Wheelerswife Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 I imagine that many of you have Facebook accounts. Every day, I have a list of posts in a category called "On this Day". This was one of the posts that showed today: July 7, 2011 Leaving the castle for the night.... Yeah. That was a day in my life, a few months after our wedding, in what now feels like a different dimension altogether. My second husband was a professor of geography, and he was teaching as a guest in a small international university that was housed in a castle in Italy. Fortunately, I was able to travel with him and experience that little piece of the world with him that summer. Sometimes, I ask myself, "Did that life really happen? Was it all a dream? A mirage?" Yes...it happened. I am grateful for every minute of those few short years I had with him. We made the most of it. Yes we did. But with every memory, losing him still breaks my heart. Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hachi Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Yep... sigh.... Sometimes I see those posts and wonder who that person was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julester3 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 I have a love and hate relationship with my Facebook "On this Day" feature. I used to post and share a lot on FB before my husband passed so it can be either comforting or torturous based on how I'm feeling that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trying Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Some times those FB memories are like a punch in the gut. That life feels like it belonged to someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybec Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Yes, Maureen. Completely understand. Last family vacation was the 4th of July 6 yrs. ago. I was with NG, new folks, new places, this 4th, and I see on FB "on this day." My LH had hacked my account ( I left my phone out) and made a post as me of how awesome he was, our family was, and how blessed I was to have them. Friends immediately responded that HE must have hacked me. He was a silly, goofy guy. And then the barrage of pictures from that last big time together appeared. I miss him and our life. I am waiting for when I hold on to my new life, AND it feels real. (sigh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissingBilly Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Yesterday was the On This Day where DH announced to the world he had cancer. I knew it was coming, but wasn't sure exactly when until I fired up FB yesterday morning and was greeted with it. It was so dignified, and so honest. I was so proud of him. As Julester says, it's a total love/hate relationship. We were both extremely active on FB, and tagged each other in our posts a lot, so there's a lot of wonderful memories, and some tough ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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