tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699042885255346769.post559742221155997583..comments2023-05-12T05:17:32.379-06:00Comments on Good Grief: So long, 2015 (don't let the door hit'cha...)Noelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13714541394769902623noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699042885255346769.post-46211464042478221332016-01-03T22:35:28.745-07:002016-01-03T22:35:28.745-07:00I don't think I have posted before, but I just...I don't think I have posted before, but I just want to offer you encouragement. I have been following you since the sudden death of my husband almost three years ago. Like you, I was the person to find my husband after his unexpected death. I can relate to the PTSD and the effects on the brain, the loss of concentration and the short term memory loss. It felt like I had suffered a brain trauma. I had never heard of this happening in widowhood, until I was experiencing it myself. Reading of your similar experience validated what I was feeling and I realized I wasn't alone in this. I am just starting to feel like my brain is healing from the trauma. Sometimes it felt like I would never be "normal" again. Remember, in the beginning, when all we could do was remind ourselves to take the next breath? We have come a long way since then. We are doing this! In 2016, I want to honor and embrace that unnamed strength within us that has carried us through thus far. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699042885255346769.post-71023474195585328102016-01-03T20:49:16.723-07:002016-01-03T20:49:16.723-07:00Beautiful post. I loved your description of why y...Beautiful post. I loved your description of why you need the cold. Reminds me of a line from a W.D. Snodgrass poem: "We need the landscape to repeat us." Anyway, write on. Please. Happy New Year!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12069723228790715049noreply@blogger.com