A Smiling Young Widow

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  • Cold Snap

    Tom was never cold. I am always cold. Tom would tell stories with a chuckle about someone at work complaining about the cold and then getting upset that Tom hadn’t… Read more

  • Pancakes

    This morning I woke up and decided today would be the day I made myself pancakes for the first time since Tom died. I cried, laughed, and thought of my… Read more

  • The Physicalness of Grief

    A few weeks ago I spent a few days in a row trying to decide if I had caught the flu or if this was just the ongoing stress of… Read more

  • The Loneliness of Grief

    Grief is the most universal human experience (sad fact, everyone will have to die at some point) yet it’s also such a personal experience. We all grieve differently and we… Read more

  • A Traveling Widow

    “Oh what a fun summer you have ahead of you”  “Wow you have a lot of trips to look forward to”  “Ooh I wish I could get away too”  “You’re… Read more

  • To blog or not to blog?

    I started my grief journey filling notebooks as if I was talking to Tom. I think it was a couple days after the funeral that I first tried writing. I… Read more

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