http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/preparing-for-valentines-day-alone/ Redefine Yourself and Rediscover Life after a Loss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:27:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/preparing-for-valentines-day-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-2276 Happy Valentine’s Day - Here’s to Love! Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:16:10 +0000 http://www.widowsquest.com/?p=1303#comment-2276 [...] week I posted some tips on how to handle your grief on Valentines Day, so I hope that you are facing today with some strength, a dose of courage and of course knowing [...] [...] week I posted some tips on how to handle your grief on Valentines Day, so I hope that you are facing today with some strength, a dose of courage and of course knowing [...]

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/preparing-for-valentines-day-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 anna Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:35:52 +0000 http://www.widowsquest.com/?p=1303#comment-1990 Leslie we have so much in common as my birthday is in February as well - the 22nd. Funny how we seem to live parallel lives :) I love the fact that you have a happy memory to hold on to at this time, one that can help you through the day. My memory is so blank about our last valentine day...somehow I cannot remember it at all as though I have completely blanked it out...I wonder why, maybe it hurts too much? Leslie we have so much in common as my birthday is in February as well – the 22nd. Funny how we seem to live parallel lives I love the fact that you have a happy memory to hold on to at this time, one that can help you through the day. My memory is so blank about our last valentine day…somehow I cannot remember it at all as though I have completely blanked it out…I wonder why, maybe it hurts too much?

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/preparing-for-valentines-day-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-2056 Leslie Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:24:39 +0000 http://www.widowsquest.com/?p=1303#comment-2056 Dear Anna, Thank you so much for this article. I am thinking a lot lately about the coming week. You see, Wednesday is my birthday and then Saturday, of course, is Valentine's Day. Last year my husband was in the hospital recovering from a bleed in the tumour which took his life in June. As you can imagine my birthday wasn't very happy. My daughter went out of her way to make it as happy as she could. I had dinner at her home with her family and it was lovely. Of course all the while we were thinking of Rick and if he would recover and be with us a while longer. Then, on Valentine's Day I bought some very decadent desserts and went to the hospital to share them with my husband. When I arrived there was a beautiful bouquet of roses sitting on his bed for me.Of course I cried. He had asked my daughter-in-law to get them for me as he could not. The love I felt that night I will never forget. That was the last Valentine's Day we had and the last gift I received from him. I dried the flowers and they are in a vase on my dining room table. It will be a difficult week but just like all the other weeks so far I will get through it with the love of family and help from the inspiration I get at Widows Quest. Love to all, Leslie Dear Anna,
Thank you so much for this article. I am thinking a lot lately about the coming week. You see, Wednesday is my birthday and then Saturday, of course, is Valentine’s Day.
Last year my husband was in the hospital recovering from a bleed in the tumour which took his life in June. As you can imagine my birthday wasn’t very happy. My daughter went out of her way to make it as happy as she could. I had dinner at her home with her family and it was lovely. Of course all the while we were thinking of Rick and if he would recover and be with us a while longer.
Then, on Valentine’s Day I bought some very decadent desserts and went to the hospital to share them with my husband. When I arrived there was a beautiful bouquet of roses sitting on his bed for me.Of course I cried. He had asked my daughter-in-law to get them for me as he could not. The love I felt that night I will never forget. That was the last Valentine’s Day we had and the last gift I received from him. I dried the flowers and they are in a vase on my dining room table. It will be a difficult week but just like all the other weeks so far I will get through it with the love of family and help from the inspiration I get at Widows Quest.
Love to all,
Leslie

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