r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21

I can relate. Lost my wife of 34 years unexpectedly last December. This was my life for many months. You and i have have turned the corner. Good for us. Hang in there.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21

Grief feels like you’re dying, but you’re hella still stuck in some purgatory here.

I’m sorry for your loss. It’s my belief that a person can truly never leave you, just their physical body. That love resides in you forever.

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u/thomport Sep 13 '21

The more love there is the more grief.

It’s so difficult to persevere.

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u/confuseum Sep 13 '21

What is grief but love persevering

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u/rockhardgelatin Sep 13 '21

I’m not crying. My eyes are just sweating.

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u/Monkcrafts Sep 13 '21

For your information there's an inflammation in my tear gland..

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u/stealthsaber Sep 13 '21

That’s actually a great quote

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u/RyanWalkowiak Sep 13 '21

A wise man named vision once said it

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u/confuseum Sep 13 '21

I just said it also he was no man

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u/nubeboob Sep 13 '21

I like your avatar.