We all go through numerous and various struggles as we navigate our lives. As widows, some struggles can feel too heavy and too complex to bear. We find ourselves missing our husband even more profoundly because we remember how blessed ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
At one point in the now-distant past, I became a certified yoga instructor. At the same time, Bret got his personal trainer certification, and the two of us were offered jobs at the same gym in San Antonio. Strife always ...
A gentleman with whom I was having a conversation the other day was lamenting the sale of his old car. He was saying things like how silly it was of him to have these kinds of feelings about a car, ...
When I first started blogging about my new life as a widow - a relatively young one at that - I wrote a lot about dating and relationships. There was a reason for that, and that reason was that I ...