5 years without him and I still feel unsettled. I prepare meals and loved ones gather around the table, yet my heart still feels like it can’t be made right without him walking through the door, arriving home from work ...
Lately, I feel like I've been so distracted. It's always something, my son, my finances, issues with food stamps, the car... So much keeps popping up, it's like I get one problem resolved and something else crops up. Something is ...
I heard the old man’s steps shuffle into my garage, slowly, cautiously. “Are you okay, Ma'am?” I was sitting in a laundry basket, legs draped over the sides. On my face, a pair of spectacles that were not mine, through ...
I may have grown up an only child, but for most of my life, I have spent very little time completely alone - even as a widow. A few weeks ago, after taking my eldest, now-grown child to Portland for ...
It's one of those nights when grief twists inside my body, unravels my emotions, and pokes my mind with the thoughts that "I just can't do this anymore. It's too hard." Eleven years of missing him, missing his arms around ...
Do you ever find it harder than you expected to help another widow? Don’t get me wrong, I think there is an incredible unspoken sort of connection among widows because only those who have experienced this kind of pain can ...
It has been an interesting journey, to say the least, over the last two years as I've been learning how to truly walk with God in my daily life as a widow, a mom, and a leader. It hasn't been ...