tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post8906078433862761444..comments2023-10-30T09:14:27.703-07:00Comments on Mothering Nature: nine months and a holidayJackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452150467051762515noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-19514542415182309172008-12-29T10:35:00.000-08:002008-12-29T10:35:00.000-08:00You are all in my thoughts. I hope that 2009 brin...You are all in my thoughts. I hope that 2009 brings continued healing.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17149755334990646369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-55325143117037840392008-12-29T08:40:00.000-08:002008-12-29T08:40:00.000-08:00{{Hi Jackie}}I love the sentiments you expressed i...{{Hi Jackie}}<BR/><BR/>I love the sentiments you expressed in your previous post -- all of us accepting each other and cherishing what we have now. Your horrible grief has given you that lesson, that many people never learn. I'm so sorry the day after Christmas was hard. <BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>NancyNancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10524765046572801523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-13179442829813729522008-12-29T03:22:00.000-08:002008-12-29T03:22:00.000-08:00Delurking to say I am so sorry. I have experienced...Delurking to say I am so sorry. I have experienced a loss similar, but no where near as tragic. It's those moments of sadness that you can almost taste that take your breath away the hardest - they last the longest and sting the deepest, but emerging from them is just as sweet, know you have that to look forward to! You made it through a "first", You did it.<BR/>Hugs, peace and thinking of you and your ADORABLE kids!<BR/>-MichelleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-34298037032727578202008-12-28T17:41:00.000-08:002008-12-28T17:41:00.000-08:00Just stopping in to say I was here - thinking of y...Just stopping in to say I was here - thinking of you - xoxo - darciedarciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611334115957929814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-1736488512348084122008-12-28T17:30:00.000-08:002008-12-28T17:30:00.000-08:00Ooops, that above comment was me...accidentally si...Ooops, that above comment was me...accidentally signed in under a different account. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-81282494031497520882008-12-28T17:29:00.000-08:002008-12-28T17:29:00.000-08:00I have only left a comment once or twice...but I r...I have only left a comment once or twice...but I recently found this and thought of you and your love of Jeff. I hope it speaks to you as it did to me!! (((((HUGS))))) all the way from Tennessee...<BR/><BR/>*i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling)<BR/><BR/>*i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you<BR/><BR/>*here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart<BR/><BR/>*i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)<BR/><BR/>e.e. cummingsJennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485578021181313113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-13554999479097570342008-12-28T13:48:00.000-08:002008-12-28T13:48:00.000-08:00My thoughts are with you.My thoughts are with you.Lexi:: PottyMouthMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181216844318289796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-68799392674295014602008-12-28T11:52:00.000-08:002008-12-28T11:52:00.000-08:00I'm so, so sorry.I'm so, so sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-72740637442951952862008-12-28T08:24:00.000-08:002008-12-28T08:24:00.000-08:00I don't know what to say. xI don't know what to say. xKristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594821266695081190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-84589067288821657172008-12-28T00:37:00.000-08:002008-12-28T00:37:00.000-08:00You know, I'm not terribly surprised that you had ...You know, I'm not terribly surprised that you had such an awful day AFTER Christmas, Jackie.<BR/><BR/>We brace ourselves so hard and try to be so brave and strong on the actual big, bad day...and more often than not, I get hit upside the head <I>after</I> I thought I'd made it through relatively okay. What you describe sounds perfectly normal to me. Awful, shitty, painful, and monstrous...but normal for this shit road called widowhood (and especially for the first year of widowhood).<BR/><BR/>It will get easier. Eventually. But there will most likely be an endless, bottomless amount of pain between now and then...and it's individual to every person. And you'll never go back to the person, to the life and traditions, you were before. But it will mellow out and soften over time, until that loneliness isn't quite as biting. It's still there, and you'll still be caught by surprise by it, but it won't be as hard as it is right now. You just get used to it....<BR/><BR/>Hugs,<BR/>CandiceCandicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11637366044613952294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-810402680321275962008-12-28T00:06:00.000-08:002008-12-28T00:06:00.000-08:00XXxx.XXxx.World Wide Alternativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08136925137010566003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-55882300543467336192008-12-27T23:33:00.000-08:002008-12-27T23:33:00.000-08:00I am so sorry. I can't even imagine how hard this...I am so sorry. I can't even imagine how hard this is for you.<BR/>You and Jeff have such beautiful children. Lots of love to you.<BR/>Hugs~ZZDubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050000234750719978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-17751679622306376362008-12-27T20:58:00.000-08:002008-12-27T20:58:00.000-08:00Yes, it always and forevermore will be waiting for...Yes, it always and forevermore will be waiting for us I'm afraid...<BR/><BR/>We will never be able to able to completely escape it, nor would we necessarily want to. <BR/><BR/>Our constant companion...wonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15300211472223702365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-2688701742235619632008-12-27T16:14:00.000-08:002008-12-27T16:14:00.000-08:00Thanks for sharing your feelings Jackie.xo, TanisThanks for sharing your feelings Jackie.<BR/>xo, TanisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-89848439704497474002008-12-27T11:31:00.000-08:002008-12-27T11:31:00.000-08:00{{hugging you, Jackie}}♥{{hugging you, Jackie}}♥TheSingingBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497187225440471996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-78153243256507912332008-12-27T08:09:00.000-08:002008-12-27T08:09:00.000-08:00You don't know me, but I've been in your s...You don't know me, but I've been in your shoes. Eleven & 1/2 years ago, I was exactly there. My 2 girls were left without a father after he had a massive heart attack and died instantly. He was 44. Life is not fair. This is the kind of stuff that happens to other people. Yes, I know, I said that hundreds of times. But, you will get through it, one day at a time sweet Jesus says the song. If you ever would like to talk, just email me. Both of my girls are now grown and married & have children, and we did survive. But it was tough. And the holidays still suck. :o) Praying for you, even though I don't know you and you don't me. I regularly read your blog and my heart hurts for you. It's no fun to be in this "club". Blessings.carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00098807914830127730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-14897358366319367752008-12-27T03:49:00.000-08:002008-12-27T03:49:00.000-08:00Jackie, there are no words that i can think of to...Jackie,<BR/> there are no words that i can think of to ease your suffering today, or any day, believe me if there were someone would've said them long ago.<BR/> You're such a wonderful mamma, your strength is amazing and your kids're blessed to have you as their mam.<BR/> It's ok for you to feel the way you do, it's not a faliure you'd have to be a robot to get through times like this without the gut wrenching, heart stopping pain that hits you without warning. The pain of your loss will never go completely away but please believe me when i say that your life WILL get better, very slowly, one day at a time.<BR/> I know that you don't know me but i've followed your story for a little while now and i just wanted to say that i wish you and your lovely family only good things for 2009, peace, love, health and happiness. There are many people out here in blogland who wish you all this and much more xXxhippymummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232856105139634921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-30301735250497914662008-12-27T02:07:00.000-08:002008-12-27T02:07:00.000-08:00Hi Jackie,I don't have any words of wisdom, but wa...Hi Jackie,<BR/><BR/>I don't have any words of wisdom, but wanted to let you know that you, Liv and Briar are in my thoughts. The universe is so random and fucked up sometimes; I am sorry your family is suffering so greatly.<BR/><BR/>Thinking of you,<BR/><BR/>j.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27694675.post-35261737631162686262008-12-27T00:50:00.000-08:002008-12-27T00:50:00.000-08:00Very sad post I have read:(:(:(hope you can get th...Very sad post I have read:(:(:(hope you can get through it in the year comes--Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com