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 marks what would have been A’s 51st birthday, our 32nd spent together. (It would have been our 33rd had it not been for a trip to London with my then 15 y.o. daughter and her friend about 8 years ago.) I knew this day was looming and have been trying to prepare myself, yet […]
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I’m in a weird place. With not only Christmas, but what would have been my husband’s 51st birthday a few days earlier looming nearer, I’m a bundle of emotions. It would be easy to get caught up in the emotional high of the holidays – the hustle and bustle, the planning, the shopping, the wrapping, […]
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A bit of time has passed since my last post (since Thanksgiving, to be precise), but I assure you that this is actually a good thing. You see, things have simply gotten busier around here, not only because Christmas is just around the corner, but because I finally seem to be fully coming out of […]
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Today, as could have been predicted, I received many calls and messages from those wishing me a happy holiday, including at least a few that were quite unexpected, coming from individuals with whom I rarely get to speak. As the first Thanksgiving without my husband, I’m certain everyone expected it to be an extremely difficult […]
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