Sadness Brought Me Here But I'm Glad It Did

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My name is Jenni and I live in Missouri. I am an avid reader and a wanna be writer. I have loved Stephen King since I was 13 years old. We met in Boulder while I was reading The Stand. I am now 39. Our love affair (of which he has no clue) is the longest love affair I have ever been in.

I have 3 kids- Lindsy (22), Sj (3) and Liam (1). I am married to a sweet man who probably spends more time in shock at my antics than anything else. Currently I am at a crossroads in my life. Trying to pull up my big gurl panties and deal with it all but my hips are bigger than they used to be and I am getting tired.

On 7/22/14 my 22 year old son in law was tragically killed at work. He worked on a highway road crew and was struck by a trash truck while picking up the last cone of the day. We have no answers. We don't know what the driver was doing or how a truck of that size and height doesn't see a flashing flagger truck and a line of sitting cars. We hope to know soon.

The love of Stephen King that my son in law, Dylan, and I shared is what brought me here today. My daughter and he had 5 wonderful years together, 9 months of those as man and wife. We were blessed to have him.

Thank you for letting me join!
 
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frannygurl said:
My name is Jenni and I live in Missouri. I am an avid reader and a wanna be writer. I have loved Stephen King since I was 13 years old. We met in Boulder while I was reading The Stand. I am now 39. Our love affair (of which he has no clue) is the longest love affair I have ever been in.

I have 3 kids- Lindsy (22), Sj (3) and Liam (1). I am married to a sweet man who probably spends more time in shock at my antics than anything else. Currently I am at a crossroads in my life. Trying to pull up my big gurl panties and deal with it all but my hips are bigger than they used to be and I am getting tired.

On 7/22/14 my 22 year old son in law was tragically killed at work. He worked on a highway road crew and was struck by a trash truck while picking up the last cone of the day. We have no answers. We don't know what the driver was doing or how a truck of that size and height doesn't see a flashing flagger truck and a line of sitting cars. We hope to know soon.

The love of Stephen King that my son in law, Dylan, and I shared is what brought me here today. My daughter and he had 5 wonderful years together, 9 months of those as man and wife. We were blessed to have him.

Thank you for letting me join!
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So sorry for your loss franny. I lost my 1st son 2 weeks before his 2nd birthday to meningitis. He literally burned up overnight from the fever and his spleen ruptured. Reading "Pet Semetary" was very hard for me and SK said it was the hardest novel he's ever written because he interviewed parents who've experienced the death of their child. As painful as the research was it added some heart breaking realism to the story. If you can still feel sorry for others you're on the road to recovery. Bless you.

Houdini in Omaha
 
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carrie's younger brother

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Welcome to the board, Jenni. I am truly sorry for your loss.

I think many of us here have been touched by life's inexplicable sorrows and perhaps that is why we all love SK's work so much; for no matter how farfetched a story may be, his characters are real and experience all of life's highs and lows, and in those stories we can see ourselves.

You'll find that many board members are here for one another through the laughter (of which there is much!) and the sorrow (which, unfortunately, is ever present for at least one of us). I hope you stick around and use this board to your advantage: let it be an escape when you need one but also let it be a place you can share your good times and bad.

Again, I say "welcome."
 
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frannygurl said:
My name is Jenni and I live in Missouri. I am an avid reader and a wanna be writer. I have loved Stephen King since I was 13 years old. We met in Boulder while I was reading The Stand. I am now 39. Our love affair (of which he has no clue) is the longest love affair I have ever been in.

I have 3 kids- Lindsy (22), Sj (3) and Liam (1). I am married to a sweet man who probably spends more time in shock at my antics than anything else. Currently I am at a crossroads in my life. Trying to pull up my big gurl panties and deal with it all but my hips are bigger than they used to be and I am getting tired.

On 7/22/14 my 22 year old son in law was tragically killed at work. He worked on a highway road crew and was struck by a trash truck while picking up the last cone of the day. We have no answers. We don't know what the driver was doing or how a truck of that size and height doesn't see a flashing flagger truck and a line of sitting cars. We hope to know soon.

The love of Stephen King that my son in law, Dylan, and I shared is what brought me here today. My daughter and he had 5 wonderful years together, 9 months of those as man and wife. We were blessed to have him.

Thank you for letting me join!
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A book that helped me get through my grief and answered a lot of soul searching questions is "When Bad Things Happen To Good People" by Rabbi Harold Kushner. The Rabbi lost his own son so he's paid his dues.

Houdini in Omaha
 
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hi Jenni I am sorry about your loss. I dealt with tremendous grief by losing my ma(grandmother - long story) who succumbed to cancer, after the burial etc, I dealt with it by reading Duma Key and escaping the misery for awhile. Steve has got me through some tough times. Welcome and keep posting.
 
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