Life was perfect. These feelings can take over you, so it's best to let them out. He should still be sitting in his recline. Our two kids, ages four and six, and I are in need of prayer, peace, and understanding. Now I'm lost. You may wish for this uncomfortable feeling to leave you so that you can function properly. I miss fixing his lunch. Subsequently, he died from severe infections. It hurts every day. My husband died in front of me in our living room. It is nearing 11 months and it feels like yesterday that the nightmare began. I went from planner of life to waiting for my own death. But when darkness falls I have had pictures developed of him and hang them just so I can look at him. It's been such a long time. He was the funniest guy ever. It's the hardest ordeal I have ever faced. Now I see a hint of new purpose unfolding as a flower petal captured on a camera lens, each day a hint more revealed. Does life go on? Grace A. Mandry. I know the grieving process is different for everyone, but I did not think this part would come back so strongly. We were out having drinks with friends and decided to go back to their place. To be with him He took 1 good breath and another then one tear, another breath and he was gone. She was always upbeat. I expect much the same from my situation, and I have only lost my wife for 3 months! He was too young to go so soon, it was never a supposed to be this way. We were together 21 years. That was the most painful part of my life. Missing You Kathy Murphy more by Kathy Murphy Published by Family Friend Poems May 2011 with permission of the author. I don't know how to do this. I'm so sad and feel so alone. Hello Ms. Carter, I lost my wife in April 2018. Hospice has bereavement counseling and I am going in March. Kathy Murphy I feel totally lost, hurt and sad. I don't think you do ever get over it! My dad died unexpectedly May 3; then Rod 5 weeks later. He was taken by a cancer when I turned 50. I wish there was an answer for me. I am sad and full of tears. It was sudden and I was woken up from him trying to catch his breath. The only comfort I have is at least it can't get any worse. Many people are missing someone this holiday season. I do have a great support team, but it just doesn't seem right. By I tried going to a support group, but I don't think I was quite ready for that yet. I sang to him and read from the Bible and administered his pain drops. The one that will be on our side no matter what happens. He took care of me when I needed things, he took care of me when I was ill, then it was my turn to do in return for him. I can recant and recall the past, our story survived in me. I dream of him. Ang Amy, I was like you. There are no words to explain the loneliness. To have what we had was so special. I woke up, realizing he didn't come kiss me goodbye. Not for me, you see true love never dies, I truly love my darling and he truly loved me. The nights are just the hardest, it feels like it gets worse everyday my family doesn't understand why I cry no one seems to understand all I keep hearing is that life goes on , yeah it's easy for them to say it because they doesn't know how painful and lonely you feel. I lost him and myself. Every day feels like another heartbreak. I'm 17, going on 18 in January. He cared enough to try hard. We met when I was 22. I lost my Husband in a tragic vehicle accident 5 years ago leaving me with a then 12, 10 & 8 years olds. My best friend, who was my husband, died 4 weeks ago and was buried 2 weeks ago. 2. One foot in front of the other & try to smile! I guess I came here to seek help in some way or just to talk to others who've been through the same thing. I really have no desire to go on. May 19 will mark the 5 month mark of his death and it is also our secondary anniversary, even though we were only married 2 years we were together for almost 25 yrs. I lost my husband on March 6 of 2015. The first was way back in 1982, and yet I still feel that pain and loss as acutely as if it just happened an hour ago! Nothing prepares you for it. He was my rock, soul, and best friend. It's hard to sleep. I still miss him more than ever. Nowadays l put on a happy front because l can't show how l really feel. You carry them with you in everything you do and everywhere you go. I miss him so much. It is hard to put on a brave face all of the time but she understands me. Then I'd had enough of seeing him suffer. He was a wise man and had so much to give. Read Complete Poem Stories 177 I wish I could've changed places with him or that God would take my life as well. We were together for 11 years before he died. It would have been our 13th anniversary on Sept 9th. To think people say to us it happened for a reason. We were married 21 years. Exactly how so many feel! My husband