We care! Supporting Simmers going through hard times.

"rosemow;12959591" wrote:
Hello to everyone :) Sending a colourful rainbow to everyone! The yellow represents the warmth of a smile which helps a sad heart , the blue represents bluebells that are ringing out a comforting tune, violet represents a fragile violet flower that brings much beauty in its delicateness, green to represent soft grass for you to walk down life's pathway when you are feeling tired and they all come together as a rainbow, which needs sunshine and rain for it to appear. In the midst of tears, the comfort of the sunshine of friends can produce a rainbow in your heart. :)

This is just absolutely beautiful!

Hello @charlotteprice :)

"charlotteprice;12959609" wrote:

"rosemow;12959591" wrote:
Hello to everyone :) Sending a colourful rainbow to everyone! The yellow represents the warmth of a smile which helps a sad heart , the blue represents bluebells that are ringing out a comforting tune, violet represents a fragile violet flower that brings much beauty in its delicateness, green to represent soft grass for you to walk down life's pathway when you are feeling tired and they all come together as a rainbow, which needs sunshine and rain for it to appear. In the midst of tears, the comfort of the sunshine of friends can produce a rainbow in your heart. :)

This is just absolutely beautiful!

@charlotteprice........food fight? *looks hopeful with puppy dog eyes*

Just a little note to say I hope everyone is having a wonderful Saturday. I am not an elegant speaker, and sometimes fumble for the right words, but if anyone here ever needs someone to talk to, I will listen. Going through a hard time, and feeling lonely can be a difficult combination. So, here's a hand reaching out to you if you need it. Sending comforting thoughts to all my fellow simmers out there. ***hugs***

Hello @lynnbrown :) Thankyou very much for your caring support of fellow simmers.

An online friend of mine (from a hockey forum where I hang out) just found out his brother died suddenly; he'd been dead for 2 weeks before he was discovered in bed -- sounds like someone may have called the police to do a welfare check.

If you've got friends or relatives who live alone, make sure to check on them regularly, even just a call to say "Howdy". And if you can't get hold of them it doesn't hurt to have someone nearby check up on them. And if you're alone, reach out to others this holiday season and make sure they know you're okay -- or for help if you're hurting.

"DerekJohnson;12963518" wrote:
To whoever is going through a hard time. I am going to take a moment right now and think positive thoughts so I can send out positive energy. Don't you ever feel no one cares or that no one can relate. We do and we can.

Many of us play the sims to create our own little world so we can escape harsher realities. We have much in common.

We are here if you need to reach out.

Thankyou very much for your encouraging words of support to people who are going through a hard time @DerekJohnson.

"stilljustme2;12963532" wrote:
An online friend of mine (from a hockey forum where I hang out) just found out his brother died suddenly; he'd been dead for 2 weeks before he was discovered in bed -- sounds like someone may have called the police to do a welfare check.

If you've got friends or relatives who live alone, make sure to check on them regularly, even just a call to say "Howdy". And if you can't get hold of them it doesn't hurt to have someone nearby check up on them. And if you're alone, reach out to others this holiday season and make sure they know you're okay -- or for help if you're hurting.

I am so sorry to hear about the passing away of the brother of your online friend. It would have been an awful shock for him.

Thankyou for posting about making sure that we keep checking on friends and family members that live on their own, to make sure that they are going okay. Also, for those who live alone to reach out if they need help. We need to care for and look out for those who live alone.

Reading through this thread has helped lift my spirits. Thank you @rosemow for creating it.

This past week has been very stressful and painful for my family and me. Exactly a week ago around this exact time, my step-mother went to sleep. Little did we know it would be a permanent sleep. She had a stroke while she was sleeping and slipped into a coma. On Sunday, after she had been asleep for over 12 hours, my dad and younger sister got worried. It's not like my stepmom to sleep that long. They tried waking her and couldn't get her to wake up so they called the ambulance.

When she arrived at the ER, her blood pressure was 242/161 (no that is not a typo). The nurse said she had never seen a blood pressure that high before. They immediately started her on meds to lower it and that part did work. They ran all kinds of tests while we waited and waited. Around midnight, a doctor came in and sat down with us. She told us there was no hope. My step-mom's kidneys were shutting down, she was bleeding from her brain stem, and she would never wake up. We huddled in a group and held each other and cried.

The next few days we watched her sleep, praying for a miracle. We desperately wanted her to wake up. She did open her eyes one time and looked at my little sister, but the doctor said that was just a reaction to them touching the part of her brain that was bleeding. Still we hoped.

Early Thursday morning we got the call that she has passed. I met my dad, sister, and brother at the hospital and we said our goodbyes. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to endure in my life. It brought back those awful memories of when I lost my own mother when I was a small child. My heart was breaking for my brother and sister, knowing we now shared one more common bond... we had all lost our mothers. My poor dad lost yet another wife and my older sisters and I lost the woman who tried to be a mom to us after we lost our own.

"SimMommy05;12963915" wrote:
Reading through this thread has helped lift my spirits. Thank you @rosemow for creating it.

This past week has been very stressful and painful for my family and me. Exactly a week ago around this exact time, my step-mother went to sleep. Little did we know it would be a permanent sleep. She had a stroke while she was sleeping and slipped into a coma. On Sunday, after she had been asleep for over 12 hours, my dad and younger sister got worried. It's not like my stepmom to sleep that long. They tried waking her and couldn't get her to wake up so they called the ambulance.

When she arrived at the ER, her blood pressure was 242/161 (no that is not a typo). The nurse said she had never seen a blood pressure that high before. They immediately started her on meds to lower it and that part did work. They ran all kinds of tests while we waited and waited. Around midnight, a doctor came in and sat down with us. She told us there was no hope. My step-mom's kidneys were shutting down, she was bleeding from her brain stem, and she would never wake up. We huddled in a group and held each other and cried.

The next few days we watched her sleep, praying for a miracle. We desperately wanted her to wake up. She did open her eyes one time and looked at my little sister, but the doctor said that was just a reaction to them touching the part of her brain that was bleeding. Still we hoped.

Early Thursday morning we got the call that she has passed. I met my dad, sister, and brother at the hospital and we said our goodbyes. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to endure in my life. It brought back those awful memories of when I lost my own mother when I was a small child. My heart was breaking for my brother and sister, knowing we now shared one more common bond... we had all lost our mothers. My poor dad lost yet another wife and my older sisters and I lost the woman who tried to be a mom to us after we lost our own.

I am so very sorry. I send so many, many special thoughts to you @SimMommy05 I wish I could just give you and your family a big hug. It would have been such a hard and painful week for you all. Please know that you and your family will be in my thoughts at this hard time and in the days ahead.