As the Pendulum Swings
Mood swings are no joke.
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Pain in the Box
[Note: This is not my theory, but it spoke to me and I have taken it one step further.] There has been some recent buzzing online about a woman who shared the analogy her doctor had shared with her about grief. Essentially, it explains that grief is a ball that resides within a box complete […]
Read MoreNational Widows Day 2018
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 […]
Read MoreStand My Ground
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 […]
Read MoreConversation by the Sea
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. […]
Read MoreMy Funny Valentine
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 […]
Read MoreGrief is a Bully
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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