Yesterday marks the four year anniversary of Brad’s death. I have felt this day creeping up. It stresses me out. I don’t really despise or hate this day. Some people may find that interesting. The only reason for that is because I feel that Brad is closer on May 1st. (and that’s saying something, because …
Driving home tonight a Sugarland song came on the radio. All of a sudden I am thrown back into a memory with Brad. Driving from Destin home to Panama City. We would go to Destin for a date or with the family every once in a while. I love that little stretch of road between. …
I can not see the ocean without thinking of Brad. He proposed to me on the beach. We got married and moved a few days later to our home in Florida. Not right on the beach, but close enough that when I needed to see the ocean I wasn’t further than about 15 miles away. …
Our little family attended out first TAPS event last month. TAPS stands for Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. TAPS provides support to all who have lost someone who served in the armed forces. I’ve been getting their magazine and emails for almost 4 years. I’ve always thought it would be good for us to go …
My birthday is on Veteran’s Day. It was the greatest day to have a birthday. Brad was always off work and I got to spend the whole day with him. I would wake to breakfast in bed – usually Brad’s famous French toast. (my favorite) He would have something amazing planned every year, little gifts …
I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was driving to school (I taught 2nd grade) and I heard something on the radio about a plane hitting the World Trade Center. I had only been able to listen for a minute or two before I got to school. I ran in and when I …
not really alone “I miss you extra today.” she said as she walked through the sand and allowed the tears to fall. The ocean was their place & she had loved being there with him. Here he had asked her to be his forever. They had lived & played & laughed & carved their names in the sand. It was hard to breathe without him today. She talked to him as she walked & told him how …
I have writer’s block. I’ve been trying to write for the past few months and I sit down and get something down and then I get freaked out about putting it on here. I’m not sure why. Now that this is “public” it is a lot harder for me to just sit down and write …
Mother’s day is another one of those holidays that I loved so much when Brad was here – but is difficult now without him. My first Mother’s day without him was the day after his funeral. That was a bad one. The other’s have been…o.k. I struggled with it this year and tried to …
Beginning 2.0… I have started a blog entitled One Widow’s Might. An explanation of this title is my first entry titled Beginning. For about one year, I have been writing about my current circumstances—being the widow of my sweet, wonderful, heroic husband Brad. Writing on this blog is therapeutic to me and provides a record …