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Just a Funk ~  

jajo696 113F
4287 posts
10/4/2020 4:01 am

    Quoting  :

Ohhhh...Granny. i knew we had this in common. I am sorry for the both of us. Yup numbing is the word...and since i lost the 3 of them within 4 yrs...i couldnt process one before the next happened. Crazy stuff and is why i am still reeling at times. Yet...its a new month and its always a breath at a time for me. Im thinking of you and wish you well girlie. Thanks for your thoughts~~


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
10/4/2020 4:06 am

    Quoting lust4life59:
    I'm lately finding out lately sharing the memories make them more sweet, rather than bittersweet. With my child, it's about the most important thing I can pass on to her. hugs
Lust......me too....im trying to teach my child all that i can, as she will be navigating this world on solo. Trying to lend whatever strength i have left ..to her. Thanks for your thoughts and your hugggs !! Its a new month and always a breath at a time. Stay safe ~~


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
10/4/2020 4:08 am

    Quoting sexysixties2:
    I'm so sorry to hear of your loneliness. My parents are long gone too but I still have my older brothers...they don't live in Ireland but we talk on the phone a lot. I shall miss them if they go first. Huge hugs.
Thanks very much...Sexy. Cherish those brothers of yours....you are Blessed to have em. Huggss~~


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
10/4/2020 4:11 am

    Quoting easy_going2014:
    Hi jajo696

    I feel the pain and the love

    thanks for sharing

    be safe

    Barbra Streisand - "The Way We Were"

    Memories light the corners of my mind
    Misty water-colored memories of the way we were
    Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind
    Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were
Thanks for your thoughts Easy...i made it thru, we are now in to a new month. I love the song and the movie The Way we Were.....and i always cry, even before my losses...i always cried. Oh lord...lol. ~~


lunchandconvo 53F  
4034 posts
10/9/2020 4:36 am

i am sorry you feel orphaned.

i lost my birth family to death and was adopted at five. i was really close to my dad. when he died i went through an 11 month clinical depression. i don't know why i didn't ask for help sooner. i was regularly seeing a psychiatrist. so i don't remember if i just didn't tell her how badly things were going... but it lifted. and i haven't had a crash until dealing with COVID isolation.

i hope you can find friends to be your new family.
and bask in your memories of love to blanket you when you feel alone.

i don't know if you believe in such things but one day i did a reiki treatment... and my ancestral spirits contacted me to let me know they were gone from this plane but love me eternally. it makes being an orphan a bit less sad for me.


Juanabewithme 63M

10/10/2020 5:12 am

I am so sorry to hear of your losses . Hugs . Unfortunately you are right about the unavoidable part and pray for it to never happen. I lost both my parents in 1999 my mother in January and my Father in December before Christmas . Not alone yet but being the youngest of 6 always kind of made me feel lonely . Huggggggggs


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
10/10/2020 5:42 am

    Quoting Juanabewithme:
    I am so sorry to hear of your losses . Hugs . Unfortunately you are right about the unavoidable part and pray for it to never happen. I lost both my parents in 1999 my mother in January and my Father in December before Christmas . Not alone yet but being the youngest of 6 always kind of made me feel lonely . Huggggggggs
Thank you for this. Just reading it over has brought tears. Between the yrs of 2011 and 2016....i lost them all ( cept dad ) in addition to my last aunts ( both paternal and maternal) 2 very close friends.....and my hubs of 42 years. No wonder i feel alone....no wonder i cry. We had one child...and i thank God everyday that i have her. Despite it all , there is sunlight among those clouds. I am Blessed.
I am sooo very sorry about your parents....both in the same yr. It changes life as you know it forever. Cherish those siblings for as long as you are able ~~ Huggsss !!


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
10/10/2020 5:48 am

    Quoting lunchandconvo:
    i am sorry you feel orphaned.

    i lost my birth family to death and was adopted at five. i was really close to my dad. when he died i went through an 11 month clinical depression. i don't know why i didn't ask for help sooner. i was regularly seeing a psychiatrist. so i don't remember if i just didn't tell her how badly things were going... but it lifted. and i haven't had a crash until dealing with COVID isolation.

    i hope you can find friends to be your new family.
    and bask in your memories of love to blanket you when you feel alone.

    i don't know if you believe in such things but one day i did a reiki treatment... and my ancestral spirits contacted me to let me know they were gone from this plane but love me eternally. it makes being an orphan a bit less sad for me.
Thanks very much ...Lunchand. You have quite the history of loss as well. im glad you sought professional help as they are or can be so helpful in putting things in perspective.

Yes...this Covid sequester biz is not helping us to shake it off with other distractions /outings/events. This enhances the isolation/loneliness.

I do have a wonderful crew of friends....but havent been hanging with them of late due to this virus thing. Ugh. i am sooooooo ready for it to be...gone !! lol

One of those friends is a reikki practitioner too!!

Thanks for your thoughts ~~


Juanabewithme 63M

10/11/2020 8:32 am

Huggs thank you . M family lives in my heart so we are always together .


flannel_light 61F
4586 posts
10/22/2020 4:52 pm

I am so sorry for you. My family is just the four of us and in 1993 I lost my dad. We were not close but now it seems like my sister and I are getting there with, mom that is a different story now..

The Light is shinning and she is lonely and waiting in the darkness.


