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My thoughts about life after losing my husband

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Small victories

I walked on a beach yesterday and didn’t cry.

It may seem stupid in some ways, but as I have shared in previous posts, the beach is the most sacred of spaces that I associate with my late husband, and it has been more than two years since I have had the courage to do so. Continue reading “Small victories” →

Author msanders1313Categories death, grief, WidowPosted on August 22, 2018September 12, 20187 Comments

Ring of truth

I married relatively later in life, and so being unfamiliar with some of its rituals, had asked my friend Pam about a rather important one in particular.

Continue reading “Ring of truth” →

Author msanders1313Categories death, grief, WidowPosted on April 27, 2018May 28, 20188 Comments

Uprooted

Just when you feel that your life may be on track, fate, the gods, or happenstance steps in front of you and waves its fat, jiggly arms.

I posted last week about tackling some of my late husband’s belongings in the bedroom. It was a mistake. Continue reading “Uprooted” →

Author msanders1313Categories death, grief, trees, WidowPosted on March 2, 2018April 1, 20183 Comments

A case of the onesies

In the South, you don’t go grocery shopping; you go “tradin’.”

And those four-wheeled caged contraptions you push up and down the aisles to transport your goods out to the car are not shopping carts, they’re called “buggies.”

Continue reading “A case of the onesies” →

Author msanders1313Categories death, grief, Uncategorized, WidowPosted on December 15, 2017January 29, 20184 Comments

Passed port

I decided to thin out my filing cabinet this weekend and came across my husband’s passport.

It was a wrench, I’m not gonna lie.   Continue reading “Passed port” →

Author msanders1313Categories death, grief, travel, Uncategorized, WidowPosted on August 21, 2017October 8, 20175 Comments

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