Ever since Don Shepherd died, twelve years ago, sleep has been a problem. Like, a major problem. As in, I don’t sleep well at all. In the beginning, I barely slept at all. I would be lucky to get 2 or 3 hours those first few months after he died. Then, very slowly, it started […]

I have always loved and appreciated words. The way they form, the meaning behind them, where they originated from, how they sound. Everything about words and language I seem to connect with on both an emotional and visceral level. With that in mind, I have always loved the word healing, and not been fond of the word […]

Sorry this post is being posted so late today. We have been outside most of the day enjoying the gorgeous weather that has finally come our way the last couple of days. We have been out by our pool, and we gave our friends an “open invite” to stop by , have some food on […]

Yesterday, we had our Soaring Spirits Regional Group meetup, at a wonderful outdoor place here in Massachusetts called Hollis HIlls Farms. They have numerous picnic tables for seating, live music, an ice-cream stand, pick your own flowers/apples/blueberries, delicious farm fresh lunch items, apple cider donuts, and chickens roaming around in the grass being chases by […]

Today I’m attending an outdoor ceremony and gathering to unveil a park bench that will bear the name Tim O’Brien on it, in his honor and memory. Tim died from a sudden heart attack on November 20, 2021. He was 50 yrs old and he was doing something he loved when he died – running. […]

There are a lot of weird thoughts that come into my head on the regular, as a person who has now been widowed for over a decade. The widowed mind is strange. Or maybe MY mind is just strange. I don’t know. What I DO know is my brain makes me laugh sometimes, and other […]

Before Don’s sudden death on that ordinary Wednesday back in July of 2011, I am not sure if I believed in signs or energy or souls or whatever you want to call it. Even now, all these years later and after the countless times Ive felt him close or felt an obvious Don-vibe happening, I […]

Hello Lovely Readers. Happy Sunday to you all. Every now and again, at 12 years post-loss, there is a day or two where things are just really nice. Sometimes it can even be a small moment, and sometimes it can be an entire day or maybe even two. And when those days happen, the love […]

So last Sunday, once again I forgot to write my blog post in here. My apologies. Again. But I have a pretty good excuse this time, I think. Well, a better excuse than most of the other times when I just forget because Im scatter-brained and have widow brain and grief fog, even 12 years […]

Happy Sunday everyone! Those of you who have followed me here on this blog or elsewhere in the widowed community probably know by now that July 13th will be twelve years since the sudden and life-altering death of Don Shepherd. You may also know that on the first year anniversary, at the suggestion of my […]

Happy Sunday, good friends in the Land of Loss and/or Widowhood who are reading this. Here in Massachusetts, it is pouring down rain and there will be storms and thunder and lightning today. Again. It feels like its done nothing but rain since about mid-May, and since we opened our pool for the season; excited […]

Hello Sunday Readers! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the concept of TIME. How it goes sooo fast when you are a kid (or maybe it doesn’t if you experienced a traumatic/unpleasant childhood), yet soooo slowly when you are older. How there are times when we all wish we could either speed up time, […]