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
10/25/2020 1:53 pm

    Quoting  :

Ahhhhh......jules....your flux and my funk. Oh brother...we WILL make it out on the other side. Yes...we will. Im so sorry about your loss and the ensuing flux....but i also think we need to experience the bitter in order to enjoy the sweet. I dont think we can ever make sense or prepare for it....we just move on until the pain and the sense of it becomes less sharp. My motto has been .....a breath at a time.....and as i told you....be kind to yourself. If reaching out to family n friends helps....do it. The talking about it brings me tears....tears of the thought that no more memories will be made. So i tend to talk inwardly and cry privately. We re all doing the best we can , me thinks. Thanks for your words and support. I am sending them right backatcha~~


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
10/25/2020 2:08 pm

    Quoting flannel_light:
    I am so sorry for you. My family is just the four of us and in 1993 I lost my dad. We were not close but now it seems like my sister and I are getting there with, mom that is a different story now..
Oh Light....i know u are having a time with ur mom. It good to know that you and your sis are getting closer, as there may come a time when u need to rely on each other. Thank you for your words....they are appreciated. Much luck to you ~~


ErecTimber 72M
126 posts
10/27/2020 11:01 am

I can feel your pain. Words cannot change what is, but I will leave you with a few to ponder. In every life some rain will fall, we should not allow it to become a flood which overwhelms us. Instead we should dwell on times when the sun shone brightly, in time it will shone again.


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
10/27/2020 2:35 pm

    Quoting ErecTimber:
    I can feel your pain. Words cannot change what is, but I will leave you with a few to ponder. In every life some rain will fall, we should not allow it to become a flood which overwhelms us. Instead we should dwell on times when the sun shone brightly, in time it will shone again.
Yes.....Erec , there is light amongst the clouds. I see the glimmer now n then. We also dont know how sweet things can be without a taste of the bitter. Its the yin/yang of existence. Yep...in time that glimmer will outshine the clouds~~

Thanks for stopping by, thanks for saying and meaning what you said. Thats a rarity nowadays ....


BrailleMan 63M

11/28/2020 11:23 am

I understand where you are coming from. 2 of my 6 siblings are still around. Being the youngest always seems to turn you into an only child quickly. I am so sorry for your loses it is never easy but they will always be a part of you. Huggggs


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
11/29/2020 5:45 am

    Quoting BrailleMan:
    I understand where you are coming from. 2 of my 6 siblings are still around. Being the youngest always seems to turn you into an only child quickly. I am so sorry for your loses it is never easy but they will always be a part of you. Huggggs
I love when you stop by. Thank you !! Of all the things about this growing older chyt...its not the aching bones...or the funny eyes of night driving....to me its all about the loss of beings. The memories still reside in me...but....not being able to make more memories or ask them abt memories pains my soul. Im thankful for those memories but im not at the point of smiling about them. In the dark quiet night....or in the bathroom, shower or driving....i think....and then the water inevitably rolls from my eyes and down my cheeks. As soon as i think im about to recover, another one leaves. You have had to deal with the loss of siblings....ugh. Im so sorry....

Family ( and those we deem fam) loss can change our world and our perspective forever ( sigh )~~


BrailleMan 63M

11/29/2020 7:04 am

    Quoting jajo696:
    I love when you stop by. Thank you !! Of all the things about this growing older chyt...its not the aching bones...or the funny eyes of night driving....to me its all about the loss of beings. The memories still reside in me...but....not being able to make more memories or ask them abt memories pains my soul. Im thankful for those memories but im not at the point of smiling about them. In the dark quiet night....or in the bathroom, shower or driving....i think....and then the water inevitably rolls from my eyes and down my cheeks. As soon as i think im about to recover, another one leaves. You have had to deal with the loss of siblings....ugh. Im so sorry....

    Family ( and those we deem fam) loss can change our world and our perspective forever ( sigh )~~
You have me teared up yet again. I long for them even so many years ago. I can see them in my mind and heart but alas it is never the same as having them there. I know the loss for sure. You touch my heart. I am not a hoarder but I collect things that have memories embedded so deeply in my heart. If you tried to remove them I would die because they are so much a part of me. Sending you sunshine and smiles and a time machine so you can see them again .


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
11/30/2020 2:07 am

    Quoting BrailleMan:
    You have me teared up yet again. I long for them even so many years ago. I can see them in my mind and heart but alas it is never the same as having them there. I know the loss for sure. You touch my heart. I am not a hoarder but I collect things that have memories embedded so deeply in my heart. If you tried to remove them I would die because they are so much a part of me. Sending you sunshine and smiles and a time machine so you can see them again .
I understand...i truly do. I have those same emotions and in this age of sequester, the usual things that i do to shake off those feelings have subsided. I would see friends , go hang out , listen to music, dance ,laugh etc. Now, its all more solitary ventures and usually outside.

That time machine, if i go back with the knowledge that i have today, i would put all my peeps in there and stay with them. ~


BrailleMan 63M

11/30/2020 3:25 am

    Quoting jajo696:
    I understand...i truly do. I have those same emotions and in this age of sequester, the usual things that i do to shake off those feelings have subsided. I would see friends , go hang out , listen to music, dance ,laugh etc. Now, its all more solitary ventures and usually outside.

    That time machine, if i go back with the knowledge that i have today, i would put all my peeps in there and stay with them. ~
Somedays well most days actually I find myself not knowing what to do . I feel like a child inside and always will. I really look at my life and I seem to have been shy and solitary but I always had myself to play with when everyone else was gone. Thank you for your words .


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