spare me the sentimental hug my children, wife and kids, and freinds, crap. looking for interesting answers.
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Brush my teeth\ncomb hair\npick out a suit\nFather God, please forgive me. It hasn't been easy, here.\nI recognize my need for a Savior because I cannot possibly pay for all of my prideful sins. Oh, I need to be with you.\nI pray for everyone I've hurt, everyone I've known, and everyone left who choose to deny You.\nAmen.
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i hug my family, friends, and pets. when i hug someone it shows that i care and love them. when i am down i hug someone so i know they are there, and care for me. i also hug when i am just plan happy. sometimes i just feel like a hug and really don't have any other reason then that. to me a hug means many different things. i like a hug over a kiss any day but that's just me
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Your parents want the closness you want to, believe me.  You're so young, you have all the things in life to look forward to, with your parents at your side!  Marriage, children, a lot of fun at holidays.........be honest about your feelings.  I am not a mushy, touchy-feely mom, but my kids never said they missed that.  It's not like I don't love my kids, I don't realize what they really want deep inside!  I know that, although we parents are close to perfection, we are not able to read our child's minds.  The fight is over, right?  You don't mention how serious it is, but forget about it, you can't change what was said.  Please talk to them.  Good luck. And try and pray about it!
489824
Ive had many expierences where my kids have shown goodness, and light, even when surronded by the wrong and bad things. I understand your post. Thank you for sharing it!
469501
My husbands family tends to ignore my childrens birthdays also, but always buy things for their other grandchildren. I haven't figured out why, but now that my children are getting older they are noticing and I'm sure my 16 year old will someday confront his grandparents as to why. In the meantime I try and compensate for their lack of affection by letting my children know that I love them. My husband won't say anything either because he feels as if he is in the middle. The most important thing is that you are there for the children no matter what his family does. I figure someday they will look around and be alone due to the fact that they have treated everyone so poorly for so long.
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there is no word. Agree with other posters - devastation-incredible sadness, emptiness. No parent should survive their child. \n\nOur son was killed in Feb '81 (automobile accident--driving too fast and with a few beers in him - he was clocked by a cop doing 90 mph (we got the traffic ticket in the mail day after we buried him)) - and not a day goes by that we do not think of him (even though we have been blesssed with 3 other children and grandchildren).  \n\nHis birthday is coming up (coincidentally it is the same date as our youngest and they are mirror images - we called them our bookends. The 2 in the middle are blond/blue eye. The 'bookends' are dark hair, tall....) . My husband and I will be putting up his 'birthday' flower bouquet in the next few days....they stay there until the fall, then we do a Halloween theme...and so it goes on thru the year. \n\nTo top it off, we buried him on Father's DAy those many years ago.\n\nWe wonder what he would be doing today. How many children, would he still be an artist at heart?  We pray and have Faith that he is all of that and more - because God has made it so. Only our Faith and love of family and friends has carried us thru - Now we can all sit around a table (took a while) to laugh and wonder "how many pancakes" (we have pancake breakfast parties every so often just the family) he would have had. \n\nSometimes, even after alllll these years, we still buy a postcard for him, when we travel...then realize we have one to many!  \n\nThere is sadness but there is joy.  He is in a better place - we BELIEVE this because we have to!  Otherwise too hard to deal with.
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I am the ONLY one of my immediate family (by that I mean of my brothers and my parents) who moved away. I had 3 brothers, but 2 of them have died by suicide, unfortunately. My parent are in their early 70's, and I don't know how much longer we will have them with us. While I have my own little family, (wonderful hubby, 2 grown daughters, even a granddaughter), at Holidays, my heart still goes "home" to where my parents are. It's for this exact reason that the traditional turkey with all the trimmings means so very much to me. It gives me the memories of the whole family, alive and well, gathered together around the table enjoying the festivities. My heart (and stomach) go home 1200 km away, for the Holidays.
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I'm so sorry to hear this. Well i know how you feel i have gone through 4 loved ones deaths. It will be hard to go through, what i love to do was surround my self with friends and family, and remember the person who just passed on. ITs good to cry, makes you feel better. Sometimes writing can help. but i blive that friends and family around is the best thing, they can cheer you!!! I am praying for you and god bless you all. im so sorry!
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I want a hug, pick me!
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I only want all of my family together again.And i think i am getting my wish.I recently had brain tumor surgery, and i am 29.I am ok, but it made me realize alot of important stuff. It made me and my sister talk again after 2 1/2 years. Material comes and goes, its what matters in your heart. I do not have alot of money now, not working, and it seems weird to not buy alot, but every second that goes by i am now living for the better. Love those close to your heart, because you don't know when they could be gone, or yoursself. Peace and happiness is my wish.
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I recently lost my mom, this was hard because she was only 50 and it was completely unexpected. At her funeral service everybody in our very large extended family had something good to say, and not a single person had any negative. That is what I want.
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I don't know how but I did end up the responsible one.  No I don't necessarily enjoy it but it seems to come naturally.  All my friends say they don't know how I do all I do.  I say nervous energy.  Yes my family is good about saying thank you and so are my friends and the others I do things for.  As far as my "rock",  my grandma died 3 years ago but she is still the one I look to for support.  Prayer helps alot too.  Also my pets-unconditional love and support no matter what.
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Beautiful sentiment!   I totally agree with you!   Life is way to short not to enjoy being together and celebrating life.
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you are so right!  (lol) \n\nBut don't feel bad....  think of this, this always makes me feel better....\n\nI am 39 and I have teenagers already whereas some of my relatives / friends are barely beginning to have kids.  I can still keep up with my kids...  we ski, scuba dive, white water-rafting, horse back riding, etc.... will your friends be able to keep up with their kids when their kids are teenagers?   I think NOT!! \n\nIn ten years from now, my friends will be at home taking care of the soccer schedule and falling asleep by 8 pm when I'll be getting my second wind... swimming down in the Caribbean somewhere without kids of my own....\n\nbittersweet isn't it?
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im not sure about my family (aunts, uncles, exy) but my mom loves me. and i love her. my dad and mom broke up before i was born so all we had was each other.
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Some people use it like I used to. It puts the shock of life back into You. Sounds weird but no other way of putting it. Sadness and anger I vented on  fighting and loving the feeling of hurting another. Getting hurt only enraged me more scarring my loved ones away. The night my wife said she was to leave with my infant daughter, I broke down and cried for the first in nearly 15 years. It felt like a baptism. The water and blood that comes from inside you will change You always. It isn't crazy nor a ploy to  get attention . Everybody changes or is humbled at different times in life. That's how we are unique.
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hey man MANY THANKS for being away from family and friends. i had a cousin and his brother in law over there not too long ago and my husbands cousin who had to leave her young 1yr old daughter with us while she left. its gonna be hard but stick in there and you will be sooo proud of yourself when its all said and done. good luck and thanks again for supporting those of us who will miss you while your away. MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU SAFE THE WAY THROUGH.