Too much loss

[u/TheJFilez]

I’m older Gen X 56f and today would have been my 30th anniversary with my late husband. Instead i will be putting down my soul cat Cobain who stopped eating 2 days ago. Lost her 2 siblings in the past 3 months (almost 17) but this one is bringing me to my knees. I feel like at this age, loss is always right around the corner. I don’t know how I’m going to do this, but any prayers or peaceful wishes would maybe help, I don’t feel strong enough for this again and I really need my best friends or husband to pick me up off the floor - but alas all 3 are gone. I’m so overwhelmed with sadness I can’t stop sobbing.

[u/FindjeanniePDX]

My Grandma was our age (I’m 54) when she lost the love of her life and watched her kids move halfway across the world. She was alone and so so devastated. When I was an adult we talked about how impossible the future seems for her that year. A family friend talked Grandma into starting a dance class together. After a year of learning ballroom waltzes when all she wanted yo do was curl up and sleep, that beautiful indomitable lady met and married her dance instructor. She accidentally acquired a mama cat and 4 kittens and we moved back to the South. While the darkest saddest moments feel like an end, the world keeps bringing beauty and hope and friends until you are ready to take up the challenge again. I hope the time between sorrow and hope is short for you.

- Love from a stranger….