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I may have grown up an only child, but for most of my life, I have spent very little time completely alone – even as a widow.
A few weeks ago, after taking my eldest, now-grown child to Portland for a big surgery, I spent a few nights by myself in a hotel, and let me tell you, I recommend everyone do something like this at least once.
I love being with ...
It’s one of those nights when grief twists inside my body, unravels my emotions, and pokes my mind with the thoughts that “I just can’t do this anymore. It’s too hard.”
Eleven years of missing him, missing his arms around me, missing talking about all those things we shared only with each other, enjoying married life together. I miss being his number one person...
Any one who knows me well will attest to my love of music! I can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t love music! I’m sure it’s engrained in me, both my parents are musical, and we grew up singing as a family. I also play piano, and in high school I played the trombone in the band. In college, I picked up the bass guitar and was fairly proficient at it, but singing ...
For almost seven years, I’ve been trying to figure out how to move forward with grief.
I’ve been walking into rooms with it. Bringing it to work with me. Walking down the grocery aisle with it. Sitting on the couch with it.
I’ve been donning its weight like a cloak. Like an identity because somehow that felt like I was honoring his life – proving how much I l...