is challenging for me right now because of the long distance factor. It has just been a bit of a tough stretch with Valentine's Day kind of being the last straw. <br /><br />Sometimes it is all just too hard to bear. I am making sacrifices for my boys because I feel ultimately it is the right thing to do. That doesn't make the tough times easier to get through though.<br /><br />Thanks as always for being there and thinking of others, especially when it has been a particularly significant week for you.Widow in the Middlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01598249263166943162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738048378012755564.post-54834268917439573112010-02-14T16:50:52.170-08:002010-02-14T16:50:52.170-08:00WnS, I am so sorry these past 10 days have been so...WnS, I am so sorry these past 10 days have been so hard on you. Anniversaries of any kind are the worst. I found this past year that the build up to it was actually worse than the actual day. Anticipation is a rough thing. Your Dragon is still with you, still your Valentine, now and forever. <br />Widow, I love what you said about celebrating those we love on more than one day a year. I think, all too often, until something dramatic happens we humans tend to take it all a little too much for granted. It isn't until it is taken away altogether or threatened so to the core that we see what has been in front of us all along. A gift. A gift with a timestamp on it. If I had one message I'd like to give to the world it's that the timestamp will run out faster than you ever imagined. Celebrate and hold on to what you have while you have it. It will be gone sooner than you could ever imagine.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08967278323581039367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738048378012755564.post-51117152313095129952010-02-14T16:24:46.665-08:002010-02-14T16:24:46.665-08:00though Sam does not live close you are still his V...though Sam does not live close you are still his Valentine, right? and he, yours? he had to go for a better job which in today's economy is crucial. but he didn't desert you. i'm caught up on this right? he is still in your life?<br /><br />being apart is hard but you are sacrificing for your sons and in the long run that is more important. they are your children and your strength and guidance is what they need. when they are grown they will look to you as men. like my own son, they will call and check on you, and take care of you. their love for you will be a net under you so that you never fall.<br /><br />but Sam is also waiting for you, doing what he has to do to create a better life and one day soon you can join him. you may be without him for the time being but the love you feel for each other is alive and vibrant. and when you can visit with each other, that time will be all the more special. so maybe you do not have candy or a card or have him sitting beside you, but you do have love. you have your Sam.<br />(oh, Lord, i hope i'm right about this. i've been so buried these last almost 10 days missing my Dragon. last weekend watching it come, and then all this past week, and now this weekend. one year. it's been as hard as ..... nevermind. i just hope i'm right - that Sam is still your love.)abandonedsoulshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020499806998154330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-738048378012755564.post-85178161032233779262010-02-14T15:28:19.071-08:002010-02-14T15:28:19.071-08:00May your wish for more love come true.May your wish for more love come true.thelmazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819557846762852247noreply@blogger.com