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.
Yesterday I broke. Although I have been broken for quite some time, yesterday was a complete breakdown. The whys and hows don’t really matter, just suffice to say that a fairly minor (in the grand scheme of things) event occurred. Another headache I don’t need, another expense I can’t afford which caused a major meltdown […]
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This past weekend was an emotionally charged one, with my birthday, the Homecoming Dance, my son’s 18th birthday and the 6-month mark from my husband’s passing coming in rapid succession. Although I’m in a better place to deal with this than I would have been earlier this year, it was still challenging. I spent quite […]
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[This may be difficult for some to read, and is a story that I have rarely told. Many of those closest to me do not know it, and I have never even shared it with my mother. My husband is one of the few people in my life who has ever heard it, and he […]
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I’m fairly certain most people have at least a working knowledge of the Five Stages of Grief (or Seven, depending on which school of thought you subscribe to). I know it was something I studied in an early Psychology class in college many moons ago, but as I was young and had been fairly protected […]
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Many Faces of Cheri G 