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<blockquote data-quote="Nandina" data-source="post: 765914" data-attributes="member: 23742">Thank you Fairy dust. We all have our own crosses to bear and this is mine right now.There are many who have it worse than I, my cousin being one. She has lost two out of three of her sons and has now had to explain to her young (now @11 and 12) grandkids that both of their parents are gone. I cannot imagine the pain. And she is left to raise them with neither parent in their lives as she also assists her husband in the early stages of Alzheimer’s.My cousin lives her faith. She is Christian and her faith is so strong—she starts each day reading her Bible. I would text her in the morning when we were on vacation and she would text back, “let me finish reading my Bible and I’ll be right over.” God comes first in her life. He is her constant source of strength and support. She will get through this.I have already lost my son—nothing can be harder than that and I have gotten through it so far with tremendous support from friends, that cousin, a great counselor and this board. So in the midst of this tremendous pain, I am very grateful for those blessings in my life. And though I am not in the same “faith league” so to speak as my cousin, I give thanks all the time for the many blessings that are in my life and pray for those who are less fortunate.Thank you for the hugs and prayers, Fairy dust. It means a lot. Sending hugs and prayers your way as well. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="❤️" title="Red heart&nbsp; &nbsp; :heart:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/2764.png" data-shortname=":heart:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nandina, post: 765914, member: 23742"] Thank you Fairy dust. We all have our own crosses to bear and this is mine right now. There are many who have it worse than I, my cousin being one. She has lost two out of three of her sons and has now had to explain to her young (now @11 and 12) grandkids that both of their parents are gone. I cannot imagine the pain. And she is left to raise them with neither parent in their lives as she also assists her husband in the early stages of Alzheimer’s. My cousin lives her faith. She is Christian and her faith is so strong—she starts each day reading her Bible. I would text her in the morning when we were on vacation and she would text back, “let me finish reading my Bible and I’ll be right over.” God comes first in her life. He is her constant source of strength and support. She will get through this. I have already lost my son—nothing can be harder than that and I have gotten through it so far with tremendous support from friends, that cousin, a great counselor and this board. So in the midst of this tremendous pain, I am very grateful for those blessings in my life. And though I am not in the same “faith league” so to speak as my cousin, I give thanks all the time for the many blessings that are in my life and pray for those who are less fortunate. Thank you for the hugs and prayers, Fairy dust. It means a lot. Sending hugs and prayers your way as well. ❤️ [/QUOTE]

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