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Bereavement

SheltieLover

(59,611 posts)

11. Please know you are not alone in this.

Reply to barbtries (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 1, 2022, 12:47 PM

Jul 2022

We are here for you.

I, too, have suffered the loss of an adult child. It hurts. Terribly.

But knowing others care & are willing to talk in difficult times takes the edge off a bit.

I'm glad you are able to talk about what you are feeling & I love your shrine!

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It's already starting. [View all] barbtries Jul 2022 OP

This happens to me in September spinbaby Jul 2022 #1

Is it always a rough month? barbtries Jul 2022 #2

It's been a rough month for six years spinbaby Jul 2022 #17

Six years. barbtries Jul 2022 #18

So sorry for your loss SheltieLover Jul 2022 #3

She's over the mantle, barbtries Jul 2022 #5

Please know you are not alone in this. SheltieLover Jul 2022 #11

thank you SheltieLover barbtries Jul 2022 #13

Ya, I'm the only one, too SheltieLover Jul 2022 #14

I'm very sorry for your loss Alice Kramden Jul 2022 #4

thank you. barbtries Jul 2022 #6

Big virtual hug Alice Kramden Jul 2022 #7

Mere words are a cheap substitute for the hug I intend but cannot deliver. Your poem Atticus Jul 2022 #8

Thank you Atticus. barbtries Jul 2022 #9

So sorry, barbtries. ❤ littlemissmartypants Jul 2022 #10

thank you littlemissmartypants! barbtries Jul 2022 #15

What a wonderful, painful but beautiful poem. MLAA Jul 2022 #12

Thank you MLAA barbtries Jul 2022 #16

I have been thinking all day of what I might possibly say... 3catwoman3 Jul 2022 #19

thank you 3catwoman3. barbtries Jul 2022 #20

That is the worst possible thing, that she has now been gone PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #21

PoindexterOglethorpe barbtries Jul 2022 #22

In the world of bereavement, distinctions mean nothng. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #23