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    <title>Loss of Spouse</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:12:16 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Nights are the hardest</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/nights-are-the-hardest.3947/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Kbowski88)</author>
      <dc:creator>Kbowski88</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Tonight is really rough today the 10th marks one week exactly well at 330pm it will.I was holding my husbands hand as he took his last breath.ive been crying for over an hr but don&#039;t want to wake my kids. Can&#039;t use the shower to muffle my cry because the shower would wake them..during the day its easier to stay distracted but in the night in the quiet of our room in our bed im left alone with my own thoughts.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Multiple deaths in less than 6 months; Perhaps I am just numb</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:27:14 -0400</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Ren333)</author>
      <dc:creator>Ren333</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[My husband died in mid July this year after over a year long battle with cancer. We were married over 36 years. In the spring our 4 month old grandson passed away unexpectedly. As a result, of my grand baby&#039;s passing my son moved his family 150 miles away for a change of scenery. My husband passed 2 months later. The house os quiet. I have 2 dogs and 3 cats. I struggle to go to work each afternoon. I can&#039;t get anything done my head is still not making sense of so much change so fast. I have...<br />
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<a href="http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/multiple-deaths-in-less-than-6-months-perhaps-i-am-just-numb.3963/" class="internalLink">Multiple deaths in less than 6 months; Perhaps I am just numb</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Nobody to talk to</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:25:23 -0400</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Gerald)</author>
      <dc:creator>Gerald</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[So I&#039;ll just lay it out here. Maybe I&#039;ll feel better. It&#039;s been very bleak around here, getting worse. I just miss her so much words can&#039;t describe. When I&#039;ve talked with relatives about it, it gets awkward and they wanna change the subject. They have their happy little carefree lives to think about. I can&#039;t blame them. They have no conception of losing their soulmate: they stopped calling anyway. I&#039;ve been told : now it&#039;s time to get on with my life, get out socialize meet people. Well,...<br />
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      <title>Loss of my spouse</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:15:38 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/loss-of-my-spouse.3950/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (kittyrg102371)</author>
      <dc:creator>kittyrg102371</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I recently loss my husband after taking care of him his last 3 years of life due to Diabetic, Renal Failure and Double Amputee. It has been hard to move forward. Feel like I am numb and in a still stage of life.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The Emptiness</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:37:56 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/the-emptiness.3889/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (JTAsher)</author>
      <dc:creator>JTAsher</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Good Morning Everyone:<br />
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  My name is Johnny and I lost my wife of 22 years on November 21, 2025 after a brave battle over several years with heart failure.<br />
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 I am new here, and actually wanted to start posting here as a means to give my exhausted small circle of support a break from my numerous texts that I send when I cannot do anything but cry and the lonely house starts to cave in on me or the TV shows become touchstones of a life me and Shalane spent together laughing at or making...<br />
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<a href="http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/the-emptiness.3889/" class="internalLink">The Emptiness</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Sudden Death of my Wife at the end of January</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:44:05 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/sudden-death-of-my-wife-at-the-end-of-january.3912/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (nobalkain)</author>
      <dc:creator>nobalkain</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I guess its best to start with what happened, and how I am responsible.<br />
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 I am 48 Male and had been with my Wife for over 20 years (she was always the one to keep track of Dates). She became sick shortly after we got Married. I had two Choices, continue to Work and HOPE someone else will step in to help her as I provide, or I make sure she is taken care of.<br />
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 At first I tried both, but no matter how many times a Job would say they understood, that quickly changed once they realized I was not...<br />
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<a href="http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/sudden-death-of-my-wife-at-the-end-of-january.3912/" class="internalLink">Sudden Death of my Wife at the end of January</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Good (Almost) Afternoon GIC "Family..."</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:25:45 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/good-almost-afternoon-gic-family.3179/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (DEB321)</author>
      <dc:creator>DEB321</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I feel like it&#039;s been ages since I&#039;ve &quot;talked&quot; to everyone...  So much has happened since I&#039;ve been MIA.  Exactly 15 months and 1 day after Bob passed away, I was traveling east, in the right hand lane of a very busy road, when a car blew through a stop sign, and slammed into the right side of my car (think T-bone).  I  knew the car was going to hit me.  I hoped by steering to the right, I could get off of the road, out of traffic, and onto the grassy strip, before it happened, but the car...<br />
