Tag: widowhood journey
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Loneliness and Solitude
Loneliness – empty, silent, depressing, unwelcome Solitude – peaceful, thought-provoking, nourishing, welcome Being alone during that first year of grief was frightening. I dreaded hearing nothing and feeling everything. In the aloneness I was so aware of my devastating loss and how Monty wasn’t coming back. I hated it! So, I filled my days with…
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The Fog Will Lift
There is hope . . . At a counseling session, I was asked what I would say to myself in the early months of grief. “Hope” is the word that came to mind. I would relay the message that there is hope and that the fog will lift. Here’s what I would say: Dear Diana,…
Pieces of a Widow 