Wednesday ART THERAPY

Total empathy for you G, I can't help but agree with your description of our world today being dystopic. I've fallen into the trap of not wanting anything to do with the real world out there, I don't even watch the news anymore, ignore the news reports on the web and I end up watching surreal tv series like "Lost" which is a total confusion but I love it because it's an evasion from reality which I constantly need. I sometimes feel like when I was a child when I used to spend hours reading fairy-tales.

Take care of yourself.
Rose.

 

Thank you so much for your health tips,
Lombardo. I will have lab tests in a month,
then see the specialist again , in 2 months.
In the meantime, I'll keep on walking and
dancing , which makes feel younger. I
can't worry about the future. Lou T.

 

Rose, I agree with you about news. I don't
have a TV, and just glance at headlines,
without someone telling me how to
think. Music & dancing have become a
positive force in my life. Lou Travolta

 

I stopped posting my thoughts, quotes and drawings....not knowing what to do? just survive imagining that I live in another universe... BUT REALITY is different I'm here, you are here and we are reading and supporting each other. We still are the warriors of GIC, you gave me courage to continue in one piece?

 

I love your attitude. I wish I would be the same these daze

 

Thanks Rose for the kind words. I am just so done with "reality", but I know thatz not right because the real world isn't done with me. I used to read because it took me away but for the past two months I can't/Don't want to read. There's no escape.

 

Glad you found something Lou. I keep searching and hoping. Hope is "hopium" to me. I used to have a lot of it. Now it has all been burned out of me.

 

BroGeo, love "hopium". Took me a
minute to decipher the meaning! One of
my dance partners hugged me, and said
" hugs are better than drugs". My wish for
you is that you get a hug from someone.LT

 

Helena, as "The Godfather", I'm pleased
to see you on here today. I was concerned
bc you didn't put "LIKE" to our posts, so I
didn't know if you left the country, or
worse, the unthinkable, that you were nolonger on the planet. I have the same
concern for another member, in your
state of South Carolina, Patti. I love hearing
from DEB, who has a new dog, Skye, in her
life. Lou

 

" hugs are better than drugs". My wish for
you is that you get a hug from someone.LT[/QUOTE]

Definitely HUGs are better than drugs, add in a smile or two and some laughter. Apply several times a day.

 

I have no one to give me any hugs unfortunately. I am very alone these daze/

 

Brother Lombardo, if I ran the place
where you get your dialysis, I would
instruct the nurses to hug you as you
were leaving. After Linda was dead on
arrival at the hospital, I was all alone.
A kind nurse hugged me. Months later,
in a supermarket, I was able to go up
to her and thank her. She was an angel
sent from God. Her name was Linda ,
like my wife. Lou from Lobsta Land

 

Dear Lou,
I am so sorry about the collection of painful episodes that have been the constellations in the night sky of your life. Instead of the Big Dipper, you have dialysis. Instead of Linda, you have Orion’s sword (fighting grief.)It sucks, as Deb often says. There are no words that better express this feeling and this pain. IT SUCKS!!!
It truly does. I do want to thank you on behalf of all of the grieving souls here for welcoming each of us and normalizing our grief and our experiences. We all come here feeling lost and seeking comfort and companionship. You give all of that and more. ❤️ BIG HUGS TO YOU!

 

I have no one to give me any hugs unfortunately. I am very alone these daze/

I understand as i am alone also, no family around and no friends etc that i see in person. So i value every hug i receive on here.
HUGs to you

 

Deb, thank you for your kind words and
praise for me as The Godfather, who
brings the GIC family together. Just as
we greet new members here, I greet
new ones at my widowed persons support
group. As for dialysis, that may not happen, but I have to be monitored.
I can't complain. Some Grief Warriors
have it a lot worse, like George. Lou

 

Hi Ceee, like yourself I don't have anyone near to receive real hugs, now I got used to and while in meditation or yoga forget of my solitude. Here are many hugs to you, when you read this just imagine receiving hugs from a friend that you never seen or talk, the power of the mind keeps us strong!! Helena

 

George you're not being negative you're being real. That's what I like about your post you tell exactly how you feeling. Your post brought tears to my eyes because of the truth coming from it. You lost a big part of you, you have health issues and on top of all that you have to move soon. With moving you have to go through Valerie's stuff. If anyone knows that their is alot of emotion behind that its us here. It takes a strong person to go through those items so you're strong than you know. Grief is draining and so is being sick so dont be so hard on yourself.. Keep trying to be good to yourself. Once the move is over you'll feel a little better. Praying for your strength with each passing day.

 

It's good to hear from you Helena, glad you are finding courage from this site, we are all here holding each other's hands.
Rose.

 

Hugs are better than drugs! I am going to sound crazy, but I am fortunate to be able to get daily hugs from my cats. One of them actually puts his legs around my neck. I get hugs at church and occasional hugs from coworkers, but we’re all missing the physical touch of our other half. That’s part of grief. Thank goodness we have each other! A cat hug isn’t the same, I admit. But it is a reminder of the universal nature of love. It’s like energy or matter. It simply cannot be destroyed. It just changes form. ❤️ This too is bittersweet. Yet every day I am grateful for the love that keeps me going. And I am grateful that I found this place. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

 

There used to be techs who I was closer to, even friends with. They quit right around when Valerie died. Inter office conflicts and rivalries made them leave. Such another M*Fing coincidence~! Thatz my life. Nothing good ever seems to happen. The new techs are fine and they do their job but I feel no connection with them. I sit for four hours in silence staring into space with painful needles stuck in my arm.