Grief and Gratitude, Grok

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Getting A Life – Just do it.......g

What a great post. If any of the others who are currently going through this, that is how to DB.

Thanks for the validation. Also, well, support of the type you can get here, since it is almost non-existent in person.

Lest anyone reading along think this just happened easy in sequence, let me expand a little. I like people and can converse easy, but am always feeling awkward socially. When the bomb dropped I was already a sort of depressed and withdrawn into my own little world. I WASN'T present with W and kids like I needed to be as H and Father. The bomb just fragmented me as I was not in a good place to start with.

Within a month or so I did start taking my bike out alone on the trails for exercise and get out time. Then started walking trails occasionally with two other dads I had been barely acquainted with. Little steps. It took from end of March to September to recover myself enough to head out to that local brewery. I was finally comfortable enough bring that pie for all to share. Even then I would have thoughts of "will they like it? or think I'm strange?"

PS: Glad you found some of Starsky's post. Lots of wisdom.

If you ever wonder about how the work on this forum affects peoples lives, I'm here to tell it helped me immensely. I found these bits of wisdom because I started with the stickies and worked my way back. The threads of quotes and Sandi2's were especially valuable. Every time I found one that resonated, I would track it back to the source and read through. All those 2X4s to other people helped ME! Thank you.

Easter Blessings to you all.

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