A recent incident took me back to a memory that had been neatly folded and tucked away in the furthest corner of my mind. I’d just gotten the call that my husband had died – unexpectedly, with no warning. After my brain processed the magnitude of what I’d heard while...
Shannon* was excited. She’d spent the last two months chatting with a handsome military man and tonight they were scheduled to have their first date. It didn’t matter that it was a virtual one. If things went well, an in-person date wouldn’t be far off. He just needed...
The holidays can be difficult for those missing a spouse. Gone are the thoughts of cutesy family photos and holiday cards. Instead, they’ve been replaced with obituaries, wills and memories. “I wish I could just skip the holidays!” is a sentiment shared among many in...
When my hubby died, I walked around in a funk for quite a while. I lost a ton of weight and my clothes seemed to be wearing me instead of me doing the wearing. Last December, I decided 2016 would be the year I got my act together physically. I bought clothes that...
I get it. You ask your husband a question and it falls on deaf ears. You need help in the kitchen but he’s been parked in front of the television for the past four hours. You’re frustrated and at your wits’ end. Nothing seems to ever get accomplished around the...
$176,000! I stared at the screen in disbelief as Dr. Phil circled the number on the display. That’s how much a 78 year old woman had sent to a man she’d been “dating” for two years though they’d never met in person. He reached out to her on a dating site and before...
