It's 2:30am...

AngieDoogles · 07-01-2007, 10:43 PM

and I can't sleep. I miss my Papaw so much. Is it normal to still feel so sad that I am in tears every night?

Mandy · 07-02-2007, 01:05 AM

Awwww Angie, im sorry you feel so sad. Its very normal to miss a loved one, hope you feel better soon girl. Thinking of you!

Marilyn · 07-02-2007, 03:57 AM

Angie, what you are experiencing is very normal. When my father passed away, I felt much the same. I was in a meeting at work one day and burst into tears. Time makes it better, but you will still think of him, miss him, and wish he were there to share things with and there will be things you will want to ask him. It's just the circle of life.

Janet · 07-02-2007, 04:20 AM

Angie, it's all perfectly normal. I find if I let the feelings flow, it's so much nicer and trying to stop them. It does get better with time.

Tink · 07-02-2007, 05:05 AM

Angie, as the others have said, it very normal, and does get better with time. What I've learned is that the oddest little things will trigger it. When my nephew passed, I found myself breaking down in a department store when I saw something with a dinosaur theme because he had been enthralled by anything with dinosaurs. When my grandpa passed, I couldn't stand to be around a certain friend when he smoked because he smoked the same brand cigarette as grendpa and the smell of the smoke was a trigger for me.

Just expect to grieve and give yourself permission to fall apart at times. It's no fun, but is necessary to get through it.

RLC12345678 · 07-02-2007, 06:29 PM

Angie, I'm so sorry to hear about your grandfather. I know I'll be feeling the same way as you are now when my grandfather passes. Losing a loved one is tough. (((((hugs!))))

07-01-2007, 10:43 PM	#1
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	It's 2:30am... and I can't sleep. I miss my Papaw so much. Is it normal to still feel so sad that I am in tears every night? __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

07-02-2007, 01:05 AM	#2
Mandy Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Who cares! Posts: 4,587	Awwww Angie, im sorry you feel so sad. Its very normal to miss a loved one, hope you feel better soon girl. Thinking of you! __________________ Many people will walk in and out your life, but only true friends leave footprints!

07-02-2007, 03:57 AM	#3
Marilyn Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 4,907	Angie, what you are experiencing is very normal. When my father passed away, I felt much the same. I was in a meeting at work one day and burst into tears. Time makes it better, but you will still think of him, miss him, and wish he were there to share things with and there will be things you will want to ask him. It's just the circle of life. __________________ Marilyn If anyone would like a free Bible Study CD or book entitled "Searching for Truth", PM me with your mailing address and I'll send you one. "And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." John 8:32

07-02-2007, 04:20 AM	#4
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	Angie, it's all perfectly normal. I find if I let the feelings flow, it's so much nicer and trying to stop them. It does get better with time. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

07-02-2007, 05:05 AM	#5
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	Angie, as the others have said, it very normal, and does get better with time. What I've learned is that the oddest little things will trigger it. When my nephew passed, I found myself breaking down in a department store when I saw something with a dinosaur theme because he had been enthralled by anything with dinosaurs. When my grandpa passed, I couldn't stand to be around a certain friend when he smoked because he smoked the same brand cigarette as grendpa and the smell of the smoke was a trigger for me. Just expect to grieve and give yourself permission to fall apart at times. It's no fun, but is necessary to get through it. __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

07-02-2007, 06:29 PM	#6
RLC12345678 4WT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,614	Angie, I'm so sorry to hear about your grandfather. I know I'll be feeling the same way as you are now when my grandfather passes. Losing a loved one is tough. (((((hugs!)))) __________________ Rebecca "To whom much is given, much is expected." ~Luke 12:48

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