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.
Several months ago, long before I was quite ready to read it, a friend gave me a cute, little butterfly pin and a book about grief, Good Grief: Healing Through the Shadow of Loss by Deborah Morris Coryell. At the time, I was touched by the pin and immediately attached it to my purse, but […]
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This past weekend marked 5 months since my husband passed away. As such, it was an emotional time with much reflection on our life together, his passing, and what has transpired since. Life has certainly changed for me… dramatically. Which, of course, is an understatement. The mullet were running this weekend, and my son was […]
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If you had asked me 6 months ago who my closest friends were, my husband would have been at the top of the list. Those who rounded out my Top 5 would probably have been a bit different, however. The friends and family I would have expected to step up if things got difficult for […]
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I had a discussion earlier this week with a friend. She’s not a close friend, as much through logistics as anything else, I suppose, since we live more than 1200 miles away from one another and run in mostly different circles. When we have gotten together in the past, mainly at larger gatherings, I have […]
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Many Faces of Cheri G 