I can stand on my own. I heard that a few days ago. I hate those words. They literally make my stomach ache, even four years after Eric...

Hi Widow Friends, I haven’t written in over a month. My summer was insane. I had two teenagers at home and spent my days driving. I am...

Hi Friends, How are you as we move from Spring to Summer? I recently made it through my wedding anniversary without crying. It was my...

Dear Friends, Apologies that I didn’t email you sooner, my week got away from me. How are you leading up to Mother’s Day? If you are not...

I’d like to think we started the day like any other. But I don’t remember. He was in Kansas, not California so that meant it would be a...

What’s the difference between the princess and the queen? Very simple, when you’re a princess you are only responsible for some of the...

Autumn is here. The change is resplendent. The colors are vibrant. It’s like a reverberating energy, a leaf’s last chance at life before...

How my life has changed. I used to bustle about in Sprouts, shopping organic, eating whole foods only, snacking on charcuterie. I never...

Our new tradition is to celebrate his life on a fun vacation. We toasted him and did daredevil things like skinny dipping and parasailing...

The morning after Eric died, a neighbor that I had met only once knocked on the door. This was a seminal moment for me, because I made a...

I have never written about Christmas in detail on my blog because it has just been plain old too hard. I have closed my eyes, plugged my...

Church had become a place of loneliness and desolation. Only faith brought me there the first months after Eric died. Faith and a desire...

I needed money. My mind was racing. Ideas. Ideas. Ideas. My husband had died two-and-a-half years before. We were well off financially,...