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Bereavement

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imavoter

(661 posts)
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 07:49 PM Jul 2022

next month will be a year. [View all]

I'm having a hard time.

Was going to quit my job last
year before my husband passed
and get something else, plus
some other goals that would require
two incomes...or at least him working so I could
do the things I had planned for my next moves.

I really want to resign, but don't
have it in me to look for something else.
It's getting harder and harder to show up for work.
I work from home, and it's also hard to give that up.

Plus coming up on a year is a lot harder
than I thought it would be.
Almost willing to consider another round of FMLA
leave other than quitting.

I'm genuinely grateful my housing situation is squared
away...and honestly my dogs are what get me up in the morning. As bad as I feel, I don't know how I'd be without something to care for.

I don't know that there's anything anyone can do.
Maybe I just need to vent.

This heat is just awful, that's not helping.
It's supposed to be 108 all week in DFW, and
that's pushing it, even for us.

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next month will be a year. [View all] imavoter Jul 2022 OP
Hugs to you and the pups Duncanpup Jul 2022 #1
I have always find the anniversaries to be the hardest cate94 Jul 2022 #2
Hugs to you. badhair77 Jul 2022 #3
Hugs to you & your precious companions. SheltieLover Jul 2022 #4
... Ferrets are Cool Jul 2022 #5
we are here for you Skittles Jul 2022 #6
Mine has been gone 17 years now. The first two or three years I was absolutely suicidal Walleye Jul 2022 #7
The first year anniversary was the worst for me. Phoenix61 Jul 2022 #8
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