As the years since Jared‘s death grow longer, I am worried I will forget. I am worried I will forget the special things about him. The blue of his eyes. The sound of his laughter. The touch of his ...
As I was making a left turn behind an unusually slow moving car, I gripped my steering wheel agitatedly and blurted out, "Why are you driving so slow?! You're stopping the flow of traffic. UGH!" And then I saw it. ...
Lots of people will do things for you initially. Suggestion: Try to realize that act was more about them dealing with their own bullshit or fear, or worried about their karma, than actually doing something because they are a ...
“Knowing what you know now would you do it all over again?” The short answer is YES. The long answer is Hell YES. I would stop and ask a stranger for directions because that is how we met and he ...
…as a Widow. First things first, I highly recommend this! As someone who absolutely loves to travel, the first vacation I took post loss was incredibly healing. I went with a good friend of mine, and our daughters, so I ...
Last week I can home and felt like I was ready to move forward. Now I have no idea how to do that. Matt and I found each other by chance. We met at work and became friends and then ...
One of the things my late husband always wanted to do was see a lion in the wild of Africa. Unfortunately, this was one wish that never came true. My late husband was a lung transplant recipient and the ...
Suggestion : You need to tell people what you need. Be specific. I met a young widow (very young, in her 20’s, her fiancé died in an avalanche...tragic), and she had posted on social media an extremely specific list ...
Yesterday, Rick and I would have celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary. It was the third one since he’s been gone. I made it through the fog of the first one. By the second one, I had adapted to life alone, ...
Moving three times this past year had one advantage: I did/do not have to walk around a home where Chuck and I spent so many days. I’ve talked to other widows and some say it’s hard, others not so much. ...