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This post contains affiliate links. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. You can read my full disclosure policy here. This year Mother’s Day is
Call me old-fashioned, but I still think there’s nothing better than getting an invitation, announcement, or card in the mail. For me, a handwritten note or a personal invitation is so much more personal than doing everything by email. Even in this digital age, I still try to make every
One of the biggest secondary losses I experienced after Garry died was the loss of our home. It seems silly to grieve something as materialistic and relatively unimportant as a structure of brick and wood, but for me our house wasn’t just a structure, it was our home. And it
It’s 2019, y’all (how in the heck did that happen?!)! I’m not sure why time is flying by so fast, but every January I find myself with the same urge for a clean slate. Are you the same? For me, that means a lot of purging of the things and
This Christmas will be our second without my husband and my kids’ father. I cannot honestly tell you whether so far it has been easier or harder than the first. All I can say is that it is different. The first Christmas after Garry died was only two months after
As you read this I am on my way to a very special place. This morning my alarm woke me at 4:00 a.m. Normally, I’d be a very grumpy person that early in the morning, but today I am making an important journey. Today I am headed to Asheville, North
One of the hardest parts about losing my husband has been carrying the knowledge that my kids will grow up without such a beloved and important figure in their lives. As we come up on Father’s Day, this knowledge gnaws at me and has been making me dread a day
Okay, folks. You have just over 2 weeks until Mother’s Day! Have you started thinking about what you’re going to get your mama? How about what you are going to ask for from dear old hubby (because you know that sweet man has no idea what to get you, bless
I was crying with my mom on the phone on Friday evening as I told her that I felt as though all the magic and joy had been sucked out of the holidays for me. After losing Garry in October, we have had to endure a rapid succession of “firsts”,
