During this time of hustle and bustle and the most wonderful time of the year, my widow’s spirit is not as jolly or as calm and bright as it used to be. Christmas seems to spur on a tangled web ...
Hello everyone! This week was an enlightening week. I learned a wonderful lesson this week of the truest meaning of friendship. "People come in and out of your life when they are supposed to" It is one of my deepest ...
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 ...
During my late husband's long battle with cancer, and after his death, I came to rely on my angels. I believe my angels watch over me. I now have a collection of Willow Tree Angels that are grouped together under ...
From the harrowing moment my husband was diagnosed with cancer, my inner voice rang out incessantly with the following permeating words, “My hope is in the Lord: a miracle will come.” Despite his prognosis, for nine months, this became my ...
By Catherine Capra-Leaf Hello friends, This is some helpful information that I found on getting through the holidays when you are in the midst of loss and sadness. Christmas is usually a time of great joy and wonderful memories with ...
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 hate the holidays!!!! It's that time again to celebrate with family and friends, and I find myself asking, Celebrate what????? This is my third holiday season without Ray. During the last Christmas we shared, it was all he could ...
Yesterday was my 25th wedding anniversary; a day that should have been encompassed with an encore of romance and bliss with my husband. Instead, my turbulent kaleidoscope of widowhood emotions was running the gamut. One moment I wanted to escape ...
Seeking pieces of a broken heart after life defining loss is a long difficult journey. Hiding painful wounds is something we learn along the way, and sometimes the hiding places become sacred burial ground that gives us a way to ...