Almost three months
posted 6 days ago | 6 comments
I posted a blog almost three weeks ago and I was trying to keep up with my friends here but I just couldn't write. I thought about it but I feel so lost most of the time.
I would like to report that I am walking every morning with a neighbor for...
I would like to report that I am walking every morning with a neighbor for...
Week Eight - Where is the time going?
posted 27 days ago, updated 8 minutes later | 6 comments
Can you believe it has been two months since my husband died? I can't but I guess I am too close to it. I am totally messed up about time.
I have survived by working non-stop since the Monday after the Memorial Service. I used to be a workaholic ...
I have survived by working non-stop since the Monday after the Memorial Service. I used to be a workaholic ...
Week Six and Seven - Dia De Los Muertos
posted about 1 month ago, updated 5 minutes later | 5 comments
Dia De Los Muertos is a tradition that celebrates the memory of dead ancestors whose souls visit the living once a year. The celebration, as it is practiced in Mexico and increasingly in the U.S., is a fusion of Catholic and Aztec traditions.
The...
The...
Week Four and Five - Back to Work
posted about 1 month ago | 8 comments
Where have I been? I went back to work again. Everyone was glad to see me and after a few - "so sorry for your loss"-es and hugs - I worked from Tuesday through Friday. Then, I had edits over the weekend and spent Tuesday and Wednesday observing t...
Week Three - Closure
posted 2 months ago, updated 16 minutes later | 9 comments
The memorial was held this week and we had a very nice celebration of his life. The flowers were beautiful and my nephew did a nice job with the eulogy. The restaurant was a perfect venue. The people who attended said all the right things. Two bro...
Week 2 - Looking for the new normal too soon
posted 2 months ago, updated 27 minutes later | 4 comments
I am sitting in my office typing on my computer and from this vantage point - I can see my husband's empty chair. Every few minutes, I glance to the left to make sure he is alright but he is not here anymore. I doze on the couch and he doesn't wak...
Week One - I'm a widow
posted 2 months ago | 10 comments
This week has been filled with periods of doing the administration of my Albie's passing and sitting on the couch staring. I am glad that I am taking some time to "recover" because everything is messed up here. I find myself wandering and then, I ...
The Last Days - Week 5
posted 3 months ago | 27 comments
It was midnight when I got home on Tuesday after bringing his caregiver home. The man had gotten so attached to Albie that he said he would be taking a couple weeks off to grieve and recover. He had never worked private duty and he said that you g...
The Visit - Week 4
posted 3 months ago, updated 24 minutes later | 9 comments
Whether you are religious or not, I am sure that there have been times in your life that you shake your head and say - "Wow! I didn't see that coming" and know that God (or the universe...) works in mysterious ways.
The issue with my husband 's ...
The issue with my husband 's ...
Finishing a Promise - Week 3
posted 3 months ago | 9 comments
I promised that I would write something about how I was doing and I decided that today was the day. The promise that I am talking about in the post title is the promise I made to my husband - to take care of him until the end at home and that is c...
