Mixed emotions
posted over 3 years ago, updated 7 minutes later | 1 comment
It has been 8 months since my husband passed away. So many mixed emotions with Christmas approaching and Thanksgiving gone.
Sam loved Thanksgiving. He was so helpful in the kitchen especially when I started working outside the home. He would cho...
Sam loved Thanksgiving. He was so helpful in the kitchen especially when I started working outside the home. He would cho...
Laid off?
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
Just like most of the American population, I am now looking at being laid off I think. I went from working a 40 hour week this summer down to a 36 hour week to 28 hours and now only 12 hours a week. My supervisor said my schedule was fine but if I...
Piano
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I asked a man that I work with to come and help me move my piano (he had helped me move it out of the living room) and we set up a time, he said he would be there. I had to call him back and tell him the time had changed as the two other people co...
Here comes the carpet!!
posted over 3 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 0 comments
Well, the last time I wrote I was sleeping on the couch in the TV room... I am now sleeping on te floor in the computer room and the carpet men came today and put down the carpet in my living room and the TV room. He said he would get the hallway ...
Changing after husband's passing
posted over 3 years ago | 3 comments
My life has changed in the few short months after my huband passed away.
Not only is this the first time have I ever lived by myself but this is also the first time that I am finding I do not have to compromise on what I pick to eat, buy or move ...
Not only is this the first time have I ever lived by myself but this is also the first time that I am finding I do not have to compromise on what I pick to eat, buy or move ...
To Biloxi and back
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
July 24th I was supposed to drive to Collinsville to meet my sister-in-law and spend the night there and drive to Biloxi the next day.
I didn't get off work until 6:00 p.m. that day and had not begun packing. I should have done that a few days a...
I didn't get off work until 6:00 p.m. that day and had not begun packing. I should have done that a few days a...
Always sadness
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
It has been two months since my husband has passed away and in a week and a half I will be traveling with my sister-in-law to the south to sprinkle his ashes where he wanted to be. The finality of this has set me back to doing a lot of crying.
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Birthday and Father's Day
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I made it through my birthday and Father's Day the first time this has rolled around since my husband passed away.
I worked on my birthday and worked an 8 hour day which helped a lot but I missed going out for dinner with him. He always would ta...
I worked on my birthday and worked an 8 hour day which helped a lot but I missed going out for dinner with him. He always would ta...
Starting Over
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
It has been 23 days since my husband passed away.
Starting over by myself is very hard. I try to go through things and I just have to stop. To many memories, a lot of them good, some sad.
I am not able to go through his clothes yet and give the...
Starting over by myself is very hard. I try to go through things and I just have to stop. To many memories, a lot of them good, some sad.
I am not able to go through his clothes yet and give the...
Hubands passing
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
As some of you may have read, my husband was diagnosed with cancer.
He passed away April 26, 2008 while I was holding his hand.
Hopsice is supposed to be a great help to those of us who decide to die with dignity and I think most of the time the...
He passed away April 26, 2008 while I was holding his hand.
Hopsice is supposed to be a great help to those of us who decide to die with dignity and I think most of the time the...
