Thank you for your openness to sharing your struggles, for the sake of others who are also going through hard times.

This is it a sweet and thoughtful message. I hope things get easier for you soon.

Ry beautiful

My Dr t. Put me on venlafaxine which the pharmacy tells me is a mood alteral . Hope I spelled that right. Often I forget to take it but I seem to remain stable. I feel like crying sometimes so I do and Iam still alright. You're not alone. Greetings from Florida (north) I live in the Santa Fe _ itchtu

It amazes me cause there is nothing she doesn't or can't do

Hi Annette. I am deeply sorry for your loss. May the memories of your son help to comfort you during this difficult time. ❤️🇨🇦

thanks so much for this! Love it when others understand this feeling!

It’s a lesson.

totally understand i was a psw and did many palliative care cases we know they are going to pass but the fighters make it so much better hugssssssss

@@SandiBrock look into EMDR therapy. It has helped us with all the stressors of the pandemic. Cheers!

pipitameruje thanks for all you do dr. I appreciate all the hours you put in. Sandi is awesome to share her life on the farm, even the bad with the good. Please stay safe everyone.

We don't call it backing up...we call it advancing to the rear!

He is so amazing!!!

I hope all goes well with the 49 year old. It is so frustrating, this virus doesn't care who it cuts dwn. It seems to me you and your family have suffered enough. My thoughts are with you.

@@marionward5958 When you have taking kids off the street that was on drugs and alcohol and give them a home you're going to go through sufferings. I just didn't realize how much the suffering would be. But to suffer for Jesus in righteousness will be worth it all when we get to heaven. Thank you so much for your comment and your prayers

@@heavenboundhomestead126 You are in my thoughts and prayers. Thank you for all that you do. May God continue to bless you and your families.

I know it’s been over a year since you wrote this but it raised so much anger in me I had to write. People who think you should “get over” the loss of a spouse are incapable of understanding the depth of the connection you had with him. I don’t think missing someone ever gets ‘easier’. It may be that you don’t have the gut-wrenching ache 100% of every day as time goes on. That does not at all mean that it’s easier. It means your mind is preparing you to continue making new connections and having experiences that are not things you and he would have shared. The key here? You are absolutely grieving the way that is appropriate for you. If you ever need help doing your daily activities or feel so stuck you want to give up, please contact anyone who can help you get to a counselor who will help create individualized coping mechanisms to do those specific things. Missing those we love is okay. Love doesn’t abruptly stop simply because the person is no longer physically here. Sometimes the best way of honoring the love shared is to live a life as full as possible. That includes remembering the past, recognizing its importance, and being thankful we had the time we did with those who are gone yet still going forward with things we want to try. I know that was wordy. Christmas Eve was the 46th anniversary of my oldest cousin’s death. She would have been 71 this year. I was 11 at the time and losing her was like losing a big sister as she and my mom were only 4yrs apart (uncle was 18 when my mother was born). I still cry every year. Some years it’s for a few minutes and some years it’s for longer. I choose to allow myself those tears so when I learn of another person’s journey with grief, I respond with as much compassion as I wish others would.

I feel like it's the same. Sometimes those moments are so random too. It makes me wonder if it's our soul recognizing the touch of their spirit that makes it come out of nowhere like that.

Hear, hear. I couldn't have put it better.

What a lovely human you are! I hope Sandi saw your comment. I'm 2 years late, filling in from 1 to where I started somewhere in the late 500's. If you didn't hear from her, I'd suggest DM-ing her. As a retired hospice and palliative care, and osteopathic family physician, what you are offering is a terrific 🎁.

Retired hospice and palliative care physician here. I totally agree with you. ❤

@Jackie Fris - that's beautiful 😊 What a wonderful way to keep memories going, as well as help little ones, and adults too, deal with loss. So sorry for the loss of your mum. Thank you again for this. It really is beautiful 😊

So true!

But you are REALLY good at riding the wild rams!