“What is in a Year?” I’m not even sure I know how to answer that question. I tell people all the time that I lost a year of my life. I remember very little of this past year. I have ...
Sunday would have been my 18th wedding anniversary to my late husband. And for the first time, I celebrated it as remarried widow. The fact that I am now remarried, did not stop me from celebrating my love story with ...
I moved this month. Over three weekends, friends and family helped me move furniture. I’ve moved slowly, taking a few boxes at a time to the new-to-me house, extracting myself from the home I had with Todd. It might have ...
Self Care for Beginners I'm one of those people who for a long time had no real idea of what self care was. As a child, I saw my mom raise the four of us with strength and power ...
Today marks 4 years since my late husband’s Celebration of Life. Family and friends came to honor Jared, share stories of his life, and show their support. It was a day full of love. Today my Facebook memories were ...
I will never forget the first official time I met Nate in the Spring of 2005. I can still see him coming down the stairs with a large basket of laundry in his hands as his roommate and one of ...
The weeks and months after my husband passed away the guilt of "could I have done more?" kept me awake at night. When I was at the office, I'd stare at the wall wondering, "why am I being punished?" There's ...
Self care September - To be honest, when I was set the task of writing about my own self care, I struggled to put pen to paper. I kept trying to think of different things that I’d done in the ...
Dear One, It's really okay to forgive you. I wished I known this for myself, but instead, I carried so much guilt and shame for how I did (or did not do) whatever a young widow is supposed to suddenly ...
Not too long ago, I was trying to explain to a friend how I don’t cry anymore. I don’t shed tears. It’s like my eyes have run out of tears after the death of my husband. I explained to my ...