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.
Hello, Friends: Although it began in 2014, I’d never heard of National Widows Day until a year after I had become one, and last year’s blog (through the link above) was my very small attempt to bring awareness to it. It had already been in existence a few weeks after my husband’s passing when it would […]
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If you’ve followed my blog for any length of time, you may have noticed that I don’t generally write about current events. I’m not sure I mentioned the election or any other political topic, even in passing. Similarly, I tend to gloss over the holidays, as well. It’s not exactly intentional, and it’s barely a […]
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It was exactly one year ago today that I sat on the beach with my husband on a Sunday afternoon discussing the steps necessary for him to get a business started. After pursuing a career in golf for several years, he had decided it might be time to think about earning a steady income again. […]
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As you can imagine, today is tough already, and it has barely even started. I write this at just past midnight after tossing and turning for the past hour. I had fallen asleep early, turning off the lamp and dozing off before 9, but woke suddenly just after 11 (11:11 to be precise, which has […]
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I sometimes (often?) have arguments with the ghost of my husband. Perhaps argument is too strong a word, and quite likely it isn’t really him or his ghost, but simply my own delusional mind still trying to make sense of everything. These disagreements are rarely about anything important, but isn’t that the way most marriages […]
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I recently read an article about the value of hugs – lower blood pressure, stress relief, emotional comfort and more. Although I’ve looked for it again, I cannot find that specific article, but merely Googling a phrase related to the benefits of hugging will bring up hundreds of them. An Irish folk singer, Ben Sands, […]
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Today is the last day of what has been an extremely challenging year. It marks 259 days since my husband drew his last breath, and 273 days since we last heard his voice. It seems somewhat fitting to write this, my final post this year, and my 100th post since I started, on the final […]
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