I just keep thinking how my life with Chris was almost like a fairytale. And the fairytale has been interrupted for who knows how long.
If it weren't for the photos and my own memories, it would feel like the last 16 years of my life were just a dream, and now real life begins. I often remember when something would come into the lives of people that I cared about, it made my heart ache for them in that situation. And when people would willingly choose to do something that wasn't quite smart, it hurt too. I would often ask Chris, why I cared about people so much? Because if I didn't care about them, it wouldn't hurt! I don't remember exactly how he would respond but basically his message was that that's who I am, I am a person that cares deeply for others, and hurt when they hurt and mourn when they mourn. And that this is how God wants us to be. He wants us to care for others, and love them, and serve them, and when they are hurting for whatever reason we should be there with them, to help them carry that burden.
I'm naturally someone who likes to get out and help others as much as possible, and right now, I'm finding it hard to want to do that, because I don't have the energy, I'm too tired, or I'm just trying to discover who I am now. It's been over a month since my sweetheart was called back home, and it feels like forever! (I know, I'll probably keep saying that over and over, but that's how it feels.)
Trying to rebuild my life without him being right beside me is going to be challenging and hard. This isn't something I asked for, nor did I want it. At least not to my knowledge. It feels like a huge prank gone bad, and really don't like it.
I realize that there are things I will probably want to go and do, but I have no one to go and do them with, and I don't want to be a third wheel either. So trying to deal with those emotions has been challenging too. I don't know what to do half the time, and I'm just trying to get through one day at a time and sometimes like today it's getting through one minute, or hour at a time.
People keep asking me what I need, and really what am I supposed to say to that? Oh, my kitchen is falling apart STILL, and I can't seem to make meals EVER, my livingroom is picked up one minute and 10 minutes later it's a MESS. My toilet is having issues, my bathroom wall is falling apart, I'm falling apart, I'm exhausted, but I have so many things to do but they still aren't getting done. How about, I almost had a dream home - Can you go ahead and make that magically happen? I miss having a my man's arms holding me tight, what can you do about that, where I'm not going to feel awkward? I'm lonely, and want to be around people and I have absolutely nothing to do, but everyone else is busy. My husband is gone, can you bring him back? Yes, see it's almost impossible to answer that question, because I will probably try and push it aside as if everything is okay when in fact and in reality everything is not okay.
I constantly look at him in our family photo from a few years ago and just stare at him. And I feel that in this case staring isn't bad. I keep trying to remember what exactly it felt like to have him hold me tight, and it's starting to fade from my mind. And that makes me sad. I don't know how to feel about looking at all of his things everywhere. I like them there, but I don't. (See what I mean, you can't really define anything)
My sons are great for giving me hugs, and my nearly 10 year old son is getting so big that his strong arms are starting to feel like a great substitute for his father. I made him promise me that he would give me a hug WHENEVER I needed one and he said, Of course Mom! And I told him that I'd give him one whenever he needed one.
It's almost crazy how life can be redefined in a matter of minutes when the makeup of a family changes. Whether it's through divorce or death. I'm not comparing the two just the fact that life gets shaken up. I'm trying to find what my purpose is now, when for so many years I was focusing on making our marriage stronger (with the exception of when I got a little sidetracked). Now that I don't have our marriage to work on really -- what do I do now?
I hate feeling alone, and I don't want to feel like I have to contact others, it would be so much easier if others could just drop in realizing that my place may look like a trash hole, which is embarrassing but sometimes instead of doing some kind of chore maybe I just need someone to come by that I feel really is concerned. Sometimes it's just a shoulder to cry on that I need. Someone there to help me feel like I'm not alone, even though I know that I'm not, but really it feels like it when all the tears come when I'm by myself.
I feel like no one is really going to understand because if you haven't been through this (the loss of a spouse) you aren't really going to know a portion of what it feels like. My heart still aches every day for the loss I have gone through and am still dealing with and trying to process. I have an underlying feeling of sadness and loneliness ALL THE TIME. It's apparently part of the process of grieving, and I still stand by the fact that my spirit is roaring like a lion but my heart and body aren't quite there yet.
I find writing all my thoughts down right now, are the only way I can "Talk" about what I'm feeling because my other half isn't here with me to really tell it to. I wish he was, oh how I wish he was!
