New Year Without You - Coping with Grief & Loss
Getting through Christmas when we are grieving is tough. So often, after Christmas Day we are blindsided and unprepared for the impact of entering a New Year without our loved one.
Bereaved people share that it feels challenging and can bring painful emotions as they realise that their loved one will not be part of it.
The reality of making new memories and trying to marshal the pieces of your life together after loss can hit hard at New Year.
Today, I share some strategies that others and myself have found helpful in the hope that it's useful for you too.
Know you're not alone and sending love and prayers to you all ❤️🙏❤️
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Thank you Sarah for all your videos and especially for taking the time to post today. I lost my wife and soul mate of 36 years in August. I relate to all the feelings you describe - life, the pain, and the loneliness is almost unbearable. The new year does indeed look like a dark void ahead but I’ll try to apply what you say. Please keep up the good work. To all those also reading this and who are also suffering the loss of a loved one - you are not alone. ❤
@lifelosshope
7 ай бұрын
Thank you Paul for your kind words for others and encouragement to continue with these videos … I appreciate it & sending love & prayers as you enter 2024 ❤️
@lifelosshope
7 ай бұрын
So sorry Susan that’s a heartbreaking loss and so recent.. be gentle with yourself as you try to get through each moment.. it’s understandable that you feel this way in your great pain.. sending hope and comfort xx
Thanks for taking time to post your inspiring comments. My loving wife of 51yrs is gone and I still hurt. I cared for her at home during the 10 months it took for lung cancer to end her life. She was a fit 72yr old - a never-smoker runner who kept her gym schedule as long as she was able.The grief triggers are still there. We didn't have any children. I'm an introvert, and loneliness is not a problem. I will forever have a hole in my heart and in my life as I chart a new path...
Thank you, Sarah, for you good work. I so relate to your message and the spirit with which you deliver it. Your New Years resolution to your spouse is beautiful. I lost my wife of over 50 years, almost 12 months ago now to a sudden heart attack in my arms. Finding help that can relate to a loss like that has been difficult. The depth of your message is real, I can tell. Thank You for doing what you so well.
@lifelosshope
7 ай бұрын
So tragic to loose your wife in a sudden and traumatic way ❤️ Am encouraged to hear that these videos are helpful to know you’re not alone facing the deep grief . Sending love as you approach the New Year ❤️😍
Thank you for sharing,I lost my beautiful young daughter last November and her birthday was in December and then Christmas and my heart is broken and the new year will be so hard without her as she was a big part of my life ,my only daughter,😢xx
@lifelosshope
6 ай бұрын
That’s so heartbreaking and a lot to bear .. losing your precious only daughter only so recently. Your grief is so early and raw that it is hard to look too far ahead. Try to focus on moment by moment as even a day feels like a hundred years.. be gentle with your wounded heart and get support to help you navigate this tragic loss. Sending love and prayers x 🥰
@marmccann9068
6 ай бұрын
@@lifelosshope thank you so much ❤️
2 and a bit years for me,but these videos are helpful and helps me reflect. Thanks
@lifelosshope
7 ай бұрын
So sorry for your loss.. 2 years is still considered as early grief so be gentle on yourself and sending love & prayers as you enter this New Yes ahead x ♥️
I’m having an intense wave of grief the last 2 days , I feel every terrible emotion possible and my body is sore and I feel fatigued and tired and overwhelmed and eternally sad . 😞
@lifelosshope
7 ай бұрын
Hi Nala .. the pain of grief is overwhelming to our body, mind and spirit.. these intense waves do come and recede as are layers of emotions that need to be expressed and felt although it’s so difficult.. sending love and strength x
I lost my husband 13 months ago after 53 years of marriage, every thing you say I have been through I love your resolve message it’s so right
@carol622
7 ай бұрын
I sympathize with you. I lost my husband of 54 years, 6 months ago. Were all different, but the loss is the same. Best wishes.
Hello Sarah; just your dear compassionate voice is so healing, thank you. Today marks the 9th month of being without my beautiful husband, I know he is in a better place and out of the pain that he endured toward the end of his journey. I know God is taking good care of him, but, it’s not helping my pain and I question what now is my purpose and what will be in store for me to move forward 🫣. I’m thinking that it’s time for one on one counseling. Plz keep your videos coming🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻🙋♀️Joy
@lifelosshope
7 ай бұрын
Hi Joy .. thank you so much for taking time to share your thoughts after the gravitous loss of your husband 9 months ago. It’s such a significant loss for you and the first year is often a blur of just surviving. The knowledge of your dear husband in Heaven is a certain comfort and that he’s out of pain. The pain for you here on earth is real and the book of psalms shows us that biblical grief needs lamented and the full spectrum of emotions.. there’s no denial or pretending Praise the Lord everything is fine.. your world has been shifted and please be gentle on yourself as you healthily grieve and adjust to life now without your husband 🙏 Good Christian support is really a great thing to consider..sending prayers and love 💕 xx appreciate your encouragement for these videos 🙏
Dear Sarah, thank you so much for your comforting videos. I watch them all the time, they do help me. I lost my husband of 48 years in Oct. 2023. I am so devastated and miss him so much. I have such a deep,deep yearning to be with him.We were together more than the average couple because we did 2 businesses together. We did Lawn Care for 30 years & Entertainment for over 40 years. We were never apart and now I am so lonely without him. I am still carrying on with the Lawn Care & Entertainment but it is so very hard without him. I hope you will continue making your videos because they do help me so much. I love that you are not afraid to mention God because it's my faith that is getting me through my loss. God bless you Sarah, you got your calling and are helping in more ways than you will ever know.
@lifelosshope
7 ай бұрын
Dear Patti That’s tragic to hear that your beloved husband died so recently.. it’s really devastating indeed .. I pray that you are gentle with yourself and lean into your grief emotions as in Psalms where lament and authenticity is key.. it’s often expected as a believer that we don’t grieve or have to brightside everything in loss. We don’t grieve like the world with no hope as Heaven awaits but we do grieve.. thanks so much for your encouragement about the videos. Pray please for financial support to keep these going 🙏 sending love 💕 and prayers to you x
@user-fq7bv2bw7f
7 ай бұрын
Dear Sarah, thank you for your comforting words to me. They do mean so much more than you will ever know. How can I give you some financial support? @@lifelosshope
I lost my husband 4 mons. Ago an I talk to my love all the time But I’m so lonely an empty I don’t associate with anyone! I live with my oldest daughter an her husband but not happy I live in my bedroom it’s so horrible I am 79 an I see no future for me
@lifelosshope
7 ай бұрын
So sorry Susan .. the future seems bleak unattainable.. take one moment at a time as it’s too much ti look far ahead.. it’s 4 months and so very raw .. sending love and hope x