Flowers are blooming everywhere. I love flowers and gardening. The other day, while I was driving around running errands, I saw a cluster of roadside daylilies. Seeing them brought back beautiful, yet bittersweet memories. It brought me back to a time when my late husband and I were young, just…
I’ve really let myself go in the past six months or so. I’ve quit exercising, can’t get myself to do yoga or go for a walk. Yoga used to be my go-to for staying in shape and stress relief, especially in the wintertime. These days, the yoga mat collects dust…
“It’s been x number of years. You should be over it!” People who have never experienced intense, life-altering grief, such as the loss of a spouse or partner, just don’t get it. I admit, I really didn’t grasp the magnitude and force of grief either until I lost my husband….
When I was newly widowed, it seemed like many people were trying to avoid me. It felt as if I had some sort of contagious disease that no one wanted to catch. Sometimes I could see the fear in their eyes. They’d look at me, then quickly look away, thinking…