Neo blinked, a dull pain pulsating through his skull. “Why do my eyes hurt?” Morpheus leaned in. “You have never used them before.” This was a simple yet profound moment in the mind-shifting 1999 sci-fi classic movie The Matrix… and ...
I attended a writers’ conference two weeks ago. I’m still working (reworking) my plans for life without Rick after retirement. We had big plans for our golden years, well laid-out plans. We started our web design business in 2001 with ...
This treacherous pilgrimage between my old life and my future often amplifies the depth of alone. Sometimes I find myself drifting on wreckage all alone in the middle of an ocean with no land in sight. Sometimes it feels like ...
Say Their Name. Remember. Honor. Amanda: Does walking today make you sad Me: No. Amanda: Jay has been having a hard time with it. Jay is my nephew Matt was the first major death that he has experienced. And while ...
Today I celebrate and honour my fur baby on his 8th birthday. Can you imagine surviving death without their unconditional support? I cannot. Welcome Audi Audi came into my life weeks after the unexpected death of my hubby. At the ...
Something was wrong and I did not know what. Sadness just hung over me. I struggled to get through another day. Things were not as easy as I would have liked at work, grandma was so confused at night, and ...
In my last Hope For Widows blog, I focused on not forgetting about life's little "wins". I stand by that wholeheartedly, but want to point out that life is not always about "winning." The Almighty knows that I've personally, gone ...
My husband has been gone four and a half years. At this stage, the pain is no longer raw. His absence from my life isn’t something that nags at me hourly or daily as it once did. I’m used to ...
Life is full of wins, losses and draws, and sometimes it's way easier to focus only on the losses. In my last blog here, I addressed how important it is to not lose sight of the miracles in our lives. ...