mike_ags_fan12 said:

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Losing my dad. From the moment he had his stroke, was admitted to the hospital, Pulling the plug, funeral. Almost a year later and I still cry thinking about those dreadful two weeks

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Similar.

Him passing was relief. The 4 mos. of lung cancer is a time I want to forget, but know I can't.

Martin Q. Blank said:

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I'm 14 and my mother and father are fighting again. Because she caught him again. This time the girl drove by the house to pick him up. And I finally realized, he wasn't just cheating on my mother, he was cheating on us. So I told him, I said, "You're bad to us. We don't love you. I'll take care of my mother and my sister. We don't need you any more." And he made like he was gonna hit me, but I didn't budge. And he turned around and he left. He never bothered us again. Well, I took care of my mother and my sister from that day on.

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So that was your best day. What was your worst day?

RangerRick9211 said:

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mike_ags_fan12 said:

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Losing my dad. From the moment he had his stroke, was admitted to the hospital, Pulling the plug, funeral. Almost a year later and I still cry thinking about those dreadful two weeks

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Similar.

Him passing was relief. The 4 mos. of lung cancer is a time I want to forget, but know I can't.

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Ditto but it was 3 years of colon/liver cancer.

This thread made me say a prayer of Thanksgiving.

I've never truly been tested.

Dammit. Truly heartbreaking stuff. God bless you all for fighting through this stuff; I hope I will be able to carry on when I really get put to the test like y'all have.

7yrplan said:

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I watched my 3 yr old son die in a terrible accident. My other two children and wife were also there. There are no words to describe that pain, for my son dying and with us seeing it. Watching my wife suffer that pain as his Mom and watching his brothers, mainly the 7 yr old, process this and grieve is almost insurmountable.

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My God. I am so very sorry.

I don't know any of y'all (at least I don't think I do), but I wish you all only the best. You are strong folks. Hang in there and life will be fulfilling.

jptx said:

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Dammit. Truly heartbreaking stuff. God bless you all for fighting through this stuff; I hope I will be able to carry on when I really get put to the test like y'all have.

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Tough times don't last but tough people do.

2003 so it's been awhile...wife and i married 6 months...her mom's mother passed july 4th, we had funeral on the 7th, since we were back home i went to see my dying granddad in the hospital since i thought he would be next...well 2 days later my mom's best friend called me at work to tell me my mom passed away with a brain aneurysm due to a cancer drug. Mom never told my brother and I how bad her condition was, and I had a ton of regret for not seeing her instead of my granddad that day. My grandfather passed on the 18th after a long illness. So in 9 days i lost the 2 people that had the biggest influences on me growing up. Then, as things were getting back to normal, in late August a high school friend and my senior prom date passed away due to a sudden illness that was never diagnosed.
So yeah, that was a tough summer. It did bond my wife and I even more.
I hope those of you with more recent and ongoing events can come to know things can and will get better.

I am so sorry. Losing your child is hell. My 19 month old daughter was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease. I can't do anything but watch her waste away every day.

We had just bought a house and life was looking great. Takes just one day for the sky to fall.

Helping my teenage daughter deal with the suicide of her boyfriend of 4+ years. Absolutely brutal.

The end of last year was probably one of my lowest. Wife wanted divorce, I didn't have a job, dad dying, cawk pump broke. It pretty much sucked.

Watching my wife slowly die for 3 years and knowing there was nothing I could do.

Opened this thread thinking I had something to post.

Read the thread.

I got nothing but thanksgiving for the blessed life I've had.

Mine was a worst day and best day at the same time. This time last year. I got a phone call from my father. I had not spoken to him but a couple times in 30 years since my parents spout. I was 3 when they split and for years had a yearning to ask him why he left. Having boys myself brought those old feelings back and I tried to reach out again. Anyway he called out of the blue and told me he wanted nothing to do with me and when he left my mom he left me too. It really hit me hard to hear that because I could not comprehend how someone would just leave their son. Weird thing is that it actually gave me closure over 30 years of pain. I was able to move on and have been so much better mentally and physically since. I stopped drinking after that and got back to keeping in shape. Dropped 40lbs. Also helped me appreciate God blessing me with boys of my own to love.

