I know you didn’t sign up for this life. I know you planned on your spouse being here to weather the storms of life with you. He was supposed to be here for the first day of school and graduation, the weddings and the grandchildren. He should be here, right now, to...
I’m asked it all the time. I see it posted in support groups. I hear it asked of other widows… When does “it” end? The crying, the hurting, the rawness, the sadness, the suicidal thoughts, the nightmare… It’s been over six years for me and the “it” –...
I miss my husband. Six years later, I miss him as if he’d died only 2 months ago. I miss my husband on the most perfect of days. And I miss him even more on my worst days. I miss my husband as I snuggle with my guy on the couch while watching TV. Perhaps it’s a...
At 32 years old, instead of planning my first wedding anniversary celebration, I was planning my husband’s funeral. There were no warnings, no time to say a final goodbye. One day he was here and by the following morning, he was gone. It’s been six years since that...
It was August 23, 2017, when Michelle Miller of Mouth Michelle’s Musing shared an Instagram photo with my support group that had fingers typing in a frenzy. Finally! There was a word to describe what so many widows were feeling… WID•HOE: When you need intimacy but you...
