I sense there are other widows that felt vulnerable after their spouses died just as I did. In my denial of grief, about the 3 to 4 month marker, I admit I started to yearn for a male's touch.
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Don’t let the door hit you in the bum on the way out! Such a saying. How many times have I heard that, or wanted to tell someone that? The infamous door; we all walk out of them everyday. Sometimes it’s an angry walk as we posture for power, and make a statement.
Blame – v. To hold responsible or find fault with.
Balance – n. A stable mental or psychological state; emotional stability.
As I live my life, I am finding the stumbling and tripping in my world, has subtly turned into a cautious look down at my feet before I step. My inability to not understand a new day, has turned into a deep breath, a smile, and patient courage. My life has been spattered by an occasional visit from the Welcome Wagon; new and wonderful people who have entered my life, &nb
Moving forward after a loss of a spouse is difficult and sometimes seems impossible. But one must remember that our loved one would not want us to lock ourselves in the past. They would want us to learn to live and live life to the fullest. It is not letting the love or memory go it is letting the pain go.
Lost? We all land here eventually. Which way? And no clues anywhere. All the roads can look either "hopeful" or "Hopeless" . It's the moment when you have stop searching for the horizon, and look to the map that leads into your heart. Sometimes the loneliest moments, become the most spectacular...if you are using the right map.
