Grief Can Be in Life as well as Death
March 14, 2008 by Anna Farmery
Filed under Grief
I got an email about divorce and the feeling of grief which I wanted to share although I will keep the man’s name private for obvious reasons.
“I love your blog and yet I am male and not a widower. You may find that strange but last year my wonderful wife of 23 years walked out on me for another man. I was shell shocked as I did not see it coming. My point is that grief is felt by people like me as well as widows and widowers. In fact, I would say the grief is harder….
When you wrote the other day that your heart had fulfilled its destiny…you are right. But at least when someone dies, you have not been rejected. You have been left, but the pain is tough as the person you love is still alive. The grief is there…the pain is there….the relationship is dead but the person is still there to love. I wondered whether the readers had any thoughts on how I cope?”
Wow, powerful. Divorce is a change, it is a relationship that is over. Grieving for the loss of your partner does not necessarily mean death. Let’s try and reach out and help this guy…any ideas?
Mine blog can give you support in understanding that he is dealing with is abandonment.
Thanks for letting me know…will check it out