Ken and I were out for a drive on March 21, 2017. But it's a different kind of sad now. This Enormous emptiness engulfs what is my new normal life. I lost my husband almost a year ago to the date, June 23, 2019. He was in the Navy. Having to live without my husband who I adored, cherished and loved so much, I hurt beyond hurt. Life has turned upside down for us. She passed just 12 days before she was to meet our great grandson for the first time. He was 23. My sweetie died September 4, 2017. I cry constantly, and the pain is like someone just turned my stomach inside out and ripped my heart out. We miss you so much. He told me to speak at our children's weddings on his behalf and discussed with the girls who he had organized to walk them down the aisle when the time comes. I know your struggle. I never could have made it without God. 5. I miss him a lot, more than anyone knows. I am depressed, in shock, and do not want to believe that my love has gone, and it's getting worse and worse. When people tell me "I'm sorry for your loss", he is not lost. All I know is one day we will reunite in Heaven. This was three years ago and still feels like yesterday. He was only 65 and healthy. It still doesn't seem real. I am in the sun that warms you. These have been almost my exact words when talking about the loss of my husband. The anniversary of my husbands death will be 10 years June 23rd and it still feels the same. The silence is deafening to my ears. If you have children to remember him by, then they need you, and you need to live for them. I am in the rain that fills your springs. It goes something like, "How can it be that the only depth and breadth of vast eternity can fill the void left by a human heart?" Our families became one. My husband has been gone for 17 months, and I still cry for him a lot. This continues to be true. He somehow passed out then fell off his bike right in front of me. It was so hard to listen to everyone saying that it will get easier and that I am very strong, when all I want to do is be with him. We were married 28 years and had 2 children. My husband died five years ago at age 58. L Lisa Palmore 31 followers More information Missing my husband Poems Anniversary Poems Grief Poems Grief Quotes Death Quotes Mum Poems Bob Marley Missing My Husband Brother Quotes In 48 hours the love of my life died. He was told he had this on Sept 13, 2016. Everyone thinks I am doing great as I have friends, involved in church and activities, and helping others, but in actuality, I am doing worse than I was a year ago. I am retired but am now forced to work again at 64. The photo of the woman with her hand on her husband's pillow, at the beginning of this page, looks like me every night and morning. I will missing him forever. Your mesmerizing touch. So glad I found this thread of emails today. Our daughter was pregnant with our first grandchild and my husband died 2 1/2 months before he was born. Tuesday was the day I brought him home. The only thing that is keeping me going right now is thinking about how lucky I was to have him in my life and for that I will always be grateful. He was my rock, my everything. I feel the same as you. Why have babies in cribs then?? He had a massive heart attack. Hi Frank- Four months married and he was ripped away from me. It doesn't help that today's my birthday. He knew who I was and that the mortgage needed paid. I lost my husband, soulmate, and best friend nearly three years ago very suddenly. I miss him so much. I am suffocating under this soul crushing sadness and loneliness. "I wanna be with you again" is another beautiful I Miss You poem was written by a girl for his boyfriend who is in jail. I wish you were here today, my love. In December John became confused and disoriented. I feel the same pain you feel. He was admitted to Bendale Acres Long Term Care at the age of 67. I wish I was nicer and sweeter to you because now I know how kind and caring you were to us. I cannot count them all. Thank you for sharing this, Carol. I feel your pain and know how your heart is aching. My fiance passed just 3 weeks ago. None the less, seems like I miss him more as time goes by. What has helped me has been faith and prayer. His absence will never be quenched. All I can say is you're not alone. But I really miss him, and our 14 year old is having such a hard time. Three months after my husband passed away, (March 27, 2016) our cocker spaniel passed away as well. He left such an imprint in the lives of so many people, especially mine. Featured Shared Story My husband who was a professional boxer developed dementia at age 57 from undetected brain injuries. STOP! My heart is broken into a million tiny pieces. When will the sun shine for me and the light of the sun on my back feel exhilarating once