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Gratefully,
Judy Davidson
Founding Member

Hi Monica, I am new here too. Losing your best friend really leaves a large gap that really cant be filled by anyone else.  I know when I lost my mother I was so down and could hardly make it day to day. I was a slow process for me almost five years. But I can tell you talking about her and reliving so many fond memories did help a lot and it kept her alive so to speak.  Now I have lost yet another best friend, my husband. The one person who always had my back.  The one person other than my mother that I trusted with my life.  I have two grown children that live with me at the present. When David became so sick and they sent him home on hospice because he wanted to die at home. We agreed they would quit work and take are of him during the day while I worked.  It made all of us happy that we could do this for him and make his last days more enjoyable.  I was able to do this for my mother and I wanted my children to have this time with him because when i did this for mom it gave us a chance to really get to know each other on a deeper level than before. This something they will always treasure as I do.  My husband was not a easy patient to take care of, but we made sure he knew how much we loved him and wanted to take care of him.  Now there is such big hole in our lives, and most days now I can hardly make it through without breaking into tears.  The thought of going through the rest of my life without him is almost unbearable. He was only 60 years old and he loved life. I know God has a plan for all of us and its hard to accept that some good comes out of every bad situation.  But I have faith and I will keep fighting for better days ahead.