I’m 81 and Just Lost My Spouse - 5 Things That Keep Me Alive Every Day | Truth Before Sleep

Описание: Six months ago I lost Margaret — my wife, my best friend, my everything of 57 years.
I’m 81 years old, and most days I still reach for her side of the bed.

Everyone expected me to fall apart forever.
Some days I do.
But I’m still here — still getting up, still laughing sometimes, still choosing tomorrow.

These are the 5 raw, hard-won lifelines that keep a widowed heart beating when it wants to stop.
I wish someone had handed them to me the day of the funeral.

If you’ve just lost your spouse, partner, or soulmate — or you’re terrified of that day — this video is for you.
This is not “time heals” fluff. This is survival from someone living it right now.

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00:00 – I’m 81 and the love of my life is gone
01:33 – The first 6 weeks I almost didn’t survive
02:21 – Lifeline #1: I let people in BEFORE I was ready (and it saved me)
04:18 – Lifeline #2: I stopped asking “Why?” and started asking “What now?”
05:44 – Lifeline #3: Giving myself permission to enjoy life again (the hardest one)
07:27 – Lifeline #4: I gave her absence a job (“My daily Margaret shift”)
09:50 – Lifeline #5: I still talk to her every day… and she answers
11:33 – The truth about joy after loss
13:11 – To the newly widowed watching this in the dark right now
14:04 – Love is bigger than death – final message from both of us

These 5 things don’t erase the pain.
They make it livable.
They turn grief into continued love instead of slow death.

If you’re grieving, please drop “I needed this” in the comments — you are not alone.
If you know someone newly widowed, share this video. It might be the lifeline they can’t reach for yet.

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