Where does our love go now that our person is gone? My love flows in each hug and kiss from my daughter and grandchildren. Each “Nanny, I love you” fills my heart and spills my love in bubbly, overflowing waves. ...
One of the Hope for Widows sisters used the word “bittersweet” to describe what she was feeling. I hate labels. I always have. I dislike being called “a widow.” I live with it because it is a fact. I still ...
I’ve always asked questions—lots of them! I’m not one to conform; I’m quite the rebel, always eager to know why. Barrie found this amusing and often remarked on my insatiable curiosity. When we first met, most of our conversations revolved ...
There was a time when I had mapped out my life. I pretty much knew what I was going to do, where I was going to be and who I was going to be with. That of course, was an ...
May is your month. It’s an especially hard one for me because I used to spend most of the month trying to figure out what you might want for your birthday 😊 It wasn’t easy. Before meeting you, I used ...
There are days when memories of us sneak up on me. It’s almost like I can see you back in the corners of my mind. At times, it’s like I can feel your presence, a warmth that envelopes me. I’m ...
On April 26th, 2019, a group of friends. Barrie and I, went to see Andrea Bocelli live in Abu Dhabi. We were living in Dubai at the time, so it seemed a shame not to go watch one of our ...
Barrie used to get perturbed when I said that. He said in his experience when someone close to him said, “I’ve been thinking.”, it would either cost him money or mean trouble. I was/am always saying, “I’ve been thinking.” It ...
Barrie and I loved the spring. We were more spring-summer-autumn people than we were winter people, despite having been born in cold countries. He was from Cornwall; I was born in Vancouver. As soon as the calendar hit March 21st ...
The first time I heard this was when we were Skyping. We hadn’t met in person yet. He had such a wicked sense of humor! It’s something I often repeat because it was one of his most endearing and memorable ...