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Dads That Have Lost Children
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Dads That Have Lost Children
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Saturday, 12 June 2010
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GrievingDads
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This group is for dads that have lost a child of any age and for any reason or circumstance. Feel free to share your story, ask for help or just vent. A place to be around other dads that get it.

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irish.jedi
irish.jedi,
Hey ya'll. Well it's Friday and the weekend is here. Next week will mark 1 month since we said goodbye. In that time I have come to realize that my wife is possibly the strongest woman in the world and I did not realize we could grow any more together after 10 great years of marriage. Lately I have struggled with leaving her alone (getting better at it though). And I have been expeirancing panic attacks when I hear a loud noise near her. I just go into all out panic mode. My chest gets tight and hard to breathe, I get dizzy, and shake like a leaf! So the idea of me going to a greaf councelor came up about last week. But she also helped me realize that I have not been running (pretty avid runner at least 3 to 4 half marathons a year) or working out lately. The thought of going to deep into public has sacred the "you know what" out of me (almost about 80%). So the deal was that I would start getting back outside starting today and go for about a week and then see how things work out. Today went well, hit the treadmill for 30 minutes and the stair climber for another 10. Felt great! I hope to God this works. These past few weeks have bee such an eye opener about life and how much bigger it is than all of us. I have come to realize that my wife is awesome and our life is awesome. I realize I can't undo what has happened, I just want him to know that not a day goes by or will go by, that he is not on my mind. Thank you for listening. Ya'll have a good weekend.

Best Wishes
Mike
679 days ago
 
irish.jedi
irish.jedi,
Hello, My name is Mike & on June 15th 830 pm my world changed forever. For the past 10 years I have been married to the most wonderful woman that I could have asked for. And everyday of those 10 years we waited that day until we would have our first branch to our own Family Tree. Febuary 21 2010 we got that news. Monday June 14th we laid down for bed, we felt little Addison kick like he was qualifying for the World Cup we said good night and fell asleep. 230 am, I was awoken by her screaming my name...as I made the call to 911 all I could do was look at the blood and the tears in her eyes. My world has been forever changed. Thank you for listening.

Mike
GrievingDadsGrievingDads on Tuesday, 29 June 2010 05:19

Mike - First of all I want to say I am so sorry for the loss of your sweet baby Addison. I know that feeling all to well. As you know the pain goes very deep. Deeper than you ever thought you could feel.

I lost two babies over an 18 month time frame and it sent me into a tail spin that took a couple of years to cover from. Things are good now, but it takes time. More time than any of use want to give it. I started my project for grieving dads at www.GrievingDads.com and have heard from men all over the world. My goal is to bring awareness to what dads go through and provide hope to the dads that things get better. The ride sucks, but it does get better.

Thank you for joining our group.

Peace.

Kelly

690 days ago
 
WeaselMomma
WeaselMomma,
As long as Mom's are welcome in here, I'm in. We lost our infant daughter Claire in July 2002.
GrievingDadsGrievingDads on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 01:07

WeaselMomma - Mom's are welcomed here. So sorry to hear about the loss of your daughter Claire. As you know, there are not words I can say to ease the pain of your loss. Welcome to the group.

Peace.

Kelly Farley
www.GrievingDads.com

696 days ago
 
GrievingDads
GrievingDads,
Are there any dads out there that have gone through the loss of a child? Loss can range from miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, illness, accident or any other type of loss.
azdadazdad on Tuesday, 15 June 2010 01:43

I lost my only child, Erica in 2001, here in Arizona.yet this father's day, I am still a dad. I published my first book: A Life Undone: A father's Journey Through Loss." With cover comments by The Last lecture co author Jeffrey Zaslow, the book looks at how men grieve and that there is indeed A life after death.

I invite you to visit www.alifeundone.com to learn more about the book or www.barrykluger.com

Remembering those we have lost,

Barry

706 days ago
 
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