I was a sprinter in my younger days and that is how I tend to live life. Go fast and go hard. The thought of running longer distances did not appeal to me at all. Steady pace? Nah. I just ...
The steadfast, champion hands that tenderly, passionately and protectively held mine for 24 years, turned blue, cold and limp in mine. As I fumbled out of the hospital room, fragmented conversations of sympathy from loved ones swirled in my head. ...
A droplet of water hits a puddle. In that instant of impact, it forms a shape that is unseen by the human eye. In it's lightening speed, we don't see it's beauty... but it there. Something beautiful and unique was ...
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 ...
I heard a crash and than a thud and I ran screaming from the bedroom. In that moment I felt out of control and that my whole world seemed to end. The thud was the sound of my husband Ray ...
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 ...
In the midst of my husband’s valiant battle with rampant, widespread cancer and unbearable pain that dominated his body and mind, we were given gifts. Gifts that eluded me; gifts that now, in hindsight, I see as priceless gems and ...
If we are to be genuinely happy again, we must prepare our selves for the possibility of it all, and to accept that we deserve it. It may seem like Intestinal fortitude is not always within us after such loss ...
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 ...
We as widows know all too well that life can be cut short, dreams don't always work out how we thought they would, and tomorrow never does come. For this reason I have decided to focus on love in 2015, ...