Thanks everyone. My wife appreciates all the cares and comments. Maybe I'll be able to convince her to come hang here with us rather than on Facebook with her mom.
I hear you. Went through my own anniversaries of those lost last month and it knocked me out for two weeks straight before I could get my head around writing again.
Don't let guilt be one of the emotions. We feel what we feel. We remember, usually not when we'd like to, and often times, at the worst possible time.
I filled my time with memories- as many good ones as I could pack into my quiet time. I focused on watching the birds at the feeder outside my office window. Did the bare minimum at work. Tried to enjoy time with friends.
Eventually, it passed.
I've found that sometimes talking to them helps, even though they can't hear. Do the things that give you joy and peace, and most of all, forgive yourself for whatever wasn't done, wasn't said, or conversely, was. Let lavender winds ease your pain and remember, we're all here if you need us.
Today has been a bad day. My mother-in-law did something inexcusable this morning. My wife has been in tears on and off all day. Basically, she sent my wife a reel on Facebook that ended with the following punchline, "Children are just cum you decided to keep as a pet. She sent this to her eldest daughter, my wife. My wife has always been insecure about whether her mother loved her, because her birth was not only unplanned but unexpected. That and definite neglect throughout the years. Personally, I would like to rip my mother-in-law a new butthole. But I am not because my wife begged me not to start something with her mother, and I am following her wishes. But that doesn't mean I didn't have to vent.
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