@xCece & @smiler69

Hang in there. My story sounds a lot like you both. I'm feeling the same.

Peace N Love.

As has been said, we are all right there with you. It is unbearably painful to even think about it. I hope with time we can heal, but for now its torture. I wish we could all be together during this extremely hard time that I think only we can really understand what we are going through. My husband doesn't know because he didnt share the love for the man as we have, it is nice to know that there are people who also feel the very real pain I am feeling daily since the news. Love to you all.

Funkmeimfamous said:

I'm only comforted by the fact that I am not alone and some of you feel the same. The day it happened, I saw it on the news at work in the middle of lunch. I ran to the restroom crying and people came in pounding on the door to see if I was ok. But nobody seemed to understand why I saw taking it so hard. When I went to the Spike Lee tribute in Brooklyn, all I did was cry. I couldnt bare to listen to the music and see people crying and singing. Today is day 13....its not any easier yet. Barely sleeping and hardly eating,,,,just going over the few things we know...and so incredibly sad that there's nothing that can be done. Wish I could hug you all.

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I don't think I will ever feel normal again. This pain is unbearable, not a day has gone past without tears yet and the world seems such a sad place without him. I want to wake up from this nightmare but I never will. I am just thankful I can talk about this to all of you and you understand - no one else does.

kittycat108 said:

I don't think I will ever feel normal again. This pain is unbearable, not a day has gone past without tears yet and the world seems such a sad place without him. I want to wake up from this nightmare but I never will. I am just thankful I can talk about this to all of you and you understand - no one else does.

Same

I'm having a hard time as well. Today it was hard for me to get out of bed but trying to stay strong

kittycat108 said:

I don't think I will ever feel normal again. This pain is unbearable, not a day has gone past without tears yet and the world seems such a sad place without him. I want to wake up from this nightmare but I never will. I am just thankful I can talk about this to all of you and you understand - no one else does.

I don't even think I know what normal is. My sister invited me to see a concert in July and I said "are you kidding" I can;t think about seeing anyone else and besides who would I want to see? It won't be Prince so I don't want to go. I went to 27 concerts and 10 private performances in clubs....how is someone else supposed to measure up. Forget about all that I listened to Price daily. He was sunshine and joy.... I just want him back.

The Family tribute was wonderful , but it's made me feel worst again/ Am out of here.

Glad you'll feel the same way.

Hang in there everyone.

Guitarhero said:

The Family tribute was wonderful , but it's made me feel worst again/ Am out of here.

Yes...I probably shouldn't have watched it but I couldn't not. I broke down when Eric Leeds played. The entire thing was filled with haunting sadness.

saviour7 said:

From the start of my journey through my life as an 11 yr old girl I found something in Prince ..aside from how strikingly beautiful he is..to my eyes, the music he created has been the gospel of my lonely and awkward childhood. In Prince I found acceptance,strength,courage,love..truth and joy.He meant so much to me when I meant nothing to anyone and nothing meant anything to me..he opened my eyes and my soul became alive once again whenever I played P's music..I don't know why but I never thought there would be a time when Prince wouldn't be here,I mean I'm 35 now it's been some ride..I thought he'd be here still..maybe when weve been connected this long even if it is only through the music,parts of our lives are embedded in the songs/Albums too.I think he is always here with us..each one of has something that we connect to but it's hard to accept the world seems so quiet now. For me nothing will ever be the same it's like losing a part of yourself. We were truly blessed and I am eternally greatfull for the gift that we were privelleged enought to have witnessed. Rip Prince

Beautiful words and your description about the world now being quiet is spot on. Never ever thought his passing would affect me as bad as it has, but then I never expected to live in a world where he didn't exist. We were privileged and blessed but oh how I wish he was still was still with us

I am not feeling well at all either. On the one hand I find relief thinking he's done it all. He has given all he could in his life time. I mean we were rambling about the same song sets, and how the album aren't as good as they should be. We were talking about him doing concerts without a band. We were worrying about him for at least 3-5 years. I think I was ready for him to retire at some point. In that sense I am ok if there won't be any new music in the future. Just gotta accept that and I don't care much about the Vault material either. I think it should be kept locked.

As for what happened a month ago: Everything happened so fast that week I don't think I was able to process it at all. I must admit I had some sort of identity crisis as it felt like it happened unexpectedly. We were all in shock. Now thinking back obviously I am trying to make sense of it all to handle the grief better. We were talking about how healthy he was and capable of doing so many concerts. Now at least we know why and how. To me that showed the vulnerable side of him and there is some message there from him

For the future this is the scariest part. I have no idea what we are going to do without him. He was with me now for nearly 30 years and I have so many memories. I have also been thinking a lot about the reasons why he left no will. You all know he said he does not care about the past. I guess that's why he left no will. I really believe that's what he was thinking.