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.
I’ll be honest here – I haven’t done much reading up on grief. This is typical for me, choosing to forge ahead into something new blindly, not wanting to be “influenced” by so-called experts who talk about the “right” way or even what is considered “normal”. Naturally, I’ve heard about the 5 steps of grief, […]
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If you’ve been following my blog, you may have wondered if I got washed away this past weekend while trying to change out a faucet. The answer would be no; the kitchen sink got a temporary reprieve from my assault. A last minute change of plans means I’ll have to tackle that project another time […]
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There’s another aspect of losing someone beyond the loneliness and pain, and it’s not exclusive to us middows© (or widows of any age, for that matter). It’s a more pragmatic facet of loss that affects single and divorced women everywhere, as well, and it’s something that will greatly affect my plans for the weekend. My […]
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I thought it was just me, that perhaps I was having a such a hard time dealing with the loss of my husband because I am overly sensitive or incapable of doing this alone or for some other reason of inadequacy. Turns out it isn’t just me. It seems that women my age are more […]
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Many Faces of Cheri G 