Reminders

I’ve been doing great. My mood even. Fulfilled. Happy, even. Busy. Always busy. In hindsight, I suppose that’s my coping…

Happiness

I believe we are the architect of our own lives. I tattooed my deceased husband’s favorite affirmation, in his writing,…

Planning Death

My life without travel isn’t a life worth living. Fortunately the financial planner didn’t think I needed to give up…

Pep Talk to Self

Dear Me, You have been a widow for 4 months and 1 week. You have learned to wade through the…

Black Sheep

I think a lot. All the time. My brain doesn’t turn off. I think about life. I think about death.…

Empty

I wondered why going back to work during a new school year (where I used to work with my husband…

It’s going.

I never realized how intertwined my life was with my husband’s in terms of our profession until he wasn’t here…

The Musings of a Widow

Dreams unwind Love’s a state of mind. -Fleetwood Mac   Sometimes I wonder if I was ever married. It all…

Moving Forward

I didn’t plan to become a widow at the age of 34. I had no idea it was coming. In…