A few weeks ago, I had dinner with Lisa and Deb, both sisters in widowhood. We connected at Griefshare and are in the first year after losing our husbands.
Deb and I worked together for years. Deb lost her husband a month after I lost Dave. She came up to me the first night I attended Griefshare, gave me a tight hug, and said “Nobody else gets it.”
It’s true. Only fellow widows can say with credibility, “I understand what you’re going through.”
Deb, Lisa and I talked for three and a half hours. We hardly touched our food as we talked about all the shared nuances of grief we've experienced. We left only when the restaurant was shutting down for the night and the staff wanted to go home.
I'm doing much better. The waves of sadness still come, but the pain isn't as acute. It helps to talk to those who are going through the same thing.
We're getting by with a little help from our friends.
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