Comments on: Lonely Days Are Gone, I’ma Goin’ Home https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:05:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jo Ann Sauter https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8975 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:02:58 +0000 https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8975 Losing a parent is devastating, no matter how old you or they are. It is exponentially devastating after losing both of them and you realize you no longer have any parents on this earth. Then the family dynamic really changes. Hang in there, it doesn't go away, but it gets a little easier. I think of and miss your Dad every day. We are all still trying to come to grips with the new normal. Cherish every day.

]]> By: Selma @ Crazy Little World Of Mine https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8971 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 01:30:28 +0000 https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8971 Sending you hugs. I can't say much because well, I'm still grieving my mom and the empty feeling I'm feeling…more now than months ago. Someone once told me that losing a parent is the most natural thing…and although true this doesn't make it easier. It will get better but you will always feel like there's someone and something missing, and while roles change within a family dynamic it will be interesting to see how those changes truly make a family change. In my case, true colors came out….and I'm glad they did because now I know who I can lean on and ask for help and who clearly will not be part of my life much. Hugs sent to you. And yes I'm reading blogs again, sorry for my absence. Missed reading your blog and writing!!!!

]]> By: Nadine Lynn https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8970 Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:56:42 +0000 https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8970 I can't even begin to imagine what it would feel like to lose a parent right now. I don't really think you can truly prepare for the loss of a family member in general. Whether you know it is coming or not. I never really though about a loss and then the roles changing, but it makes total sense. Sending you hugs.

]]> By: Kristen @ See You In A Porridge https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8968 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:32:57 +0000 https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8968 i don't think you can ever be prepared to lose someone. i am not comparing the two at all, but i hate my father and always have, i am not saying this lightly, and it's not something i want to really go into, but he died a couple of years ago and even though i hated him and had nothing to do with him, it shifted my life as well, even on the other side of the world. definitely not as much as yours and your family, in fact, probably the opposite, but still. i just don't think we can ever be prepared to have someone be there, and then not. always thinking of you lovely, and here if you need me xxx

]]> By: Kat https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8967 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 18:45:56 +0000 https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8967 This is such a beautifully written post! I can't imagine having to go on without a parent, and I get sick to my stomach each time I'm reminded that day will eventually come. Thinking of you and your whole family, friend!

xoxo
Kat

]]> By: Jenn https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8966 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:56:51 +0000 https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8966 I just lost my dad last month and like you I felt like I would be prepared for it when the time came, but there is no preparing for it. I guess we are probably MORE prepared than people who have it happen suddenly, but it certainly doesn't make the pain stop.
I'm glad that you have family to lean on and figure it all out together. It's not easy. I'm an only child so now it's just me and my mom, but I'm fortunate that my husband's sisters (who feel very much like what blood sisters would feel like to me) and his parents have been wonderful supports for us when we've needed it. But it's definitely not easy, and it's not the same.
I actually haven't been back to my parents' house since before my dad passed away (my mom has come to my house, or we've gone out and met up when I've gone to see her there), and I think it will be really hard being there without him whenever that does happen.
Thinking of you, and am here if you ever need to talk or vent!

]]> By: emily @ a little bit of emily https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8964 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:52:57 +0000 https://www.joeyhodgeswrites.com/2016/04/20/lonely-days-are-gone-ima-goin-home/#comment-8964 Thinking of you!

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