Category: married life

• Relationship Reflections

  I’ve been reflecting on the relationship lessons I’ve learned in my lifetime based on the 54 years my husband and I had together before he passed. We both grew through the many stages of maturity – individually and as a couple. Here’s what I learned personally:

  December 25, 2022

  married life

  communication, laughter, love forever, patience, reality, relationships, understanding

• A 5th Wheel

  Ever been a 5th wheel dining alone with other couples? I never had until I was recently invited out to Happy Hour at a restaurant with two other couples. It was my first time since my husband, Jack, had passed, and my monkey mind was coming up with all kinds of worries about being a…

  August 31, 2022

  grief, Jack, love, married life, widow

  angels on earth, friendship, laughter is the best medicine, plus one, put yourself out there, worry

• My Story – Time To Let Go

  I realize now that “my story” about myself had become a prison of sorts – defining my limits of well-practiced worries in my own mind. Do you ever feel that way? That what you tell yourself is true even though you know it’s based on fear?  I truly believed that losing my husband would be unfathomable,…

  August 10, 2022

  fear, grief, love, married life, widow

  counselor, death of a loved one, life coach, worries