Today marks one year since my mom passed away. I miss her terribly.
Despite the stress and struggles her last years demanded of me. Despite the suffering she endured, strong as she was. Despite the time that has passed.
I still miss her.
It’s not the same grief I carry after the death of my...
Of course losing a spouse is a tremendous loss. Nobody can argue that.
But after having lost so much, there comes a time when we realize we're starting to lose their memory, too.
Their face begins to fade. We can't remember their laugh. We've gone a day without really thinking about them.
The...
Moving forward through widowhood can be infinitely harder than it has to be
- as if it isn't hard enough already - when we discover that we have, or want to have, feelings for a new person.
The guilt that can accompany fresh feelings of love can be debilitating.
Friends and family who...
Of all the conversations a widow will have, this one is probably the most provocative.
For the widow, and for whomever she's talking to.
Everybody has an opinion.
And that's the point. It's an opinion. Everybody's entitled to one.
What we choose to do, when we choose to do it. Where, how, and...
Many of us fall into widowhood with an intense need to fix everything.
In a desperate attempt to get life back to 'normal' as quickly as possible, we start rearranging our lives into what we think we want.
The problem is that we don't know what we want yet.
In fact, whether this was something...
It happens more than anyone likes to admit.
When we lose a spouse to death, within a few weeks/months, we realize that we've lost all of their people, too.
Friends and family who were all there for us through the initial shock, have had to - or in most cases, were relieved to - return to...