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Being a father of 8(six still at home) with a wife who was going through a mental break(bipolar along with borderline personality disorder) and catching her cheating. I wanted to just walk out but eventually, I tried to keep the marriage together because of the kids and she was my best friend spiraling out of control. Once I accepted my fate of living my life as Hosea then things changed.

And God Blessed me. My ex left me with the six kids and did not contest the divorce or my custody of them and I went from Gomer to finding my Ruth (the love of my life) in less than 8 months time.

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Ditto this but with three children and finding my Ruth in about 36 months.

Life is filled with struggles and the measure of our character is how we deal with them and then help others.

Camo said:

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Right now

Father dying
Marriage failing

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Damn.

That's some perspective, hope things work out as well as they can.

7yrplan said:

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I watched my 3 yr old son die in a terrible accident. My other two children and wife were also there. There are no words to describe that pain, for my son dying and with us seeing it. Watching my wife suffer that pain as his Mom and watching his brothers, mainly the 7 yr old, process this and grieve is almost insurmountable.

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7 Year
We went through a very similar experience. In March 2007, my wife, two sons and I watched my 13 year old daughter die in a horrific horse accident. At the time, we lived out in the country, so the ambulance was 10 miles away. I had to give her CPR for 22 minutes until the ambulance arrived. She was flown to Memorial Herman in Houston; however, the brain damage was too severe. I had to make the worst decision ever, which was to remove her from life support.

Her organs were donated, so there's that.

I would not wish losing a child on my worst enemy.

I'm so sorry. That is awful.

Last six years have sucked. Dad died, unemployed, debt, alcohol problem, depression, rehab, starting new business. Things can only get less ****ty from here.

Damn....came here to post the monologue from the Gremlins (you'll know it if you've seen it) in an attempt to be funny and lighten the mood....but man.....This thread instead just made me say a prayer of thanks.

I can say y'all are stronger than me....I've never had to deal with anything remotely close to these stories.....

The other day I stopped at bucees to get a Diet Coke slurpee but they no longer have it

January 2013..the year my father died. However, it make me realize that if I can survive that, I can survive anything.

Not nearly the level of hardship posted by others but on the list of most stressful things people go through are:

Moving
buying a house
Unemployment
Changing Jobs
Death of a parent
Birth of a Child

Between August of 1991 and February of 1993, we had:

A daughter born 8/91
Graduated from A&M without a job 12/91
Father-in-law died 3/92
Wife graduated from A&M without a job 5/92
Got a job 5/92
moved to California 5/92
moved to austin 11/92
bought a house 1/93
A son born 2/93

I was then also diagnosed with a stomach ulcer.

All is well now though and it didn't seem that bad going through it. It's just what we were doing.

Some amazing perspectives in this thread. Reminds me to love my family a little deeper. Thanks.

some of these are gut wrenching.

I'm 99% sure I couldn't handle what some of you have been through.

The resilience of the GB board members is amazing. You are exceptional people. It's funny how you watch everyone in social media talk about the great things all the time, while privately we ALL have some tough times.
Keep fighting the good fight.

In recent times:

2012- Momma diagnosed with breast cancer & her heart stopped twice after chemo
2013- Coma (Temple), couldn't walk or use my hands
2014- Coma (Waco), ex-husband served me with divorce papers days after I woke up
2015- Coma (San Antonio), Broken ankle, Coma, break ankle again,Father in law dies, Uncle A dies, lost house
2016- Coma (CS), Broken Tib/Fib, (Coma during birthday) Liver failure from immune system attacking the organ, Uncle S dies
2017- Coma (CS), Broken femur and Minnie becomes a teenager

And I am currently in the hospital ,the singles scene is non existent!

Damn. If I lost my boy I don't think I'd go on. Just don't see how I could. Some of you are really strong. I hope you all find peace. I have a lot of perspective from this thread.

Husband died unexpectedly

If something happened to one of my girls, I would need to be hospitalized.

I know nobody wants a pity party, but y'all have been through some seriously bleak moments. I know 'thoughts and prayers' is contrived, but I hope and pray for y'all to have stronger backs and lighter burdens.

unimboti nkum said:

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Last six years have sucked. Dad died, unemployed, debt, alcohol problem, depression, rehab, starting new business. Things can only get less ****ty from here.

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Always rooting for you man! Hope the sobriety is making life clearer!