mimi1956 said:

So I did great for a few days - no tears!! & then I realized it... & I started thinking about him... & BOOM fuuuuck, not sure when this phase of it will EVER be truly over! I want to move on, I don't want to be able to conjure tears at the thought of him. This still sucks so much!!!

BeautifulChaos said:

This morning my 5 yr old said to me, "Mom I had a dream about Prince last night." "That was nice. What happen in your dream?" "You were driving and Prince was in the other seat in the front. I sat in the back. We drove to Stop & Shop and just grooved to his music." "Did he say anything?" "Nope." "Well that sounds like a nice dream." "It was." He pauses and then says. "Mom, I think he's OK, so don't be sad anymore." I just cried and hugged my son.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

thanks i thought about it but i could not bring myself too... i am still i little bit in denial

Awww....me too,

CalhounSq said:

So I did great for a few days - no tears!! & then I realized it... & I started thinking about him... & BOOM fuuuuck, not sure when this phase of it will EVER be truly over! I want to move on, I don't want to be able to conjure tears at the thought of him. This still sucks so much!!!

I know....It still hurts sooo much.

free2bfreeda said:

Today is 21 June 2016. It's been 2 months to the day since Prince passed on.

I've chosen today with lighting 2 purple candles in his honor.

i've been reading the many post of sorrow and sadness from the many orgers. there are also many words of appreciation of the memories of joy, adulation and appreciation of the musical, visual, creative, inspirational and wonderous works Prince sent out and left to us all.

Yes i still miss him very much.

Perhaps all has been said by many who maybe feel there is nothing left to say. however seems there are many words left in the mindset of those who still think of him daily as do

Prince was a great imo

his courage was that of a giant

he believed in his talent

then i admired the drive in which

he pursude his dream (s)

the natural physical beauty of his face

and the well framed body bypassed his ego

yes he had flaws,

but then all diamons have flaws

as do we all

yet the man did not

let his flaws

stand in the way on his

road to reaching goals

and successes.

I miss his display of courage

the most.

he was/is my beautiful beautiful giant.

i thank the great creator of all

good for sending Prince Rogers Nelson

into a large part of my world

of creative musical & visual entertainment

from 1978 - 2016

[Edited 6/21/16 20:08pm]

That is really beautiful, thank U for posting free2bfreeda. Like most of U guys I have good and bad days. Yesterday was a good day. I had errands to run and I was blasting a playlist in my car, it was rush hour and traffic was going next to no where. I was listening to Paisley Park when the car next to me beeped and the guy inside waved to get my attention, beamed a huge smile and flashed the "Be Wild" sign and started singing and dancing along. (As much as U can dance while behind the wheel anyway.) As he moved slowly along ahead of me in the next lane I could see him moving around and having a good time. Next song was Baby I'm A Star, I had my windows down and so did this car with 3 women and 1 man. They stopped playing their radio and asked me to turn mine up. I did and we had an impromtu jam session on the highway in bumper to bumper traffic. I've never been so happy to be stuck in traffic. The kicker was 1 of the women started yelling out "Baby Ur in the stars... NOW!!!" instead of the original line, the gentleman in the car looked up at the sky started laughing and said something to the effect of "Thank U man for times like these! U always da man!". We all started laughing. Traffic started moving along shortly after that but when I looked around and in my rearview mirror ppl were smiling and mouthing the words. A couple of cars just started clapping. I've never had such a surreal experience, it really left me speachless. I know it sounds crazy and I agree. I know I'll have that memory forever and I'm sure the others involved will too. Sorry if that was off topic, for as happy as yesterday was today is a rough one just wanted to get that out.

ACharmed1 said:

free2bfreeda said:

he was/is my beautiful beautiful giant.

i thank the great creator of all

good for Prince Rogers Nelson

That is really beautiful, thank U for posting free2bfreeda. Like most of U guys I have good and bad days. Yesterday was a good day. I had errands to run and I was blasting a playlist in my car, it was rush hour and traffic was going next to no where. I was listening to Paisley Park when the car next to me beeped and the guy inside waved to get my attention, beamed a huge smile and flashed the "Be Wild" sign and started singing and dancing along. (As much as U can dance while behind the wheel anyway.) As he moved slowly along ahead of me in the next lane I could see him moving around and having a good time. Next song was Baby I'm A Star, I had my windows down and so did this car with 3 women and 1 man. They stopped playing their radio and asked me to turn mine up. I did and we had an impromtu jam session on the highway in bumper to bumper traffic. I've never been so happy to be stuck in traffic. The kicker was 1 of the women started yelling out "Baby Ur in the stars... NOW!!!" instead of the original line, the gentleman in the car looked up at the sky started laughing and said something to the effect of "Thank U man for times like these! U always da man!". We all started laughing. Traffic started moving along shortly after that but when I looked around and in my rearview mirror ppl were smiling and mouthing the words. A couple of cars just started clapping. I've never had such a surreal experience, it really left me speachless. I know it sounds crazy and I agree. I know I'll have that memory forever and I'm sure the others involved will too. Sorry if that was off topic, for as happy as yesterday was today is a rough one just wanted to get that out.