If it weren't for the photos and my own memories, it would feel like the last 16 years of my life were just a dream, and now real life begins. I often remember when something would come into the lives of people that I cared about, it made my heart ache for them in that situation. And when people would willingly choose to do something that wasn't quite smart, it hurt too. I would often ask Chris, why I cared about people so much? Because if I didn't care about them, it wouldn't hurt! I don't remember exactly how he would respond but basically his message was that that's who I am, I am a person that cares deeply for others, and hurt when they hurt and mourn when they mourn. And that this is how God wants us to be. He wants us to care for others, and love them, and serve them, and when they are hurting for whatever reason we should be there with them, to help them carry that burden.
I'm naturally someone who likes to get out and help others as much as possible, and right now, I'm finding it hard to want to do that, because I don't have the energy, I'm too tired, or I'm just trying to discover who I am now. It's been over a month since my sweetheart was called back home, and it feels like forever! (I know, I'll probably keep saying that over and over, but that's how it feels.)
Trying to rebuild my life without him being right beside me is going to be challenging and hard. This isn't something I asked for, nor did I want it. At least not to my knowledge. It feels like a huge prank gone bad, and really don't like it.
I realize that there are things I will probably want to go and do, but I have no one to go and do them with, and I don't want to be a third wheel either. So trying to deal with those emotions has been challenging too. I don't know what to do half the time, and I'm just trying to get through one day at a time and sometimes like today it's getting through one minute, or hour at a time.
People keep asking me what I need, and really what am I supposed to say to that? Oh, my kitchen is falling apart STILL, and I can't seem to make meals EVER, my livingroom is picked up one minute and 10 minutes later it's a MESS. My toilet is having issues, my bathroom wall is falling apart, I'm falling apart, I'm exhausted, but I have so many things to do but they still aren't getting done. How about, I almost had a dream home - Can you go ahead and make that magically happen? I miss having a my man's arms holding me tight, what can you do about that, where I'm not going to feel awkward? I'm lonely, and want to be around people and I have absolutely nothing to do, but everyone else is busy. My husband is gone, can you bring him back? Yes, see it's almost impossible to answer that question, because I will probably try and push it aside as if everything is okay when in fact and in reality everything is not okay.
I constantly look at him in our family photo from a few years ago and just stare at him. And I feel that in this case staring isn't bad. I keep trying to remember what exactly it felt like to have him hold me tight, and it's starting to fade from my mind. And that makes me sad. I don't know how to feel about looking at all of his things everywhere. I like them there, but I don't. (See what I mean, you can't really define anything)
My sons are great for giving me hugs, and my nearly 10 year old son is getting so big that his strong arms are starting to feel like a great substitute for his father. I made him promise me that he would give me a hug WHENEVER I needed one and he said, Of course Mom! And I told him that I'd give him one whenever he needed one.
It's almost crazy how life can be redefined in a matter of minutes when the makeup of a family changes. Whether it's through divorce or death. I'm not comparing the two just the fact that life gets shaken up. I'm trying to find what my purpose is now, when for so many years I was focusing on making our marriage stronger (with the exception of when I got a little sidetracked). Now that I don't have our marriage to work on really -- what do I do now?
I hate feeling alone, and I don't want to feel like I have to contact others, it would be so much easier if others could just drop in realizing that my place may look like a trash hole, which is embarrassing but sometimes instead of doing some kind of chore maybe I just need someone to come by that I feel really is concerned. Sometimes it's just a shoulder to cry on that I need. Someone there to help me feel like I'm not alone, even though I know that I'm not, but really it feels like it when all the tears come when I'm by myself.
I feel like no one is really going to understand because if you haven't been through this (the loss of a spouse) you aren't really going to know a portion of what it feels like. My heart still aches every day for the loss I have gone through and am still dealing with and trying to process. I have an underlying feeling of sadness and loneliness ALL THE TIME. It's apparently part of the process of grieving, and I still stand by the fact that my spirit is roaring like a lion but my heart and body aren't quite there yet.
I find writing all my thoughts down right now, are the only way I can "Talk" about what I'm feeling because my other half isn't here with me to really tell it to. I wish he was, oh how I wish he was!
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