"I will keep you in my prayers and thoughts on Mother's Day. A thought: I have found going to the grave sites of my parents to be unnecessarily difficult. At my Mother's funeral, grave site, I read the HOPI Indian Prayer,…"
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Donna Flanary left a comment for gina balderas"Hi Gina... I know... you will go through anger at self, anger with others, even anger with loved one that has gone. Then I felt guilty of being angery. It seemed to be a cycle for a long time. I have calmed down.. thank you.. I…"
Donna Flanary left a comment for gina balderas"Hi Gina... I know... you will go through anger at self, anger with others, even anger with loved one that has gone. Then I felt guilty of being angery. It seemed to be a cycle for a long time. I have calmed down.. thank you.. I…"
Peggy Hill left a comment for Donna Flanary"Donna, I'll be thinking of you on Mothers Day and feeling some of the same feelings. You're in my heart and my prayers."
Donna Flanary commented on Tami's group Loss of a Child"Mothers Day is really hard for me. On Mothers Day, I will visit the cementary as a mother and as a child. My son passed away Dec 08 and my mom in Feb 05. They were the two most important people in my life. I have not found…"
Donna Flanary commented on jen's group loss of a parent"Mothers Day is really hard for me. I will go to the grave yard as a daughter and a mother. My mother passed away in 2005 and my son was killed in a car accident in Dec 2008. It is still not easy either way. I try to be upbeat…"
"Dear Donna - thanks for thinking of me. I'm hanging on. The hardest thing now is that I miss my son so much and want him with me. I pray every day to God that he will allow me to wake up and find that this was just a horrible dream. I know He…"
Donna Flanary left a comment for JoAnn Brozowski"Hi JoAnn... Just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. I pray that your day is going well. Just know this ... your not alone.
It is through this grief support family that makes it alot easier."
Donna Flanary commented on Tami's group Loss of a Child"I wept with you. My life has changed so much since the death of my son Presley on 12-27-08. He was my life. As a single mother, I felt like he needed a full time mom with full attention. I never remarried. He had some medical…"
Donna Flanary commented on Tami's group Loss of a Child"I wept with you. My life has changed so much since the death of my son Presley on 12-27-08. He was my life. As a single mother, I felt like he needed a full time mom with full attention. I never remarried. He had some medical…"
Donna Flanary left a comment for Jackie Jones"Jackie... Believe me.. I understand. My son Presley was killed in a car accident on Dec 27th 2008. Presley was my only child also. He was 28 and had always lived with me. I was only just me and him for 28 yrs. I…"
"Donna - I guess we just feel exactly the same way. We buried Tyler with my grandfather. I went once with my mother about 6 weeks after he passed. I've never been back. Neither has my husband. Just like looking at…"
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- At 7:03pm on May 5, 2011,
Susan B said… - I will keep you in my prayers and thoughts on Mother's Day. A thought: I have found going to the grave sites of my parents to be unnecessarily difficult. At my Mother's funeral, grave site, I read the HOPI Indian Prayer, the essence of which is my Mother "...is a thousand winds that blow...the glint off the snow...do not stand by my grave and cry. I am not there. I did not die". I know for certain my Mother wouold tel me it is a wste to come to her grave and be sad. There are many other ways to commemorate. Live something they believed in. And feel the compassion and the love they have for you having left you temporarily behind...Trust me, they do not want you to be sad.
- At 4:37pm on April 27, 2011, Peggy Hill said…
- Donna, I'll be thinking of you on Mothers Day and feeling some of the same feelings. You're in my heart and my prayers.
- At 12:42pm on March 26, 2011,
JoAnn Brozowski said…
- Dear Donna - thanks for thinking of me. I'm hanging on. The hardest thing now is that I miss my son so much and want him with me. I pray every day to God that he will allow me to wake up and find that this was just a horrible dream. I know He can do it, but He doesn't seem to want to help me. I STILL cannot look at pictures of my beautiful boy - it just shoots a knife right through my heart.
Take care.
JoAnn
- At 7:56am on February 4, 2011,
Donna - I guess we just feel exactly the same way. We buried Tyler with my grandfather. I went once with my mother about 6 weeks after he passed. I've never been back. Neither has my husband. Just like looking at the pictures it is just too painful. It drives home the fact that they are gone like a knife through my heart. Last night I got up and as I walked past my door I looked down the hall and the light was on in Tyler's room behind the closed door. For half a second I thought - thank you Jesus, it was just a horrid nightmare. But that was not the case.
Love to you
JoAnn
- At 7:56am on February 4, 2011,
Donna - I guess we just feel exactly the same way. We buried Tyler with my grandfather. I went once with my mother about 6 weeks after he passed. I've never been back. Neither has my husband. Just like looking at the pictures it is just too painful. It drives home the fact that they are gone like a knife through my heart. Last night I got up and as I walked past my door I looked down the hall and the light was on in Tyler's room behind the closed door. For half a second I thought - thank you Jesus, it was just a horrid nightmare. But that was not the case.
Love to you
JoAnn
- At 5:41pm on January 3, 2011,
- Hi Donna - I feel your pain, I truly do. And all those people you feel you are letting down really DON't understand. Because only if you have lost a child do you really know. Compassionate Friends' newsletter had a quote a few months ago - 'Nobody looking in can ever know and nobody looking out can ever explain'. It will be one year on 01/26 and today I walked all around the house for hours screaming and crying - 'come home now Tyler. You can come home now'. Crazy, I know, but I can't help it. I will keep you in my thoughts.
- At 8:14am on October 19, 2010,
- Donna - I lost my only child on January 26th of this year. He was 24 and he was my whole world. Every day is a struggle to get through and I'm not certain what my purpose on this earth is anymore. I share your pain. Knowing there are others out there suffering as I do is one of the only consolations I have. It is almost better when I don't hear from his friends, because when I do it just hurts that much more. We received an invitation Saturday for the wedding of one of his closest friends. I just don't see how I could possibly attend. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
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