Opening a New Chapter Sitting and reflecting on how my life has changed in 1095 days. All of the hopes, dreams, and goals we shared together each day is becoming a distant memory. I can’t even smell you on your ...
Eight years ago I could never have imagined my life the way it is now. When I married Jared, I knew someday I would bury him. My head knew this. But my heart could never accept it. If my heart ...
When you have experienced true love, you will hold onto it at all costs. When it’s gone- you may struggle to find meaning to life. That’s the stage I find myself in over the past few years. As a widow, ...
My late husband died almost 8 years ago. And in those eight years, whenever there’s something going on, I find myself stopping to talk to him. Oftentimes I will say Jared, we need to chat. And I truly believe ...
When Matt died people thought that I was mad at God for what happened. I wasn’t. One of the things that I remember clearly from going to the hospital was yelling it was not supposed to end like this he ...
Author Joan Didion died in December. I’ve always enjoyed her writing, but I owe her a special debt of gratitude for her memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking. In it, she described the grief and pain following the death of ...
I had an opportunity recently to learn a valuable lesson I hope to remind myself again and again throughout the year. Setting the scene This past week I was locked out of my car in the late afternoon on a ...
A widows has several choices to make from the day that she is told, or faces the day that she is no longer the wife of but the late wife of. Her choices starts at that moment she is faced ...
Today is Christmas Eve. And tomorrow is Christmas Day. Two days that can cause a lot of stress and grief for those who have lost a loved one. And just in case you need it, I’m giving you permission. ...
Every widow has a situation. Every person has a story. There is a common thread among widows,widowers and the grieving is that the holidays can be difficult and they can be lonely. Grief like a lot of things doesn’t get ...