You Helped Me Pick Up the Pieces

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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You Helped Me Pick Up the Pieces - Gigi took Dr. Laura's advice on how to live after the death of her husband, and she has a beautiful update to share. - Dr. Laura: "You honor your husband by embracing life." - Have you had to start over after the death of a spouse? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my Call of the Day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on serious XM.
0:10.0	I'm 1-11.
0:11.0	GG. Welcome to the program.
0:13.0	Hello there. So good to talk to you again.
0:16.0	I'm calling because I listen to your previous caller Carol regarding the loss of her husband.
0:24.0	And I had called you probably nine months to a year ago pretty much in the exact same frame of mind.
0:32.0	However, I was wondering what it was all for and if it was worth it.
0:37.0	And you very bluntly told me, so baby should never be born because it's not worth it.
0:43.0	And you made me hug myself and you kicked my mental rear.
0:50.0	I started moving forward.
0:55.0	I sold property that was so big. I didn't want to take care of it anymore.
1:01.0	I moved closer to my friends and to where I play tennis.
1:07.0	I bought a house that I absolutely love and I've been renovating.
1:13.0	My husband would have flipped the gasket if he had been with me.
1:19.0	But it's it's for me now.
1:22.0	And I told myself I owe it to him to live the life that he cannot, but at the same time,
1:29.0	I owe it to him to live the life that's best for me now.
1:33.0	And I still miss him.
1:36.0	I still have moments that it's like I wish he would walk through that door.
1:42.0	But I know that's not going to happen.
1:44.0	I am responsible for me now and to take care of me and what we had will never go away.
1:52.0	After 43 years, it's mine to keep.
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