I have a confession to make. It’s really quite embarrassing and terrible. I’m a bad widow. My husband’s online obituary page on tributes.com didn’t even have a photo of him—until now. Nearly 10 years later, I finally added one. (A special thanks to Emily at tributes.com for helping me with…
The following is a blog post I wrote on Widowed Village back in 2013. Their website has recently been redesigned and it’s no longer available there. I thought I’d share it here. This is an issue I think many of us are struggling with as we slowly heal from our…
Lately it seems there is heartbreak and misery all around. Relatives and friends coping with life changing illnesses, deaths, cancer diagnoses, job loss, divorce, and the list goes on. The most recent horrific event, affecting someone very close to me, got me thinking about life with all its unpredictable twists…
~~Reflecting on Year One~~ My husband’s death catapulted me into a different world. A world of darkness, heartache, and great uncertainty. We had been married for 22 years and were a team that ran like a well-oiled machine. I’m not saying that our marriage was perfect but, for the most…