Death of a Spouse

Life After Loss the Afterwards

Monday, April 23, 2018

On February 11th, 2018 it was nine years since my husband, Marty, passed away.  I saw a post on Instagram the other day which took my breath away because the words define “the afterwards” of life after loss. Ode to The Afterwards “Grief is not a task to finish and move on, but an element of yourself.   An alteration of your being.  A new way seeing.  A new definition of self.” Up until the last year of my husband Marty’s life,  I had been working as a businesswoman in the corporate world. Luckily,  the Universe handed me the gift […]

Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

The Yin and Yang of Love after Spouse-Loss

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Unbelievable as it seems, it has been four years since my husband passed away. Every year, from January 26th until February 19th, I go into a Bermuda triangle of memories and emotions – his birthday, the day of his death and our anniversary fall on these dates. You would think grief would have loosened its hold on me, but these meaningful days still haunt me. I loved my husband for 44 years (notwithstanding all the ups and downs of most marriages).  Today, I am blessed to be in a committed and loving relationship with a wonderful man who has graced my […]