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Cindy
~ jerzcin@hotmail.com Hi I'm Cindy , I was married to my husband Donald for 21 1/2 wonderful years , I have two grown children Jeremy now 24 and Jennifer now 22. The Day my world was shattered was March 15, 1999 , My husband Don had gone out of town on a work related trip . Little did I know that would be the last I would see him again. He left early Sunday morning with his co-workers , they arrived safely in Philadelphia PA and all was well . I was to meet him there for a weekend of visiting family and friends . Monday started normal for me I got up and went to work , I was soon notified that Don had past away in the hotel room that Sunday night , he was alone and couldn't call for help he laid through the night untill his co-workers found him the next morning when he didn't arrive for work , All resuscitations failed . This starts my journey of devastation , pain and grief . We later learned that Don had a very sudden and unexpected heart attack at the age of 44 , no warning , no signs , he was just gone . I made the trip to Philadelphia , not for the fun we had planned but for the funeral of my husband , he was buried in New Jersey near our home town . Through the grace of God I was led to this site called Groww the support I recieved here was wonderfull , with much help from members here at Groww , family and friends I learned it was ok to smile and it was ok to laugh again , I learned to rebuild my soul and my life. I'm honored to be a Host at Groww . I'd like to give to others the hope and support that was given to me in my time of need. (((((((((((( Groww ))))))))))) Thank you.  Manager
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GRHostTerri ~ weave1dream@msn.com I lost my husband from a rare form of cancer on July 28, 2002, one week before his 46th birthday. We had just celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary exactly one month before. Even though we knew for 8 months that he was going to die it was still very hard to let go of him, 2 days before he passed away he had asked if he could go to heaven and the answer I gave him with the tears streaming from my eyes was yes he could go and that we would be ok . That was on a Friday evening and early Sunday morning I found myself sitting by his bedside, holding his hand as I repeated those same words and told him how much that I loved him and that I would miss him. During our life together we were blessed with 2 children both of them grown, and 1 granddaughter who was a special gift to us while my husband was ill. I live in Iowa on a acreage amongst the cornfields and trees. I never thought I could take care of this place by myself. During that first year I wanted to give up and join him, but I had made a promise to him that we would be ok and those words kept jumping back at me. I spent almost every night in the groww chat rooms that first year, needing the company and the understanding that I was not alone in this journey. I got all of that and more through the hosts and the friends that I made in the rooms. As life opens up new avenues for me, I look back on those days and realize how blessed I was to have found Groww. I have amazed myself in all that I have learned and have found that yes I can do it! I still miss my husband and I think I always will, but I have also found a sense of peace in all of this and the memories of our life together brings more smiles then tears now. If we want to enjoy the blessings in life, we must also be willing to accept the trials that come with them.
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