I shared this on Facebook as we approached our first Christmas without Wayne. We’re at the four-month mark today. The boys and I are doing OK…probably because we’re stuffing down our emotions just to get through each day. I’m grateful for friends who continue to send...
“To love a woman, who has been through true darkness and the depths of pain, is no easy task.” ~said by someone smart on the internet somewhere Losing Wayne was a heart-opening experience. I learned to love deeper, to be raw, real, and more emotional…which of...
“And I know what I have to do now. I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?” Isn’t that the perfect metaphor for grief?!? I was watching “Castaway” the other day (for the gazillionth time) and again heard...
Brody and I went out to dinner on Friday night. We sat down in the two remaining chairs in the foyer of the restaurant and waited for our table. As a slew of people came in after us, I was excited to know we beat the rush. But it was after about five minutes when it...
This morning as we sat in a little corner of Starbucks, most people who were coming and going would think we were just a group of soccer moms hanging out and catching up. Probably no one would’ve guessed we were there talking about the worst pain we’ve ever...