death of a spouse - Brenda Lee Free

death of a spouse

A collection of 5 posts

The Back-Up Plan is Bullshit

The Back-Up Plan is Bullshit

If you have a good enough back-up plan life won't hurt as bad. This is a lie I have told myself so many times. I spent the first several months of therapy last year trying to convince my therapist, and myself, that my back-up plans made sense. I

Miscarriage and Remarriage

When I began bleeding, I honestly didn’t think it was a big deal. I figured it was just over-exertion from the weekend before. I figured this was just part of it. My very first ultrasound of Dave and I’s baby proved that the baby’s heart rate was

Grief and Depression - Are they the same?

After Kevin's death, despite numerous people telling me to go on medication, that there was nothing wrong with going on medication, I made the decision to stay off of anti-depressants while grieving. I was already taking an anxiety medication for the attacks that had started when Kevin became

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4 years in Heaven; what I hope is up there. It's been too long, too short, too something. Tears, minimal this year, emotion, in between, reflection, heavy. So much good has happened since you've gone. So much. Miss you Kev. Glad for what you gave me,

Tears, Widows, and the Memoir

As I told the story of how I came to be a widow, I felt the tears well up in my eyes, my throat closing. Just as I was recalling how Kevin had asked me to stay at Johns Hopkins that night, and the next morning I could feel his