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The Particular Loneliness of Losing a Spouse

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2024-09-01

By Reviewed by Kaja Perina,

2024-09-01

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Vonda Marshall

20d ago

I am going into my 6th year of widowhood & still cry/grieve almost every day of having to live without him. He died a month & a day b4 our 35th Anniversary. What's keeping me Sane is God's Promise of Soon resurrecting our dead loved ones (John 5:28,29; Revelations 21:3,4) right here on a paradise earth, as God originally intended for humans. To see my husband young, healthy & handsome as ever, I can hardly wait (Job 33:25). I have learned so much from looking at the free website JW.ORG.

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09-03

I have a birthday tomorrow. I was always 2 years younger than my spouse, but now I am 3 years older since he passed at 64. Am I older than him, now? Ok, this is the craziness that I think about when I miss him so much. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy. When I hear my sister-in-law complain about her husband, (they’re both in their 80’s) I could scream. Doesn’t she realize how lucky they are to have all of these years together? It’s sooo hard sometimes.

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