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 dropped my 17 y.o. son and his (fairly) new girlfriend off at a theme park for the day while I went to work. I dawdled at Ikea on the way home to give them more time on their date, and then picked them up early evening. Driving the young girl home, I caught […]
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Untethered means without ties or anchor, floating free, and it’s exactly how I’ve been feeling lately. My husband was my anchor (and I his tether to the Earth if a certain woman with psychic abilities is to be believed), but somehow that rope broke back in April, and I have been floating aimlessly since. There […]
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[Update – 7/24/17 Recently, the individual responsible for a large portion of the negativity that resulted in the break from A’s family that I felt necessary for my sanity, started in again by commenting on this blog post. I believe my daughter’s wedding this past weekend (blog post to come) stirred up some negative emotions. […]
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In our family, we have long spoken about what type of funeral we each want, and how we would like our final goodbyes to be. After attending many events that were too somber and mournful, with not enough laughter and remembrance of the better times, we spoke of honoring a life, rather than mourning a […]
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Many Faces of Cheri G 