I believe that the Holiday season is the most difficult period when a person is grieving. This feeling never stops while so many memories flood our very beings. Most of us can recall sharing good times, okay times and not-so-okay times in celebrations with our families and friends. I am thankful to … [Read more...]
Twenty-Four Hours Later
I awoke that first morning with a start. Sitting straight up in bed, I threw the quilt off my body and reached over on my left side. Empty and cold, the sheet slippery with emptiness, I remembered. My husband died yesterday. I was alone in our bed. This time yesterday, he had slept soundly … [Read more...]
First You Cry!
In the early 80’s, Betty Rollins, wrote and published a book called: FIRST YOU CRY. Instantly a bestseller, I like millions of readers, purchased and read this fine piece of work. I like many others, paged through its contents never imagining that one day, they, me, would be living from the same … [Read more...]
The Resting Place
For many reasons, I chose to have a private interment for my husband. My main focus was protecting our son from a “public burial.” A short service led by our beloved pastor took place. Then we all touched the coffin and went home. Many years later, as I tell this story, I know this was a good … [Read more...]
Let’s Just Stay Here
On our last trip to Florida in the Spring of 1998…I share these memories with you. All of the what ifs we think about…are normal and real to us all. ______________ Sitting on a windy beach John and I leaned against each other, and I suggested, “Why don’t we just stay here and wait to see what … [Read more...]
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