Tag: widowhood
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Widowhood–Navigating the emotional minefield on Valentine’s Day
After my beloved husband died in 2018, I knew that the days ahead, navigating through this new life I never wanted, would be challenging. Inevitably I encountered emotional landmines, especially during the holidays, riding a roller coaster of triggered anxiety and depression. Even something simple as grocery shopping and spotting a carton of orange sherbet—his…
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SMILE THROUGH THE TEARS
Like many people who are challenged with grieving the loss of a loved one, the upcoming Christmas season is again emphasizing the loss of my husband in every level of my being. It’s a daily struggle to navigate life without my beloved. I have learned that even on a day when I feel good, it…
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My New Life – Two Years Later
July 10, 2018 at 7:15 p.m.; I held my husband in my arms as he took his last breath. It was the biggest heartache of my life, and these past two years have been the hardest years of my life. Nothing prepared me for that last moment. Nothing prepared me for the days…
Selena Robins, Author 