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By: JHS

JHS — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:28:42 +0000

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By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:26:02 +0000

Matt,
Wow.
My dad died when I was 6 and my brother 6 mnths old. Reading this makes me think of how alone my mom must have felt. How hard it was for her and how she never showed it to us.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:14:02 +0000

Dear Matt,
I never read blogs but stumbled across yours tonight. My husband died in a car accident on July 1, 2005. We only had one anniversary together and would have had our second that month. I cannot say that I understand what you are going through, we did not have any children yet. When he died, I was relieved that we did not have a child because I did not see how I could handle it by myself. As time has passed it is my greatest regret. I am so glad that you have your little girl to tell about your wife and what kind of person she was. We all have different paths that I do not pretend to understand, but I am grateful for you that you have a part of your wife forever in your baby. Not a day goes by that I do not still think of my husband and miss him and what might have been. I wish you and your little girl the very, very best.

By: Roads

Roads — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:40:55 +0000

Isn’t it amazing how there are people like this, who have loved and lost their partners, all around us on each and every day.

And the thing is that we never realised. They were there, and they were them. Yet now we’re them as well.

Makes you wish you’d taken more notice of people and their problems before. But it’s never too late to make a difference.

Hats off to you, and here’s to port. From London.

By: lindsay

lindsay — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:28:40 +0000

My English is not so very good – I can only understand when I hear and read it (writing it down is just like horror) , but what I want to say is: I like to read your blog.

kind greetings.

By: Best In Show: Week Of August 10th – bethsix

Best In Show: Week Of August 10th – bethsix — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:44:13 +0000

[...] which i know would make you laugh), knowing that you never saw it, and will never… AND about an hour ago… – so i told her how i knew. and how that bottle of port sits on the wine shelf at home. and [...]

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:51:46 +0000

Hey Matt! I am a one of your many cheerleaders, cheering you on~! I saw this today and thought about you and Maddy and your infinite love of robots. Check it out, if you don’t have it, you need to!

http://www.darlybird.com/aprons.html

it is the robot set of kids plates! too cute to pass up.

By: Melissa in SD

Melissa in SD — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:21:21 +0000

Amazing. Real. Speechless <3
God Bless!

By: Marlene7038

Marlene7038 — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:51:47 +0000

Crying, AGAIN!

By: Lorry Smith

Lorry Smith — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:54:55 +0000

I guess I’m the downer here. I’m with you, I don’t believe in signs either. I SO wish I did, it would make this journey SO much easier to handle. I have been to many a sites for widows and widowers and hear a lot about signs. Some do believe and some don’t. I guess it’s whatever gets you through this. The thing that seems to blow my mind, is a lot of the signs people mention are butterflies. They saw a butterfly and so and so loved butterflies. Well hell yeah, they saw a butterfly, it’s the summer!!! NOW, if they saw a butterfly in the dead of winter when it was 20 below zero, I might think a little differently. I have been so confused over this topic since the loss of my husband 35 weeks ago today. My thoughts are that if he were able to send me a sign, he would know what I am going through now, and I don’t believe he knows that. If he knew that, he would be devestated and I do believe there is only happiness in Heaven, which is where I believe he is.