Grief, Coffee, and Conversations That Never End
Still Sipping with Eddie Every morning, Eddie and I had this sacred little ritual: coffee, news, and absolutely no deep conversation. Mostly because Eddie was not what you’d call…
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Grief and Stress: One Less Layer of Weight
Stress does weird things to the body. Add in menopause and grief, and suddenly you’re waking up drenched every night, wondering if this is just how things go now….
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What Grief Teaches You After Losing Someone You Love
Grief has changed me. Who I am now feels light-years from the woman I was on May 15th, the day before my husband left this world. Loving Eddie, and…
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Turns Out, We Still Know How to Laugh
What do you get when you attend an afternoon tea with people who’ve recently lost someone they love? If you guessed sadness, and an emotional landslide of tears… you’d…
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A Love That Lives On
This year’s Father’s Day was a special day. I woke up to a text from Eddie’s daughter, asking if I and her siblings wanted to do something in their…
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Business Mode
Eddie had just leased a new car two weeks before he passed. When people ask how I’ve been keeping it together, my answer is simple: “Right now, I’m in…
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Keep on Moving
It’s 4:24 a.m. I wake, turn to my right, and open my eyes—but Eddie isn’t there. He’s not there for me to rest my leg on, to move closer…