What to Do When a Spouse Dies (Part One of the “Heart After Loss” Series) I don’t love talking about this part of my life, but it’s one of the main reasons I created this space.I want to share my faith, my stories, my life with Bill, our daughter, and the pieces of my journey…
Letting go and healing when a spouse dies is a process. Grief is unlike anything I’ve ever been through. It fits into its own category. It’s not a straight line or a five-box checklist. Most people move back and forth between feeling their loss and rebuilding daily life, sometimes in the same hour. That “whiplash”…
The night we met in 1996. It was the 90’s. It doesn’t sound like it was that long ago, but when I say July 13, 1996 and now it is 2025 (29 years!) then it feels like a long time ago. It was the time before everyone had cell phones. It was becoming a thing,…