You Cannot Steal My Story
About 2 years ago, I wrote a blog piece in this very blog, entitled “I Will Never Move On.” http://www.ripthelifeiknew.com/2016/02/18/move/ It was one of my most popular blog pieces to date, and it...
View ArticleThe Book Is Here!!! The Book is Here!!! The Book is Here!!!!
First off, I apoligize for slacking on writing in this blog lately. I am going to do better. I promise. But anyone who follows this blog knows that for the past 5 years, I have been writing my book...
View ArticleJust Like That
Next month will be 7 years since my beautiful husband Don went to work one morning, and never came home. Life has been life. Ups and downs. Years of therapy, grief counseling, writing, healing,...
View ArticleCoffee with the Wind
Our cats are still here. They still sit in your recliner chair, and fight, and sleep, and Autumn still attacks Sammy for no reason. Im still watching the US Open. By myself. Roger Federer lost in a...
View ArticleBeneficiary
All it took was one text. One little text for my heart to do flipflops, and to feel nauseous. Anxiety, panic, and fear set in. All the voices from grief’s terror chamber, emerged. Earlier this morning...
View ArticleWill I Ever Stop Asking ….
Will I Ever Stop Asking Where would we be, had you not died? Will I ever stop wondering what would have happened in our life together if you were still here? Will I ever be at peace with the idea that...
View ArticleTightrope Walker
Have you ever felt like your life as a widowed person has you being pulled and pushed in multiple directions? Like you are walking a tightrope, but nobody bothered to ever give you any lessons. It’s a...
View ArticleTen Things Ive Learned about Grief (on National Grief Awareness Day)
August 30th is/was National Grief Awareness Day. After eight years of living with the sudden death of my husband, here are some things about grief that I would like to share forward – things that...
View ArticleLife Summary and Holiday Book Savings !
Hello Fellow Blog Readers!!! I know its been awhile. Trust me. I know. I REALLY need to get back on here and start writing again. And I need to write more regularly. Life has been SO crazy busy. I dont...
View ArticleJust That Kind of Day
Im missing him LOUDLY today. Like, I woke up and I could feel the missing of him, like a very loud drumbeat, but even more so, like an entire orchestra of missing. The missing him sounded like music –...
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