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đź•Ż Light for your grief. In memory of love...
for those in loss.❤️‍🩹

In honor of my sweetheart. I love you... It completely made his day.

Welcome to IronButterflyHD!

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This group is filled with videos and quotes surrounding the loss of a loved one. Grief is a difficult journey and quotes have helped me along mine. Please feel free to invite family or friends or to share our posts.
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My sweetheart battled a rare blood cancer called Multiple Myeloma for five years, before suddenly passing away. As a young widow I struggled with finding a purpose in my life. He became known as the Iron Lion during his battle. One day when creating a video game character I named mine IronButterflyHD in honor of his game tag. This channel is in honor of his legacy and the light he left behind. One of his favorite video games was Destiny and his favorite character named Shaxx always talked about light. "Good work, Guardian. Your light is strong." If you are new to grief, or an experienced veteran. I hope these videos, messages and uplifting quotes can add a bit of light to your day.

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Everyone else is watching the sky light up…You’re holding back tears.They see fireworks.You see flashbacks.It’s the firs...
02/07/2025

Everyone else is watching the sky light up…
You’re holding back tears.

They see fireworks.
You see flashbacks.

It’s the first holiday without them.
Or maybe it’s the fifth… but it still hits like the first.

And while the world celebrates, you’re holding back a grief wave you didn’t ask for.
Because that song, that smell, that firework—they bring it all back.

It’s okay if you don’t “feel festive.”
It’s okay if your chest tightens instead of your face smiling.

Grief doesn’t care about the calendar.
So if tonight hurts… just know: you’re not alone."
Some explosions don’t come from fireworks—they come from memory.

Others lost a person.I lost my person.It’s not even remotely the same.So please… don’t compare our grief.They lost someo...
02/07/2025

Others lost a person.
I lost my person.

It’s not even remotely the same.
So please… don’t compare our grief.

They lost someone they talked to occasionally…
I lost the one I talked to about everything.

They miss a presence in their life.
I miss the center of mine.

This wasn’t someone I saw once in a while.
This was the person I woke up next to. Ate dinner with.
Laughed with. Grew with. Planned a future with.
Loved with every fiber of my being.

They lost a chapter.
I lost the whole series.

And now I’m here…
still breathing in a world that doesn’t make sense anymore,
still whispering “we” when it’s just me,
still aching in places no one else can see.

Widowhood isn’t just grief.
It’s identity loss.
It’s silence.
It’s walking through every “normal” thing knowing it will never feel normal again.

Because when I say “I lost my person,”
I mean:
I lost the part of me that only existed because they loved me.

Every day, I break.Every day, I rebuild ... for them.That’s what grief really looks like.It’s not clean.It’s not linear....
01/07/2025

Every day, I break.
Every day, I rebuild ... for them.

That’s what grief really looks like.
It’s not clean.
It’s not linear.
It’s shattering and stitching, over and over again.

I wake up in pieces.
But I still find a way to show the world who they were.
Because love this deep doesn’t die.

It becomes a mission.
To remember.
To honor.
To keep them alive in stories, in spirit, in every step I take.

What’s one way you keep your person’s memory alive each day?👇
Let’s say their name. Let’s keep them close.

🦋

It’s not just birthdays or anniversaries.It’s cookie crumbs. Glitter. Laughter at the wrong moment.It’s the tiniest deta...
01/07/2025

It’s not just birthdays or anniversaries.

It’s cookie crumbs. Glitter. Laughter at the wrong moment.

It’s the tiniest details that break you open...
because that’s where love used to live.

Love was in the little things.

So is grief.

🍪 Even the sprinkles know.

🦋 You’re allowed to feel it all.

When words fail you…When your chest aches but your mouth stays closed…When no sentence feels big enough to hold the pain...
01/07/2025

When words fail you…
When your chest aches but your mouth stays closed…
When no sentence feels big enough to hold the pain...

Let your silence speak.
Let the tears say what language can’t.
Let the ache be enough.

You don’t owe anyone an explanation for your heartbreak.
Not everything needs to be said out loud to be understood.

Sometimes, the loudest love is expressed in silence.

I bought something new at Bath & Body Works...a linen spray to mist over my pillow,hoping it might help me sleep.Honestl...
30/06/2025

I bought something new at Bath & Body Works...
a linen spray to mist over my pillow,
hoping it might help me sleep.

Honestly? I was disappointed.

It didn’t smell like I expected.

But then…
I inhaled again. Slower.

And suddenly, I wasn’t in my bedroom anymore.
I was in the past, curled up beside my husband.

The scent reminded me of a shower lotion he used during chemo
to soothe the dry, cracked skin on his hands.
Hands that held mine,
even when everything else was slipping away.

I spent that night breathing deeply into my pillow,
not sleeping for quite some time, but remembering.

Letting the scent hold me
the way he once did.

And that night…
I dreamed of us.

Relaxed. On vacation. At peace.

Smell is powerful.

It brings the past into the present
without asking for permission.

Love doesn’t expire.It doesn’t check a calendar or set a deadline.It simply stays.Which means grief stays, too...sometim...
29/06/2025

Love doesn’t expire.
It doesn’t check a calendar or set a deadline.
It simply stays.

Which means grief stays, too...
sometimes quietly,
sometimes not.

You’re not late in healing.
You’re right on time… for love.

🌠 Let the stars remind you...what’s real never leaves.🦋

I don’t just grieve the you that was.I grieve the you that was becoming.The future you.The healed you.The “someday” vers...
29/06/2025

I don’t just grieve the you that was.
I grieve the you that was becoming.

The future you.
The healed you.

The “someday” versions ....
the ones that never made it past the dream.

I see glimpses of them in your laugh, your eyes, your old goals.
And it breaks me in ways I can’t explain.

Because grief isn’t just missing who they were.
It’s mourning every version they never got to become.

So if you’ve ever found yourself crying
over something they never got to do…
you’re not broken.
You’re just loving them through the future that was stolen.

29/06/2025

I don’t just grieve the you that was.
I grieve the you that was becoming.

The future you.
The healed you.
The “someday” versions ....
the ones that never made it past the dream.

I see glimpses of them in your laugh, your eyes, your old goals.
And it breaks me in ways I can’t explain.

Because grief isn’t just missing who they were.
It’s mourning every version they never got to become.

So if you’ve ever found yourself crying
over something they never got to do…
you’re not broken.
You’re just loving them through the future that was stolen.

You may not say their name out loud.But your body still remembers.In your pauses. Your stares. Your sighs.Each breath yo...
29/06/2025

You may not say their name out loud.
But your body still remembers.
In your pauses. Your stares. Your sighs.

Each breath you take while thinking of them?
That’s a message.

A memory. A moment of still-loving-them.

💌 You’re writing love letters in silence... and they matter.

🦋 This space honors the unspoken.

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