This week is a big week for the widows in my life- the military widows of The American Widow Project. Wednesday, we had our first annual charity golf tournament for the organization. Each golf hole was dedicated to the soul mate of an AWP member. 

I spent the entire day on a golf course in North Carolina with about 120 supporters and 15 military widows. It was most definitely one of those days when you have to take a step back and shake your head in disbelief. So many supporters. So many survivors. And I am both. 

I watched these 15 widows play golf, interact with strangers, hand out prizes, and laugh out loud. They were living life. Something I, at one point, thought I’d never be able to do again. Time and time again “life” surprises me. Shocks me, even. And pushes me. All 15 of us have very different stories in comparison. We’re at different points in our journeys. But there we were in one place celebrating one thing… Life. The lives of our soul mates and our lives as survivors. 

At hole 8 I found myself smiling from ear to ear… because if I must walk this journey… that was exactly where I wanted to be on that day at that moment with those women. I was celebrating this journey… as were they.