Uncategorized Weird Times These are weird times. But I'm grateful to not be alone in this. I'm amazed each day that I get to have a partner to struggle through this with. I'm happy for technology that can connect me to all of you: friends, family and
Uncategorized Genesight Genetic Testing and Mental Health I've been sharing my mental health journey with a lot of you, and honestly, it helps! While being vulnerable can be scary, I think it's good to admit where you are in life in realistic terms. I've been waiting on my results from a
Uncategorized #bodypositive when you're not a mom. I've used it. The #bodypositive hashtag. It had been a good, but emotionally tough weekend, and when I dolled myself up one night when my husband and I were out of town, I felt pretty. I felt good about myself and my physical presence which is something I
Life You Never Know When Our first Widow Voyages trip of 2017 was a small group and I allowed one our widows to bring her mother along to help fill out the group so we could still go. It was a first for our trip to include a non-widowed person, but I knew the widow
Uncategorized Family is what you make it This week my mother in law is visiting from Winnipeg. My other mother in law. Mom II. Kevin and I were only married a year and a half before he died, so I can't say I had a long term relationship with my in laws. Even though we
Life Furthest Out Amongst my widowed friends I am one of the furthest out, meaning, that I've been widowed longer than most of the others in my grief circle of friends. I see their struggles, I feel their pain, yet I can't go "back there". On that
Local The Perfect Moment at the Post Office I stood in line a bit sheepishly, taking up all of the postal worker's time. Before me were over 40 envelopes stuffed with my memoir, ready to be shipped out to my supporters all over the US and Canada. A woman came in and I looked at her
