Tag: widow
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Agreeable Gray
Read more…: Agreeable GrayDid you know there is a paint color called Agreeable Gray? Apparently, it is pretty popular among the “greige” neutrals for interior walls. I learned this, and the fact that there is even a color word called greige, when I decided my house needed a refresh shortly after my husband died. I remember calling the…
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I didn’t have much to say…
Read more…: I didn’t have much to say…I am coming out of winter hibernation without much of a story to share. I kind of suck at widowing in the winter. Why does January feel like a long weekend in purgatory? Why is it followed by February with Valentine’s Day and Girl Scout cookies? I wish I could tell you it is getting…
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In Lieu of Flowers
Read more…: In Lieu of FlowersIn Lieu of Flowers…this sentence is usually finalized with all the many ways you can help honor the death of a loved one. Here I am on the eve of another December 3rd, and all I want to share is how much gratitude I have for the man who left me here and the village…
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Get back out there, they said…
Read more…: Get back out there, they said…I am 18 months into being “alone” in a world where I spent almost 30 years as a couple with my late husband, Erik. I have just started to use the phrase, “my late husband” because I have been referring to him as “my husband” in the present tense since he died. That is a…
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Potholes
Read more…: PotholesI am in a pothole. I named these “grief episodes” after the cracks in the road that sometimes take us by surprise when we are driving. I never see them coming but have been learning to navigate them when they hit me. I know they are temporary and necessary for my growth. But they are…
