thanks grace for your kind post. your advice is really good and doesn't sound like a crock! it makes a lot of sense and is real.

i'll do the meditating and i have been praying a whole lot! and i'll do more self-talk...i think if the car could speak, it might actually respond to me since i've had so many convos with myself in there.

i'm so sorry you had to go through this and feel that way for everyone who is on this board. it breaks my heart really...b/c the pain of missing your spouse the way they were, it's tough! and you're right, it's a death except your spouse didn't actually die. would it actually be easier if they did? my apologies if that sounds offensive but i do wonder.