Chances are One Day You Too Will Lose a Great Love, as I Have, But that Doesn’t Mean You are Alone

Since I lost my wife eight months ago, I have learned a great deal about moving forward despite a tangible loneliness.

Joel Eisenberg

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My late wife, Lorie Girsh-Eisenberg

Introduction

Since Lorie died last November, I have learned there is a stark difference between feeling lonely and bereft, and being truly alone.

I was never alone after she passed away, and yet I was lost for many subsequent months and believed there was no one who could help me regain my life or any semblance of it.

I was as wrong as I could be.

Looking back, the world was there for me.

Immediate Aftermath

For the first five months following Lorie’s unexpected death, I openly and very publicly grieved. I shared post after post on our marriage and her passing on social media, and article after article on the same topics here on Medium, primarily as self-therapy.

The feedback from both, however, informed me I was not alone, especially as many readers commiserated with my loss having lost partners of their own while others expressed the abject importance of living life for today as there…

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Joel Eisenberg

Joel Eisenberg is an award-winning author, screenwriter, and producer. The Oscar in the profile pic isn’t his but he’s scheming. WGA and Pen America member.