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Loss and Grief: How are you doing?
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My husband and I were also married for 59 years. When you are with a person for such a long time, it is most of your life, and it is a struggle to realize he is not here anymore. I just had a birthday last week and turned 88. I really have no ambition to live anymore. All I do know is that I will not take my own life. But day to day living has no more meaning. We are told it will get better with time. But at 88 how much time do I have?
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@thisismarilynb- You ask how much time you have. My question is what kind of time do you want? I lost my husband after 45 years and it's as if we grew up together. I was barely thirty when we became life partners, and now that's over. Our life was rich, not just in our love but in the things that we did together, the things that we talked about, things that we shared.
I am sorry for the pain that you feel and know it well. But since you are alive and want to hold on to your grief why don't you write about your life together? It doesn't matter what kind of writer you are and no one needs to see it, although that would be a shame. I believe that everyone's life has meaning and needs to be remembered, somehow.
Merry