Posted by bethesdabob on April 12, 2005, at 16:57:27
In reply to Re: Wife of 20 years died 12/16/03, posted by Shar on April 4, 2005, at 2:01:51
Shar
Many thanks for your kind message, following their mother's death I was taking my boys to a grief counselor, that lasted about a month and then they were telling me that they wanted no more parts of it.
Myself, I continued attending a Hospice group for young widows and widowers, got lots of great help, today I would no sooner miss a weekly meeting than miss dinner, every week new folks come for the first time - hear stories much worse than mine, it's great therapy - find that in relating my story and experiences that I am more comforted than the folks I am comforting, it's great for them to open up and relate to us also.
My boys seem pretty well adjusted, I put the youngest is a small private school where he seems to be thriving, my older teenager puts on a good game face but is still hurting, he and his mother were extremely close, at the moment he's a little upset with me because I won't allow him to get a tattoo on his back, angel wings surrounding the word "mom".
Am just trying to give them the best life that I can.
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