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<a href="http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/good-almost-afternoon-gic-family.3179/" class="internalLink">Good (Almost) Afternoon GIC &quot;Family...&quot;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>It’s been 8 months since I lost my husband</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:51:04 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/it%E2%80%99s-been-8-months-since-i-lost-my-husband.2845/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (SusanMc8)</author>
      <dc:creator>SusanMc8</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[My husband died suddenly 8 months ago - the pain is still there, I think it always will be. I break down and cry a few times a day but I go about living my life. I think this is my new normal. I am getting used to being alone, doing everything that needs to be done but I miss him so much. It’s like a terrible nightmare I can’t wake up from. I am a different person than I was - I am still discovering myself. We were married for 56 years and I suppose this is how it always will be - my new...<br />
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<a href="http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/it%E2%80%99s-been-8-months-since-i-lost-my-husband.2845/" class="internalLink">It’s been 8 months since I lost my husband</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Loss after three decade relationship.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:34:43 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/loss-after-three-decade-relationship.2800/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (oneman)</author>
      <dc:creator>oneman</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi.<br />
 So, this is my first entry here. Not sure how I want to share. I&#039;ll try.<br />
I was married for almost 30 ears to a special woman. We had a connection that was special to each of us.<br />
In April 2021 my wife became sick. We weren&#039;t sure at first what was going on. She ended up going into the hospital. She spent the next three months there. I stayed with her for 5 days every week in the hospital room. 24 hours a day. We lived 3 1/2 hours from the hospital. I made that trip every week. <br />
My wife...<br />
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      <title>The Six Month Slump. Very painful.</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:57:55 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/the-six-month-slump-very-painful.3943/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Fleur de Luce)</author>
      <dc:creator>Fleur de Luce</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I lost my husband of 30 years in December. He was 89 and I&#039;d been caretaking for several years. I am considerably younger so this was not unexpected and I would not begrudge him a moment of it, not a second, not a millisecond.<br />
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I loved him beyond all reason. We met when I was 41 and he was 59 and we were both amazed by the miracle of having found one another. I have just returned from floating his ashes in compostable containers on a lake 3 hours north of Portland ME where I live and on the...<br />
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      <title>I'd Like to Introduce Myself and Thank You For This Forum</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:38:18 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/id-like-to-introduce-myself-and-thank-you-for-this-forum.3936/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (JohnH)</author>
      <dc:creator>JohnH</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi everyone,<br />
My name is John. I&#039;m from South Carolina. I lost my wife, Charlene one month ago. May 6, 2026 to be exact.<br />
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Charley was 81, as am I. As you can well imagine, she was very special to me. We met late in life. We were both 39 when we married. Charley had suffered greatly as a young adult. She found herself in an abusive marriage and was deeply scarred by the time she was able to escape. It took me several years to convince her to allow me to show her that all men are not equal,...<br />
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<a href="http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/id-like-to-introduce-myself-and-thank-you-for-this-forum.3936/" class="internalLink">I&#039;d Like to Introduce Myself and Thank You For This Forum</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>How can I go on ? My beautiful husband died today…</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:35:53 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/how-can-i-go-on-my-beautiful-husband-died-today%E2%80%A6.3927/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Phoenix77)</author>
      <dc:creator>Phoenix77</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[My husband of 41 years died today. I am a strong Believer in Jesus so I know where he is but my heart feels so broken. We have never been apart ever. He has been always healthy and never drank or smoked in his life but a few months ago he didn’t feel good and found out he had four huge tumors in his chest between the heart and lungs. They were certain it would be treatable but the biopsy came back March 16 and said it was terminal with no hope to cure and too late to do anything anyway -...<br />
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<a href="http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/how-can-i-go-on-my-beautiful-husband-died-today%E2%80%A6.3927/" class="internalLink">How can I go on ? My beautiful husband died today…</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>When does it get better</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:41:15 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/when-does-it-get-better.3035/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Good days bad days)</author>
