$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...
Today, October 31, would have been my husband’s 40th birthday. I imagine he’d be asleep and, as the night owl I’ve always been, I’d be awake staring intently at the clock, waiting to rush into the hotel bedroom and sing Stevie Wonder’s...
You may think losing a spouse makes one give up on love. It can. But for many in the widowed community, it creates a deeper appreciation for life. It makes us realize that life was meant to be lived and to embrace people and things that make our heart smile. That may...
Somewhere between Year 2 and Year 3 of being widowed, my mother-in-law inquired about my dating status. Upon hearing it was nonexistent, she told me that while she understood I was still grieving, I needed to remember that I couldn’t hide from the world and at some...
I’m fairly certain he wasn’t expecting me to tell him I needed a week’s notice. We’d spent several weeks chatting on the phone and exchanging flirty text messages and going out was the next logical step. He was the first guy I had been receptive to going on a date...
I have a confession… My late husband wasn’t perfect. Over the past 4 ½ years of being widowed, I’ve somehow managed to erase every flaw, quirk, bad habit and imperfection that made my hubby human. He was elevated to a status in my mind so off-limits that mere-mortals...
