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 a rough day, and I’m not entirely sure why. Perhaps it was that I have all three of my kids together at home with me for the first time in a few weeks, yet I have to be at work. Perhaps it’s because it’s the week leading up to Mother’s Day and this […]
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You know those movie scenes where a couple, or a family, or a group of teenagers is happily riding along in a car and out of nowhere – WHAM! – their vehicle is struck by another? Flying glass, screeching tires, crunching metal. Lives turned upside down in an instant. Sudden, unexpected, intense. That’s what grief […]
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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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So many times over the last few weeks, people have referred to me as brave or strong; I so don’t feel that way. I feel as though I’ve been muddling through, just barely holding it together, and only doing what needs to be done. That isn’t strength, is it? Bravery isn’t merely being so sleep […]
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Many Faces of Cheri G 