more. We met when I just turned 18 and were married for 35 years. My condolences to you and your family. After a 15 month battle with melanoma, God called my husband home on December 19, 2012. We have two children. I can't explain the sorrow I feel. To my immediate right 40 feet away, my husband laid face down not moving his legs crushedhe died instantly. Sunday will be the first anniversary with him gone and his birthday too! I am not sure that is true. Missing your lover poems It feels so lonely without you, Without you I feel so blue Your presence made me smile Your habits irked me, But those were the cute moments I remember to thee Please come back soon I miss you a lot! But my heart physically hurts at times from the pain. My 2 grandsons helped him stand and walk him through our mobile home to the bedroom. I have my empty house where I call out her name and ask her, "Where are you? It was a heart aneurysm. He was the love of my life. XO. My life just came crashing down. So we come home and tried to live as normally as possible. Hi, I just lost my husband, Michael, the love of my life. That provides some solace, but I am lonely and sad sometimes and just keep going. I know that because he said, "If I ever leave, a piece of me that lives in you should blossom. I lost my husband at 47. People tell me I should get "over it". Life was wonderful and safe with him. Although I wrote this poem when my ex-husband and I were together, and it's been four years since we walked away from one another.not a day goes by that I don't miss him, miss us, miss what we used to be and what we used to share. My wonderful husband died one month and two days ago. I lost my wonderful wife, best friend, lover, and support system on August 9 to lung cancer that had gone to her brain. I lost my husband five months ago. I miss him more every day. I love and miss you Mike. My dear husband worked as an engineer for 52 years until he turned 70. l told him when he was 64 to stop working. I feel so lost and alone. In hindsight, I should have made my kids come too as now 3 years later they struggle with bouts of sadness. I lost the one true love of my life November 18, 2016. She had so many activities and friends. He doesn't answer, just like when he was alive! I begin to feel as if God gave me this wonderful man to me in reparation of my painful life. They are right next to us. He was not particularly religious but led an honest, righteous, LOVING life. His words echo in my mind, and I feel like his wisdom resonates in my heart. Ashley, I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my husband in the morning of March 20, 2017. Now it's November and Thanksgiving was closing in. He came into the hospital for a diagnostic procedure and died 3 weeks later. Missing My Husband Lost Quotes Dad Quotes Mother Quotes Loss Quotes Husband Quotes Losing A Loved One Quotes Funeral Quotes I Miss My Mom ForeverMissed.com on Instagram: "You were worth every single moment. He also sends me blue morpho butterflies whenever I need reassurances as he promised he'd do too (they are in picture forms only as they are native to Costa Rica only). I miss him so much. He was rushed to hospital and had two operations. I've never gotten over her. We were together 27 years. That is what keeps me going even though the tears still flow and the hurt is still so fresh. I hate those words. I keep telling myself to just breathe and put one foot in front of the other. It feels like someone came along and just gutted me. Don't put a time limit on grief. He was smart, handsome, caring and loved everyone. It takes time. We had been married 63 years and 8 months. Anne Spiller, I Am Not That Strong By Even now after over 3 years, I still suffer from losing her. He was the only man who ever told me I was beautiful and daily told me I was, "cute times 10!". Your kisses fell sharp on my flesh like dawn-dews from the limb, In a strange way I am glad he died before me because I would never want to put him through this kind of Hell. They thought it was just acid reflux. We were making new memories. I just want to say sorry for your loss. It hurts so much, I know, but I am also trying to be strong. I met him when I was 17 and he was 23. Thank you for allowing me to share. We had a very hard time, but I was happy with him. I even doubt if I was a good enough wife hadn't I taken good enough care. I pray for God to take me so I can be with him. I'm trying to be the great pretender so others think all is okay. I can't sleep, and eating is very few and far between. We had the perfect plan. My Husband passed away December 19, I cry every night and most days. He left for work on Monday at 5am, said goodbye and he loved me, and he would see me later, but I never did. I miss him dearly and deeply. Jennifer, Poem