      <dc:creator>Good days bad days</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello. I just found this site, hoping it will help me in some small way. This May will be 1 yr. since my husband passed away. Massive heart attack, died 30 min. later in the E.R. No one prepares you for the loss of a loved one, and losing a spouse is the worst. 50 years of bliss, 45 of them married. We weathered deaths of family members together( his Dad, brother, sister-in-law, 3 nephews, my Mom and Dad). I am weathering this one alone, no kids, no siblings, a few well meaning friends that...<br />
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<a href="http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/when-does-it-get-better.3035/" class="internalLink">When does it get better</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The worst loss of my life.</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:14:53 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/the-worst-loss-of-my-life.3909/</link>
      <guid>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/the-worst-loss-of-my-life.3909/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (JankaW)</author>
      <dc:creator>JankaW</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="color: #006666">My name is Janka and I’m looking for a comfort, understanding and support in my deepest grief. It’s going to be a year since my most beloved husband, my life, my everything died. I’d like to write with people who have been going through the same kind of loss.<br />
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Thank you that I’ve found this forum</span><span style="color: #00b300">!</span>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Can you move on after losing your soulmate?</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:19:15 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/can-you-move-on-after-losing-your-soulmate.3235/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (HelenB)</author>
      <dc:creator>HelenB</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[My husband died suddenly of a heart attack almost four years ago.  He was 59 and I was 57.  We had just celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary for a total of 21 years together.  We had been a blended family with kids from our prior marriages but were now empty nesters and looking forward to retirement.  In an instant, all of that was gone.<br />
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Four years later I have retired, sold our marital home and moved to another country.  But I still miss him intensely every day.  I still feel like I am...<br />
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      <title>How long...</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:53:37 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/how-long.3919/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (TinaMarieD)</author>
      <dc:creator>TinaMarieD</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<b><i>How long did it take for you to even consider getting involved with someone else?</i></b>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>5 Months Ago</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:03:28 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/5-months-ago.3893/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Lisa 2011)</author>
      <dc:creator>Lisa 2011</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Good Morning!<br />
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I lost my soul mate five months ago. We had been together for 14 years. We were each others whole world. We loved doing everything together. The only time we were really apart was when we were working.<br />
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This is my first time posting and I am a little nervous.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>The "Nanna Mac" cycle of life</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:57:14 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/the-nanna-mac-cycle-of-life.3921/</link>
      <guid>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/the-nanna-mac-cycle-of-life.3921/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Jeffry)</author>
      <dc:creator>Jeffry</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[My beloved, now departed, wife Janet used to refer to what she called the &quot;Nanna Mac&quot; cycle of life. Her aunt Nanna Mac aged and slowly became more of just an afterthought to the family before she died. At a family gathering one time Janet was sitting on the sofa unnoticed and realized, &quot;I&#039;m Nanna Mac&quot;. <br />
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This is the natural cycle of life. Aging spouses can handle this because they have each other and all their shared memories, but the loss of one spouse devastates the surviving spouse. The...<br />
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      <title>Lonely, in despair, help needed</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:33:56 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/lonely-in-despair-help-needed.3249/</link>
      <guid>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/lonely-in-despair-help-needed.3249/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Daisy171)</author>
      <dc:creator>Daisy171</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Will someone please explain what is available on this site to communicate with more members. No one is in live chat when I get there and I don&#039;t know where else to communicate.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Widow Fog</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:39:03 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/widow-fog.1494/</link>
      <guid>http://www.griefincommon.com/connect/threads/widow-fog.1494/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (joesjill)</author>
      <dc:creator>joesjill</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The rational mind is overrated.<br />
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Learning there is such a thing as widow fog helped me SOOOO much the first couple of years. Especially due to the pressures I put on myself coupled with the questioning of my sanity and just literally feeling like I was in a fog.  I&#039;m not the only one and NEITHER ARE YOU!  I share these 2 parts with you with the love and support and encouragement.  You are not alone. Jill, Admin. Grief Forward...stop by and follow, please. You can also give a &quot;LIKE&quot; on...<br />
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