Thanksgiving Day morning – my girl and me! Thanksgiving came…and went! All-in-all…I think I did surprisingly well for my first Thanksgiving as a new widow. We traveled about 3 1/2 hours away to enjoy the festivities with friends. With only one exception that I can recall (last year), we’ve spent Thanksgiving with the Hampson family…
It’s here. Another of the many days I’ve been awaiting with guarded anticipation. My first Thanksgiving as a widow. In truth, I don’t like this place I find myself. I don’t like being a 39-year-old widow (yes – I’m still 39 for another month or so…ha!). I see the Norman Rockwell paintings of families on…
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve replayed Tuesday night, May 3, in my mental CD player – over and over and over. Track 1 – Can’t get Chris to respond to my texts or callsTrack 2 – Something’s wrong – need helpTrack 3 – At the police station filing a missing person’s reportTrack…
“I’ve been told this day was coming for many months now. My Creator announced to me in August that He had a very special plan for me…so special, in fact, that it would require my leaving the only home I’ve ever known…forever. My home…this beautiful farm displayed with so many of my pine-scented friends. Some…
I sat down on the couch and turned on the remote to browse for television “background noise”. I pulled my laptop closer, as I planned to spend time editing some pictures I took for a friend recently. And then I realized it. Something so minor to the “normal” person but yet so profound to this…
I’ll admit it. I’m not the most observant person…especially when it comes to remembering what people where wearing. (Ironically, I’m very much a visual learner.) I’ve always said that I would probably never be able to identify a criminal in a lineup or anything of the sort, because I struggle to remember the details of…
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