I just feel him moving further and further away. Which is what I guess they should do. How do you survive each day?
AmyTx - I echo the answer from CaliGuy at least in part.
I just try to take it one day at a time. I literally some mornings when I wake up try to decide if today is the day that I'll give up. Today wasn't and tomorrow probably isn't either. CaliGuy talks about years which I find just plain depressing so I don't look out that far. I look out one day at a time. I am getting a bit stronger and can now look out a number of weeks and for some things months into the future but still it comes down to one day at a time.
There is no timeline or deadline to these things either. It began before he left and may well still be going when he comes back - that's only part of the journey they are on. Ideally they complete the journey on their own though from what I've read. You'll need to be the best you can be and be strong for when he returns.
One thing I discovered recently that I don't know if you saw on my last thread or not thanks to a reference by SH_ is something called the Stockdale Paradox. To me what it means is that I can tell myself that I'll make it through this, I don't know how and I don't know when but I'll make it through and be a stronger and better person coming out the other side. The paradox part is that it's the optimists who put dates and expectations and timelines who don't make it. Multiple disappointments drive their spirits down and they give up. So be a bit of a pessimist and optimistically know that you'll get through this a better person and that if you are patient and your H completes he journey and looks up he'll see you there as a shining beacon welcoming him home.
On BD H52, W50 T27, M26 S21, D23 BD-9-Mar-16 D-15-Jan-18 Final-19-Apr-18 I am a storyteller. The story may do you no good. But a story is never for the listener. It is always for the one who tells