thx 4 ur taking me into that moment

about u being in ur car and just enjoying and spreading Prince joy while out driving.

i could almost see ur creating the "impromtu jam session." u spreaded joy .

and as i read ur words i feel u took me into the moment and u really made me smile.

and i know u know Prince really did make us feel like a

when we danced and sang along with "Baby i'm a Star." me, i had his dance moves down when he'd sing the song in the 'purple rain' movie. (i kid u not - i had the hand moves down to the tee."

i've really enjoyed ur sharing those musical joy-moments here AChamred1. sending u a for the sad and joyful moments.

babynoz said:

free2bfreeda said:

thx 4 ur taking me into that moment

about u being in ur car and just enjoying and spreading Prince joy while out driving.

i could almost see ur creating the "impromtu jam session." u spreaded joy .

and as i read ur words i feel u took me into the moment and u really made me smile.

and i know u know Prince really did make us feel like a

when we danced and sang along with "Baby i'm a Star." me, i had his dance moves down when he'd sing the song in the 'purple rain' movie. (i kid u not - i had the hand moves down to the tee."

i've really enjoyed ur sharing those musical joy-moments here AChamred1. sending u a for the sad and joyful moments.

Thank U. I hope today is a good 1 for everybody.

babynoz said:

CalhounSq said:

So I did great for a few days - no tears!! & then I realized it... & I started thinking about him... & BOOM fuuuuck, not sure when this phase of it will EVER be truly over! I want to move on, I don't want to be able to conjure tears at the thought of him. This still sucks so much!!!

I know....It still hurts sooo much.

I hope U R feeling better back wise and P wise babynoz. Sending U good vibes

ACharmed1 said:

CalhounSq said:

ACharmed1 said:

I hope U R feeling better back wise and P wise babynoz. Sending U good vibes

YES, sending all good vibes your way!! & thx for my hug!

Thanks so much guys. Thankfully I have improved over the past two days.

sonshine said:

babynoz said:

I know....It still hurts sooo much.

Thanks, I am bracing myself to try watching BET tonight.

babynoz said:

sonshine said:

babynoz said:

Thanks, I am bracing myself to try watching BET tonight.

I'm recording it. For some reason I wanna hear about it first before comitting to watch, it's just gonna tear me up so it's gotta be worth it (unlike Hagdonna, who I didn't watch)

CalhounSq said:

babynoz said:

Thanks, I am bracing myself to try watching BET tonight.

I'm recording it. For some reason I wanna hear about it first before comitting to watch, it's just gonna tear me up so it's gotta be worth it (unlike Hagdonna, who I didn't watch)

I didn't watch that trainwreck either but I still couldn't completely avoid it. Every time I tried to watch the news the hag was front and center.

I'll see how it goes. I may end up turning the channel.

I figure this belongs on this thread... I have two posters of Prince which have been hanging on my wall for years; I took them down a month ago because it made me cry to look at them and I thought perhaps it was time to replace them with something else... Today, I hung them back up where they belong...and there they will stay.

purplethunder3121 said:

I figure this belongs on this thread... I have two posters of Prince which have been hanging on my wall for years; I took them down a month ago because it made me cry to look at them and I thought perhaps it was time to replace them with something else... Today, I hung them back up where they belong...and there they will stay.

I have about a dozen posters of him but only one on the wall. It's the 3121 poster with his back turned and his profile. It's on the wall with a group of posters of Sade, WAR, Kool And The Gang, etc. so I never took it down. I actually talked to it a few times after he passed, saying prayers for him, that sort of thing.

ACharmed1 said:

That is really beautiful, thank U for posting free2bfreeda. Like most of U guys I have good and bad days. Yesterday was a good day. I had errands to run and I was blasting a playlist in my car, it was rush hour and traffic was going next to no where. I was listening to Paisley Park when the car next to me beeped and the guy inside waved to get my attention, beamed a huge smile and flashed the "Be Wild" sign and started singing and dancing along. (As much as U can dance while behind the wheel anyway.) As he moved slowly along ahead of me in the next lane I could see him moving around and having a good time. Next song was Baby I'm A Star, I had my windows down and so did this car with 3 women and 1 man. They stopped playing their radio and asked me to turn mine up. I did and we had an impromtu jam session on the highway in bumper to bumper traffic. I've never been so happy to be stuck in traffic. The kicker was 1 of the women started yelling out "Baby Ur in the stars... NOW!!!" instead of the original line, the gentleman in the car looked up at the sky started laughing and said something to the effect of "Thank U man for times like these! U always da man!". We all started laughing. Traffic started moving along shortly after that but when I looked around and in my rearview mirror ppl were smiling and mouthing the words. A couple of cars just started clapping. I've never had such a surreal experience, it really left me speachless. I know it sounds crazy and I agree. I know I'll have that memory forever and I'm sure the others involved will too. Sorry if that was off topic, for as happy as yesterday was today is a rough one just wanted to get that out.

