Please say a prayer for Sue Flynn. She passed far to young and will be missed.
It has been a difficult weekend. We found out yesterday that a coworker of my wife passed away. She worked very close with this woman a few years ago before she became very ill. She has been hospitalized for a while but she looked like she was improving going into this sunday. She stopped breathing sometime sunday after she had eaten breakfast. The doctors believe that a piece of food got lodged in her airway. My wife has taken this very hard because she was close to her. I also think that her being younger than my wife has had a affect. Her own mortality is now in question.
I feel bad because I just don’t know how to comfort her. I grew up in an emotionless environment, where no one showed any emotion at all. It has made it difficult for me as an adult, and this is one of those times. I find myself saying “I am so sorry, dear.” and I am sure that my wife needs more from me. I just don’t know what else to do. I try to comfort her as best I can, but I don’t even understand the emotions she is feeling. Death has always been something that I have tried to avoid, whenever I could. The loss of my paternal grandfather was the last time that I have showed any emotion over a death and that was 26 years ago. I feeling like I have become an emotionless robot at times, someone who just doesn’t understand, and there for, can not deal with an emotion laden situation. I just hope that I can be there for her when she needs me.
