My world shattered when I became a widow. I am now attempting to reassemble the broken shards into something damaged, fractured, and scarred, yet beautiful.
Today was the first of “the firsts”. You know how after someone passes you suddenly have to celebrate each special occasion without him? Or you go to that favorite restaurant without her? Today, we celebrated our daughter’s 23rd birthday, and she has the dubious distinction of being the “first of ‘the firsts’”. Obviously more firsts […]
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I put on make-up today for the first time in several weeks. Well… maybe the term “make-up” is a bit of a stretch. Mascara. I put on mascara. But it’s a start. And earrings, too. And a skirt instead of yoga pants, which have been my go-to fashion of late. I’ve cared too little about […]
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Many moons ago (and I’m not telling exactly how many… mainly because I don’t feel like doing the math), this gorgeous, dark-haired hunk walked into my high school cafeteria after classes were done and waited for me to walk out of the gym where I had been playing intramural volleyball. As I exited the door, […]
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I’ve been walking around in a fog this week, emotionally raw, yet still numb somehow. I haven’t turned on the TV in our bedroom; that was my husband’s thing. I tried once, changed it to TCM (our favorite channel to watch together), but it just didn’t seem right. So the television stays off, and the […]
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Many Faces of Cheri G 