Originally Posted by
candyfloss7
Hi
I lost my husband in 2004 to cancer, he was 44 and I was 41 , even though it was different to your loss in the fact I knew beforehand he would eventually pass away , the hurt ,grief , helplessness ,loneliness etc etc is the same, there is no easy way to cope and try and get yourself to move on and lead the kind of life you had before he passed, I had a wonderful husband and our marriage was a very good one, 2 kids aged 13 and 17 ,living without him was hell for all of us, people say time is a healer and I hated that expression at the time , now 4 years down the line ...time has healed our grief and sadness ( not totally ) we will always have that ache in our hearts , love never dies, but ...I can tell you I am now re-married to a man I met who was also widowed around the same time as I was, I have found amazingly another wonderful love, it's not impossible, not easy at the beginning to think about another relationship , but what can I say , accepting the fact my husband wasn't coming back to me ,knowing deep in my heart I also didnt want to be alone in this life and that he wouldnt have wanted me to be alone helped me along in my struggling days, I have my Christian faith that helped me the most , the belief that eventually I will see him in our eternal life ahead , today would h ave been our 23rd wedding anniversary had he lived, I sat and had a quiet minute this morning and remembered the wonderful years we did have instead of the years we didnt , I pray that you will get through the coming weeks months and years with much greater ease than what you are now , only you can make the decision , its your choice, not an easy one I know , I hope at least hearing its possible to move on and share my experience will give you a little comfort and hope, God Bless you .