Ahhhh this is so cool! What a great story. Prince would absolutely love that, you just know he would!!!

LuxLove said:

ACharmed1 said:

That is really beautiful, thank U for posting free2bfreeda. Like most of U guys I have good and bad days. Yesterday was a good day. I had errands to run and I was blasting a playlist in my car, it was rush hour and traffic was going next to no where. I was listening to Paisley Park when the car next to me beeped and the guy inside waved to get my attention, beamed a huge smile and flashed the "Be Wild" sign and started singing and dancing along. (As much as U can dance while behind the wheel anyway.) As he moved slowly along ahead of me in the next lane I could see him moving around and having a good time. Next song was Baby I'm A Star, I had my windows down and so did this car with 3 women and 1 man. They stopped playing their radio and asked me to turn mine up. I did and we had an impromtu jam session on the highway in bumper to bumper traffic. I've never been so happy to be stuck in traffic. The kicker was 1 of the women started yelling out "Baby Ur in the stars... NOW!!!" instead of the original line, the gentleman in the car looked up at the sky started laughing and said something to the effect of "Thank U man for times like these! U always da man!". We all started laughing. Traffic started moving along shortly after that but when I looked around and in my rearview mirror ppl were smiling and mouthing the words. A couple of cars just started clapping. I've never had such a surreal experience, it really left me speachless. I know it sounds crazy and I agree. I know I'll have that memory forever and I'm sure the others involved will too. Sorry if that was off topic, for as happy as yesterday was today is a rough one just wanted to get that out.

Ahhhh this is so cool! What a great story. Prince would absolutely love that, you just know he would!!!

Honk if you love Prince!

Soooo,,,today has been a rough one for me. I took a couple days off just to get some things done around my house, but instead I've been weeping all morning. I was just fine yesterday, but it hit me smack dab in my face the moment I woke up, mourning.

I started looking around the web to see if I can find some logical reason why my ass is crying and hurting over someone I never met. It's just pissing me off. Found a couple of good articles, but something drew me to my own diary. I'm surprised I still have it. Normally, I write how I feel and then throw it away, but for some reason, I still had my '96-'98 diary. This is during the time I reached adulthood, had my own band, my own goals for the Music Business. It is also the time I shed my childlike fanhood of Prince. If you don't mind, may I share an entry from 7-1-1998:

"Oh, how could I forget. I went over to [my friend's] place for dinner, and I go to see the latest video by The Artist, "The One." I liked it a lot. I miss him very much, but I'm not as attached to him the way I used to be. Back in the day, I would have been totally pissed and outright mad for not being able to tape it. In a sense, my feelings for him have moved on to another level--one that looks beyond the material possessions and into the inhabitance of my soul. Prince is a part of me. Nothing can change that except God, and I would hope He doesn't. I can't explain how I feel for the Artist. I think it's more real now than ever before. And yes, the video was beautiful."

I guess God honored my prayer (for those of you who believe in that sort of thing).

Stay strong...

So why'd I start bawling when I heard "I Wanna Be Your Lover" on the radio? They played the entire song too, they never do that. I've been listenting to Prince music this whole time on my own, granted I haven't played that particular album since, I've listened to the radio since, I''ve heard that song since on the radio and sang happily along but today tears. I've been perfectly fine these past few day, okay with the exception of yesterday at that "last photograph" when I honestly looked at it and didn't skim it and move on, I cried a bit, then I was fine, until this morning. Truthfully, I kind of knew I'd be like this for a long time, long periods of being perfectly fine, then some random thing would bring tears.

Since U Been Gone I've Been Drowning in the Sea of Tranquility.

The Arms of Orion, That's Where I Want 2B.

[Edited 7/1/16 10:28am]

Today is July 1st and I'm not much better than I was on the day I heard of Prince's death. I've decide to stop trying to 'Get over it' and 'Let it go', as so many well meaning friends have told me.

Just learning to liive with this hole in my heart and unshed tears in my eyes.

panpac777 said:

Since U Been Gone I've Been Drowning in the Sea of Tranquility.

The Arms of Orion, That's Where I Want 2B.

[Edited 7/1/16 10:28am]

purplethunder3121 said:

Wlcm2thdwn3 said:

Today is July 1st and I'm not much better than I was on the day I heard of Prince's death. I've decide to stop trying to 'Get over it' and 'Let it go', as so many well meaning friends have told me.

Just learning to liive with this hole in my heart and unshed tears in my eyes.

Gotta learn to just live with it

My fav picture of Prince ever miss him

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I find it harder everyday. I miss him and I am going crazy and I feel like I am alone with this. Has everyone already moved on?