Earlier today, I woke up in the middle of the night, 5:30 am to be more exact. Well, it was the middle of the night to me. Any time that has a 12-5 as its first number is the middle ...
A little while ago, I found a paper stuck in a copy of large print scriptures I use at home (I feel 30, but my eyes think they are 70). On one side of the paper, I had hastily scrawled ...
Last Saturday night, a friend and fellow widow, M, arranged a group meetup at a local restaurant. While it was for both widows and widowers, only women came. It was so fun! We ate, laughed and made other restaurant patrons ...
Christmas Day brought the first decent amount of snow to my neighborhood. Today, in spite of the forecasters saying less than an inch would fall overnight, many inches fell. I looked out the window and decided to take our 20 ...
When my daughter was small, she owned a pair of sturdy fabric fairy wings. She wore them all the time and felt she had great power while wearing them. Yesterday, I found them and we talked about her wearing them ...
I try to make my posts reflective and upbeat, but today I am going to whine a little. Well, maybe more than a little depending on what your definition of little is. I miss my husband!! I see couples together ...
I am not a writer. I am someone who took a technical writing class in college and spent years writing staff reports and analysis. I was shocked to be invited to be an author on Hope for Widows. I am, ...
Hi! We Hope For Widows writers have been asked to tell you a bit about ourselves and since I post two times a week, I will share a bit today and the rest on Thursday. I became widowed in October ...
Many people have been kind to me as I have adapted to my new life. Some have said, “I don’t know if I could ever survive what you have experienced.” I am here to tell you, you can. The part ...
Several years ago while out campaigning for re-election, I came upon a home with a small, internally lit cabinet sign posted by the front door. It said "Area of Refuge". I later learned signs like this are installed in buildings ...