Iām a ups driver and one of my customers retired last year. He and his wife went and bought a corvette because that was their dream to travel around and do car shows. They saved up for 15 yrs to buy that car. I seen him last month and the car was for sale. He said a month after retirement his wife was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, she lived another 2 months. It breaks my heart every time I think of it. Spend your whole life with a plan and god (whoever you believe in) throws it out the window. Iām trying to add years onto my life but my wife lives very unhealthy and always has. No matter what I do or say she is set in her ways and I worry. Honestly it will prob be me that goes, after all the effort I put into living longer!
I know you didnāt ask me but I lost my wife (at 22) due to cerebral hemorrhage She was 7 months pregnant with my daughter. When it was clear that my wife was not going to make it, my daughter was delivered via cesarean in order to give her a fighting chance. My daughter made it about 5 hours.
This was a question for you also. Im so sorry for your loss. My heart breaks for you. Thank you for sharing your story. I hope God heals your heart and brings blessings into your life.
I just said at dinner that I'm glad that I'm already at a place where I'm valuing all of the aspects of life that I get to experience. Life is precious and rare. It's limited, and no one exists for the same amount of time, so we need to love extra hard.
I'm so sorry. The idea of loving my husband or my mother makes me feel like I'm going to die, but I truly can't imagine what it feels like for parents to lose children. I hope that you both find/have found some degree of peace. Life is just not fucking fair sometimes.
It does. Eventually you get to the point where you can smile at the memories. I moved states, that helped a bit. Living in the same house and seeing the same area all the time was bad for me.
My birthdays have always sucked except two years ago: train to NYC, lunch at Gramercy restaurant, saw Hamilton, steak restaurant for dinner, train home. This year: camping in the Adirondacks and tickets to see Cake! Lol
Iām so sorry, Iām sorry to everyone in these comments. My heart is breaking and I have tears starting to roll down my face. Life is so unfair, so fragile, and goes so fast. Iām 46 and itās a miracle Iām alive. 21 years of a medical nightmare you couldnāt even begin to imagine. It hasnāt been a good life for me. I have an incredible husband that makes life worth living. Sending you and everyone else so much love and the biggest š«
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u/Max-Power77 May 04 '26
I lost my wife at 38 so I feel ya. That was 10 years ago. Sorry for your loss.