About Moving On After Husband's Death, Love Forever Lost By This is what happened with my soul mate and me. I often imagine him walking through the door again and throwing our little girl in the air (as she had him wrapped around her little finger) and talking to our son about anything. door even if it's just for one day. I lost my 50-year-old husband. I lost my husband of 13 years suddenly on March 15, 2019. With the age different we knew that he may not be here forever. No signs other than a bad back for months. She very rudely told me they don't do beds with rails because it's considered a form or restraint. Doesnt really leave open a lot of time for "good times" and I am ok with that and just do and be what I can. I miss you when your gone away. I am a 60-year-old woman, and like you, living alone. I thank God for him and our love I keep trying to get my life together{ Other peoples words not my own}. Without a hint NO, I AM NOT OKAY." door even if it's just for one day. We were a family that did everything together. Many adjustments ahead. Now I only have his Sister to remember him with and even she imposes limits. I had to say goodbye to my Jerry on January 14, 2018. My family has been great, but again since none of them has ever been through it. I wish I could afford one and drive it for us. But I do try to keep my head to God and have faith that he will see us through!!! My grandson has my husband's eyes bluish grey beautiful. After getting our butts kicked so many years with the usual trials of a tough financial life-we had it made. We have two small children together. I feel him everywhere. I never left him one night while he was there. We had so many plans. Nothing mattered to me. We also have a daughter who still lives with me and I am so thankful for her. People don't know the feeling of losing a husband until it actually happens to them. She was diagnosed with cancer CA in 2009. He was my best friend, lover and husband. On his way out the door that day he said, give me a extra hug and kiss for my birthday. Like one who has had a limb removed, you constantly reach for the phantom lover. I FEEL his presence and know this is coming from my heart. Pray for you always.RIP. We were supposed to say our I do's on 10/30/2017. On January 21, 2019, I awoke to my husband breathing very rapidly. He was also a very active person up until that day. We were together for twenty-five years. I cry my silent tears. How would someone "get over" love anyway? He was 27I am 24. Our children became brothers and sisters. My husband died just 2 weeks ago on February 11. wanting you and needing you. I pray for GOD to take my life. I have been told that things get better with time but I am finding it getting worse as I come to terms with the fact that I will never see him again. We were married almost 34 years I miss him so much Today is the 1st anniversary of my husband's death. My heart is broken into a million tiny pieces. My husband died on the 27th of December 2015 of Mesothelioma. I was 36 with a 7-year-old. He left me with so many questions, in a void like a black hole. He had heart attack and 4 strokes. I just can't comprehend what happened. Three of our daughters and I cared for him 24/7. Trusted him to not leave me or hurt or carelessly shove me aside. Fool me. Very similar as my wife lost her short battle with lung/brain cancer August 9, 2018. Share Your Story Here. I wear his wedding ring on a chain. Also, I'm so scared. Memories is what is left. Hello everybody. I've lived. "The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart. As I read this, my skin spiked as your story and mine sound very similar. Now I dread each day. I do not want a replacement mateI want my best friend and soul mate back here beside me. We married in 1952. It's not the easiest thing, but I am determined that I will live and not die. 12 years is a long time to grieve. I cry my silent tears. The pain never goes away it just becomes more bearable with time. I do not wish this on anyone. I watched him get sicker and it was the hardest thing I ever had to do was to let him go. It's going to be a long haul. Just waiting for God to call me to be with my love again. God bless and keep you both on this journey. We laid down to take a nap, and when I woke he had passed. I don't think you ever stop missing a loved one. He was diagnosed in April with cancer, stage 4. Each day I am certain he is with me . Our world crumbled. Bless all of you so new in your grief. Today I fare-welled him in a beautiful service. I just lost my husband May 5, 2018. I lost him thirteen years ago to suicide. I could not have spent the last seven years with anyone better. Dear Marilyn, 13. We took care her. It is devastating and people don't know how to help. Right now I don't eat, I've