Most widows wonder what our deceased spouses would say to our new loves. Here is a completely fictional, but hopefully comforting letter. A letter to the man who gets to love my family after my death. When you get to ...
Bell Camp -2019 I am thankful that my two grandchildren were old enough to have spent time with my husband, Chuck. They have good memories of Grandpa, though not nearly as many as I wish they could have had. ...
After losing someone close to you, the holidays are never the same again. That doesn’t mean the holidays are not special or enjoyable, but they are different and always will be. The year John passed away, I was dreading the ...
The year 2020 has been a roller coaster ride. The U.S. is facing numerous challenges and uncertainties. All these factors have created great amounts of internal stress. As a widow, this uncertain time has magnified my loss. After John died, ...
There are three inspirational women I’m looking to in 2020: Danelle Ballengee, Bethany Hamilton and Misty Copeland. Each month, between now and May I will be sharing about each of these power women. This month: Danelle Ballengee. Throughout my nine ...
When grief is at its heaviest and we are lost in it, it is so hard to imagine a light at the end of the tunnel. It can become very easy to just get lost in the dark. So ...
Today is my 15th wedding Anniversary. I have to take a deep breath here. For this one in particular, my seventh without Mike, has hit me especially hard. As I inch closer to being widowed equally as long as we ...
A few days after Mike died, I clothed myself in everything that was his-mine-ours. The Director of the Funeral Home gave me a bag of my husband’s belongings that the Coroner had collected. It was beyond horrific to receive this ...
I vividly remember the last time I stepped foot in the space I once called home...That beautiful house on Maybank Court in Gahanna that had held so much love and warmth, quickly evolved into four lonely walls and a roof ...