Tag: life
group name: survivorsforum
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July 17, 2006 05:24 PM EDT --
In my mind, he was graduating high school on a football scholarship and enjoyed racing midget cars.
On my calendar, he was 13 weeks gestation.
In my womb, he'd stopped growing at 9 weeks and had . . . more
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June 28, 2006 02:36 PM EDT --
I wasn't a soldier in a war, aid worker in the Sudan or caught up in a great natural disaster. The dramatic, traumatic and tragic things that happened to me in 1995 all came in on personal fronts. . . . more
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May 25, 2006 01:15 AM EDT --
I was 17 years old when I met my first husband. He loved me, wanted me, and made me feel special, loved and needed. When he proposed I accepted, and from that day we were an item and rarely went anywhere . . . more
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April 05, 2006 05:12 PM EDT --
From a man who cannot see
A screwdriver or a key
A hammer or a saw
a wrench or pliers,
He would have to be a liar
If he should say he safely could light the . . . more
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January 20, 2008 07:49 PM EST --
Her essence still surprises me as a gentle shower of life drops, twenty-one years after her passing. My mother's quietly spoken sayings hold true no matter how far I deviate from common sense disguised . . . more
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March 05, 2006 07:52 AM EST --
I've had to hide my tears from her
I've had to look brave
So she wouldn't see how much I grieve
And I can't tell her how hurt I feel
She has no idea
It is such a distant memory
Was . . . more
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April 15, 2006 11:26 AM EDT --
Time has changed us in many ways, you know;
More than our looks, but the way you think you know
what i'm feeling inside;
The way you think I'm the same sweet girl you married
so many years . . . more
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April 26, 2006 09:42 PM EDT --
*Please don't take this as a need for self pity
I need to get this off my chest so proceed with caution*
I have a mental illness
Or two
Or three
It depends on whose . . . more
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April 29, 2006 02:12 PM EDT --
In March of 2003 my husband Bill started complaining of a stomach ache. Several doctors' visits yielded nothing. He was losing weight very quickly, was not going to the bathroom properly and the pain . . . more
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April 28, 2006 09:10 PM EDT --
Memories
Feelings
Racing through my mind
What is real and what is not
Shhh
That noise
What was it
Did you hear it
My throat begins to constrict
I struggle to breathe
The shadows . . . more
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April 07, 2006 09:25 PM EDT --
"I know your heart is breaking and your soul cries. Humor is the only way we stay even remotely sane when faced with life in all its brutality." ----- I wrote in an e-mail to a dear . . . more
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April 30, 2006 06:05 PM EDT --
*I was going to wait until the holidays to share this with all of you, however, I was reading an article someone wrote about homelessnes on Gather (if anyone knows which one let me know - it was the one . . . more
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July 29, 2006 04:49 PM EDT --
Forty-Eight years ago today,
Dr. Reeves sent me on my way
To St. Vincents Infirmary in Little Rock,
Where they put me in a hospital frock.
We'd had our Christmas the night before,
Anticipating . . . more
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August 29, 2006 04:56 PM EDT --
sometimes,
in passages of
dense fog
excruciating pain
. . . more
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January 07, 2007 08:56 PM EST --
It wasn’t a trip I was exactly looking forward to. Driving from Londonderry, New Hampshire early New Year’s Eve day down to Satellite Beach, Florida. 1,480 miles with me in the driver’s . . . more
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April 24, 2006 12:42 PM EDT --
Dear Friend,
I cannot express in mere words what I am feeling for you during this time of sorrow. I want to hold you in my arms and cradle you, helping you through you grief, helping you . . . more
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June 04, 2006 07:29 PM EDT --
My divorce had only been final for about a month when I received a phone call from my ex-husband. I knew this was not going to be pleasant. We rarely agreed on anything and he still wanted . . . more
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January 24, 2007 10:27 PM EST --
they say i'm not brave because i still keep the leters.
i call it hopeful.
they say that i'm scared because i still close my eyes.
i call it awake dreaming.
they say that i'm on the wrong . . . more
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October 16, 2006 01:31 PM EDT --
Say goodbye to the ones you loved,
Say goodbye to that life.
Things have changed from the way they were,
And things are no longer okay.
Say goodbye to the things you enjoyed,
Say goodbye to this day, . . . more
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May 11, 2006 01:01 AM EDT --
26. The first depressive episode I remember was after I returned from a trip to West Africa in the summer of 1972.
27. I traveled to Ghana with a small group arranged by the Experiment . . . more
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