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On Thanksgiving night, my dearest, best friend died suddenly. She was in the hospital for some tests and she died. I had been with her until 8:15 and was home not even an hour when the hospital called to tell me she took a turn for the worst and I needed to come back to the hospital. When I got there, she was in the ICU and they were working on her. Apparently she had some internal bleeding and a main artery bust and she bled to death. They tried to save her. They did all they could but there was nothing they could do. I am overwhelmed with grief! My family and I were her family. She was a big part of our lives. I don't know what I will do without her! This is so overwhelming! The thought of planning her funeral and taking care of her estate makes me want to scream! I don't want that! I want her to be here!
Then today I went to the doctor myself because I have been having difficulty breathing. I have asthma and thought it was just that it was acting up so I wasn't going to go. But I'm glad I did. I'm on medication and need to take it easy. Ha! Take it easy with all that has to be done the next few days! I pray that I will be healthy enough to get through this upcoming week. Please say a prayer for my strength! Thank you!
I'm so sorry for your loss. I can completely understand your loss. My SIL went in for gall bladder surgery and surgeon made a mistake and she bleed to death to. Nothing they could do. It was horrible. You take care of yourself. You need to be strong. My prayers are with you and your family.
Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers! It was a very difficult day today. I met with the funeral director to get going on the services. Boy, things are expensive!! I think we did a good job though. There are just so many things to think about and decisions to make! Then to talk to the church about the actual service was much easier but again overwhelming!
The happy thing was my two daughters and two granddaughters came to my house tonight to make the memory boards. We had some great laughs at some of the memories the photos brought. We finshed some very nice boards and I am so happy we were able to get them done tonight.
I'm still sick so I need to rest. Last night I got about an hour of sleep. I'm hoping tonight is much better because I have to go to work tomorrow.
Again, thank you all for your support! It really helps more than I can say!
Oh Eileen, my heart so goes out to you as your mourn your wonderful friend. May God truly give you all that you need to get through this extremely difficult time and shower down His love, grace, mercy, encouragement and peace. <3
Eileen, I am so sorry for your loss. I can only imagine the pain you are going through. I pray that God will bring comfort to your heart. It sounds like you are overwhelmed with all that you will need to do for her funeral and taking care of her estate, but just take each thing one day at a time. If she had an attorney who handled her estate planning (such as her will), contact him/her and they should be able to take some of that burden off of you. In my opinion, the peace of mind is worth the price! My husband is an attorney and he reassures his clients that he can walk them through the probate process so they won't have to navigate those waters alone, which has been very reassuring to my family in the recent deaths of my grandparents and the handling of their estate. For now, getting through the funeral and taking good care of yourself and your own health are the most important things...the rest can be handled in time. I'll be keeping you in prayer!
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"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business." (Michael J. Fox)
I can truly understand your pain. Two years ago, my husband died; six week later my best girlfriend died; and three weeks after that my other best girlfried died. I was devastated---mourning my husband and no best friends to help me through it. Several months later, my little dog died, and I wanted to! God was truly testing me. I have come through this---you can do it too---but I would never say that it has been or even is now an easy thing to do.
I hope you know the Lord----Trust Him, keep busy, and be still and listen for His direction.
Katie
I lost my best friend
I will most certainly be praying for you.
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