In my recent reading, Ben Sasse, author of THEM, was talking about marriage when he mentioned the common midlife crisis and the empty nest syndrome that most of us go through. The next phase he talked about was the “sweet ...
When Seth died, a dear friend who had also just recently lost her husband suggested I fill my social media feed with inspirational quotes. She told me she found it was better than seeing a news feed full of happy ...
Grief waves sneak up sometimes and others there are little wakes that come in first reminding me that a big date is coming that I need to brace my heart for. Tomorrow is going to hurt. My heart is going ...
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. ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
While Matt was the person that made me feel home and safe, Maine is the place that owns my heart. I have spent the last nine months lost. I have felt so alone even surrounded by people I know who ...