February 17, 2013. Gift #26
Healing has been a really hard thing to come by this year.
Emotionally everyone has been torn apart due to all of the deaths our school has experienced in just the past 8 months.
Sometimes you feel like talking about how you feel to other people will just bring them down. And not talking about it makes you feel alone.
Today I was talking to my friend, Matt. He was very close with 2 of the 3 boys that died in the car crash this summer.
It was a relief for both of us to know we are not alone in this.
I think this was a gift to both him and myself.
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Comment by Laura M on February 19, 2013 at 9:09pm -
You have been through so much, Ashleigh, in such a short time; thank you for sharing & I'm very glad you are here.
I agree with Lefty--people are thinking about it even if they don't say. I had the same experience Lefty did recently--a coworker died about 2 years ago of cancer & I emailed her husband around the anniversary of her death... just wanted him to know I was thinking of him & that it was OK to talk about anything he needed to because I had been around them a lot more in the weeks before & after her death. And the email I got back was pretty long for him, yes, lots still to be said.
I hope you are getting enough support for yourself, too--???? And I hope your Giving is keeping you grounded in even a small way at this time.
Big hug,
L
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Comment by Lefty on February 18, 2013 at 7:01am
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I have a friend whose wife was killed in an accident many years ago. We had him over for dinner on the one year anniversary and I told him I never knew if I should talk about it with him because I didn't want to remind him of it. He told me he never forgets about it, so I would never be reminding him, so it was okay to talk about it. It seemed so obvious when he told me that, yet I hadn't figured it out on my own. It was good advice for me.
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Comment by Lois55 wwt on February 18, 2013 at 4:44am -
Support is so importing..keep up the conversation, it will certainly help the other person, but you, as well..Healing is a process that you are all needing to experience...hugs to you....
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Comment by Deb~ Community Manager on February 18, 2013 at 2:33am -
It is and I am so glad you have one another for support and love through such a tragedy~ xoxo
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