Today I took my daughter, her friend and my niece to the State Fair. First stop: All you can eat ice cream social. Second stop: Team roping and horses! Third stop: The rest of the fair. The monsoon created a ...
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This is a selfish post and I hope you can help me. My father-in-law passed away two weeks ago after spending most of this year in a care center. He had dementia for years, so to me, his passing was ...
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I have mentioned in an earlier post that my husband's death removed nearly all fear from me. I figured I had been through one of the hardest things I could ever imagine and I am still standing. In that spirit, ...
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I had a dream the other night, wherein I had a boyfriend. I was glad I had mustered the courage to date and was happily dating a very nice, attractive man. We were hanging out together. Then something happened. My ...
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This will be a short post as my mind is filled with dying. My mother-in-law (MIL) had a very serious infection, that if it had been untreated for another couple of days, she may have died. The day she left ...
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You are used to seeing me on Mondays, but Hope for Widows has asked me to start posting on Thursdays as well. This week I want to take a minute and introduce myself to those of you who are new. ...
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I hiked Zion Narrows last week with my daughter and a group of friends. If you aren't familiar with the hike, one literally hikes in the river for 60-70% of the time, depending on water levels. We hiked from the ...
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In the young adult book Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt, Keturah, a sixteen year old girl living during medieval times, converses on several occasions with Lord Death. In one of their conversations she asks what it is like ...
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This afternoon I was running late for a meeting and grabbed the folder I needed to take with me. I quickly glanced through it and was surprised (shocked, actually) to see a transcript of my husband's funeral sitting among the ...
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My husband loved going to Lake Powell. While most of the time he went with others to fish, there were times when we would all go. He loved to fish and our kids loved being towed behind the boat. I ...
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