I hate the word “Widow”

One thing every “widow” I have met agrees about, and I have met several since becoming a widow eight and half months ago, is we all hate the word “widow”. It conjures up images of “The Black Widow” who kills her mates, old frail ladies who will now need to be taken...

Grief is…

Grief is…. Going to McDonalds, though you haven’t eaten beef for over a year, ordering a Big Mac Meal with Coke, taking it home, putting aside 5 or so French fries for your French fry loving dog. Wolfing down the burger and fries with coke and then going to the...