Widow's Voice

In Between

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and Betwixt.

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I’m ill

with Covid.

 

Illness is

one of those

things;

a part

of

life;

an

activity

of

the

living.

 

In between

and betwixt

countless

other

dailies

that are

just

for

me

now.

 

Tomorrow

is

back

again

already.

 

Trying to stay

in

the

now.

 

And still

keep up

as

tomorrow

moves

towards

me.

 

Over and over

it is

yesterday,

yesterday,

yesterday.

 

Trying not

to

place

a

value

judgment

as

I

move

from

day

to

day.

 

Finding

my way through

the

new

life

that is now mine.

 

Another

possible

way.

 

Another

impossibly

possible

way.

 

 

About Kathie Neff

Kathie Neff was widowed on April 15, 2021. She and her beloved husband, Dan, were high school sweethearts and enjoyed dancing and riding horses together. They lived in gratitude, hope and forgiveness for 50 years and nine months when Dan passed quietly late at night, surrounded by their seven children who, with Kathie, were caring for him in their family home.

Dan and Kathie have been a part of Camp Widow and Soaring Spirits International since its inception, as members of Michele Neff Hernandez’s cadre of helpers from the Neff family.

Kathie believes strongly in the strength and bond that is the gift of community and brings a heart of love for all who have been affected by death and dying.

Long live love. XO