lost 20 pounds, I hardly sleep, I don't sleep in our bed but on top of a daybed. I lost my husband 15 days, 8 hours and 8 mins ago we just burying him yesterday. Her response was you need to talk to the director in the morning. He uses them to help pull himself up to get into comfortable positions! I hope not. To all the widows that have written and shared their stories my heart breaks for you too. While on our family vacation at the beach on July 9 Barry got out of the ocean and made it to our chairs. I miss him so much. Then onto the 50th with an outside shot at 60 I always said before we got totally robbed. I came home and found him peacefully asleep, forever. November 2, 2019, he died. I stay up all night because I just don't want to lay without him there beside me. Nothing will make it better. It was a shock for me. And cry those silent tears. I'm so heartbroken and devastated. He did everything for me. More than half my life. I have changed for I, too, died when she did. Close your eyes and remember his loving look he gave you or remember his little kisses and you will feel him. I did CPR until the rescue arrived, screaming his name, begging him not to leave me, but we never got him back. It just seems like it is not real. Missing my husband and all the memories shared and the togetherness. Life's different, and now my support is scarce, life's empty, and I'm alone. I lost my husband of 36 years on February 18, 2017. He got up to go to work, as always. I am in constant pain, and my eldest sees my heart. Great poem!!! She was approaching the second anniversary of the death of her beloved husband. Xx. He passed away on 17 October 2021. We have two children, two boys ages 11 and 6. I need to talk about my husband with someone who listens without judgement of how much I miss him. Tonight I am missing him. She was so healthy all her life. I just don't want to believe that I'll never see him walk through the door again. I can't seem to, as they say "get a life" yet. Then that horrible day came when I had to take him off of life support! I'm not sure that it will ever go away, but I cope with distractions. We were one. My husband died almost a year ago and my boys are only teenagers. Now I have a spiritual relationship with him. I don't have many friends and I don't work. Time, just only passes by. He was not in pain, but they kept saying that the cancer was in his back, stomach, and two nodules on his lungs. He was the love of my life. I lost my husband last month. The loneliness and emptiness are just overwhelming. I always wish that God would heal my pain. Which I love with all my heart. We were only 17 & 18 respectively when we married. Sadly that clock stopped at 38 (this year 2 years after would have been the first big one-the 40 and how much I was always looking forward to that number!). He was my entire world. They did all they could, but his was also a heart aneurysm. We were so happy. We were over the moon happy to get to find love again. Up until delirium poked its unknown head, he was laughing and baking and picking our grandchildren up from school. I miss him so much. We were fortunate to have found each other, and I know that I was the love of his life. 13. Yes, I have 4 older grown up children and grandchildren, but still I am alone. I had never been married, he gave me the self confidence in myself to excel in my profession. I miss you Poems for him . He was my world, my everything, my best friend, my lover, my soulmate. All stories are moderated before being published. I lost my husband one year and two days ago. We had high hopes for her recovery. How the hell can you say that? I lost my husband April 25,2012 because of complications I believe from a male nurse trying to insert a pic line. It's hard for them to understand. I love him and miss him every minute of every day. I know my friends are tired of seeing my sadness on Facebook. Paramedics arrived and they took over to try to save him. Thank you to all my sisters in this agony of pain for your sharing. I lost my love on Feb. 24, 2017, 2 weeks after his birthday. This poem is rather lengthy, but you can share an excerpt from it at your sister's funeral. Finding guidance and encouragement from a . A few days before his passing, he burst into tears in his hospital bed and said "I can't lose you". But in a second, I knew he was gone. I'm a 40 year old mother of three kids, ages 21, 17, and 10. The saying "If one hadn't loved so deeply one would not grieve" gives me comfort in my grief. Much love and strength to you all. We had so many plans, so much to see and do. My God knows how much I cry for him. We had one child. "Afterglow" by Helen Lowrie Marshall. I can only cry when no one is around; why is that? This poem is exactly how I feel!!! He loved and cherished