by barhop | Dec 30, 2018 | Blog, Tips, Topics & Stories |
Are you starting a new year without your partner?That prospect can be pretty scary… especially if you are a recent widow or widower. Most likely, you blended your lifestyle so that you each were responsible for part of the household chores, but now you have...
by barhop | Dec 23, 2018 | Blog, Tips |
Christmas is almost upon us! What makes that holiday (or Hanukkah) seemingly worse for grievers than other holidays? Is it because of all the commercial hype? Is it because it is a gift-giving holiday? Is it because we gather with family more than other holidays,...
by barhop | Dec 11, 2018 | Blog, Tips, Topics & Stories |
Tomorrow is the anniversary of our engagement. Just another milestone I can’t celebrate this year because my husband died suddenly fourteen months ago. This one is in the middle of holidays… How those have changed since Jim died! I’m going to...
by barhop | Nov 24, 2018 | Blog, Topics & Stories |
Here it is, Thanksgiving Weekend… and while I’m thankful for so much in my life, this year has been a struggle more than most years. But it’s also had some great times. This ‘take-2-steps-forward-and-1-back’ up and down process has taught...
by barhop | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog, Topics & Stories |
Grief & moving on take time… over which we have little control. Back in December, I wrote a blog about losing my husband suddenly in October… then getting through the holidays and restarting my regular blogs for A Butterfly’s Journey. I hoped...