us; we loved and cherished him and still do. I am in the air that you breathe. Another beautiful missing u poem inspired many who have their boyfriends and husbands in prison. Our love was written where did it go? He was my everything. Here I am with our son at the age of 12 when his father passed away and not understanding how this can happen. He walked just to the door and died. I pray to GOD that he will get me very soon so that I can be reunited with my husband again. No!! I feel a number of different emotions, sadness and sorrow to anger and despair. Sorry for your loss. I am sad, depressed, angry, devastated, miserable, lonely - sometimes I don't leave my house for days. We fell in love at first sight. I wonder if they lost their soulmate! I hear the Lord whisper, "I have a purpose for you My child." We were in Florida to attend our daughter's wedding. Carol, My head is so messed up from all of this. I miss him so much. I keep hoping and praying I'll wake up from this terrible week and a half dream, but it is never ending. The empty house is the worst. I feel I will never get over this. Waking up to an empty house and knowing that I am alone. We had been married for 47 years. To honor our life together, I am doing that. 16) My stomach churns. Missing You Top 500 Poem 317 By Kathy Murphy Published by Family Friend Poems May 2011 with permission of the Author. I prayed with so many others for him to stay with us. Can one really make lemonade out of the lemon of losing a husband? I write a letter to him most evenings, and it's as though he is still with me, as he will always be. My condolences to you. .. love is eternal. I lost my husband of 41 years December 27 th 2015. I feel at times that I took him for granted and I can't imagine my life moving on without him. I lost my husband 602 days ago. This spoke to me so much because the reason I married him was partly because of how safe I felt around him. I began CPR, I could not get him to wake up. My life is so lonely without him. It was his heart. He was kind spoken. I just want to be with him but I'm too afraid to kill myself because I'm afraid I'll go to hell and never be able to be with him again. We had just retired and bought a beautiful home! I've seen my husband suffer the worst. The darkness frightens me. It has been 2 months, and the pain is unbearable. It has been a long journey and at times had wished his memory and my husband would return and if this was not possible end the journey with Alzheimer's disease. Thank you. My husband passed away on June 5, 2018, from extensive non-small cell lung cancer. And tonight I'll fall asleep with you in my heart. Today is our 36th wedding anniversary. I have no words to express the emptiness I feel. No more arguments we went and there he died. I miss him everyday and I still have his ashes in my home as I cannot part with them yet. I miss his love for me, his children, church and community. I still need him! We grew up together. After that there was one infection after another. I begged God to let me go with him. It feels like someone ripped out my soul, shredded it and mixed it back in wrong. The type of papa who plays and goes out for Tylenol in the middle of the night. They said it was a massive heart attack. I miss my husband: his hugs, his laughter, his fussing, his silliness. I am so lost. My husband was killed in a tragic car accident, 11th December 2006, I was left with 4 young children and a lifetime of sorrow. He loved me unconditionally, and I feel lost without his presence and love. Then at around 7:30 p.m. he was ready to go home. My worst time every year runs from Halloween to Valentines Day(our anniversary) and then it subsides and picks up again June-August (her diagnosis to our ending). His daughters have made this transition very hard, and I am thankful for my children. About 7 months later I met Barry. I want you to take away my fear. I lost my husband almost 7 months ago, and this is exactly how I feel. Don't know how I am supposed to live without him. I just lost my husband on the 5th. I miss him so bad. The most difficult thing for me since your death, is not being able to do things without thinking about you. We made plans to go on vacation, and after our vacation we would go straight to our surgeon to get my tubes untied. I miss holding his hand at night and talking to him and watching TV. We were married for 62 years. In May, they said it started in his esophagus. I am just so lost without him. It's says everything in my heart ..and more!! We were supposed to grow old together. He was 53 years old. I love you Jason! You are now in a better place. Sometimes I feel I'm Okay but no, I'm still in pain. Suddenly in April 2018 she went away. 8. Sad to say but it still hurts like it did the first few months.