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Thursday, August 1, 2024

Finding Myself Again - Part Twelve

It was about six in the morning when I woke up shivering. It took me a moment to figure out where I was, and then I realized that I was covered in the dew of an Upper Peninsula morning. I got up and wandered inside to take a hot shower and change my clothes. I was toweling off when my cell phone... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Finding Myself Again - Part Eleven

Heaven's Light Regardless of what you might think, we spent the next seven nights as we did the first, sleeping very close to each other, but nothing else. By the third night, it was like we had been together for years. My blood pressure had begun to drop, and Heather began to smile more. My doctor... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Finding Myself Again - Part Ten

The next three weeks were better than I could have ever imagined. We would go to restaurants, movies, and even grocery shopping twice. Heather seemed to smile more, and her endless conversations were just what I needed to calm myself. One afternoon, we were on our way to her aunt's home to get... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 29, 2024

Finding Myself Again - Part Nine

I didn't try to contact Heather until the following Thursday afternoon. A part of me wanted to do it much sooner, but I was afraid of what she might tell me. The last few days had played havoc with my thoughts, and I had to force myself to dial her number. The first time I dialed, it rang busy, a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 28, 2024

Finding Myself Again - Part Eight

I hesitate to tell you that I spent the next several days in my bedroom in my rocking chair with the lights off, totally devastated. The hurt of my wife's passing began all over again, plus now I had caused my friend's fresh pain. I wanted to call Heather to remind her that she had over a year to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 27, 2024

Sunset At the Lake

I may have posted this before, but I'm posting it again for a reason. Our fourth wedding anniversary is rapidly approaching; this photo is where we spent our first night together. I love my wife so much... it's difficult for me to even begin to think of where I would be today without her in my life. Sign in to see full entry.

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Finding Myself Again - Part Seven

We talked for almost another hour. It took several minutes, but after that, I felt like I was in my twenties again. We talked about how life had brought us to our current situations and our plans for the future. Heather had been a nurse for a long time, but a broken hand had hampered her return to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 26, 2024

Finding Myself Again - Part Six

As the afternoon gave way to evening, I walked about my living room floor for fifty minutes before the clock read 8:07. 'If I call right at eight, I'll look too eager and pathetic!' I'm telling you, I was nervous. I slipped my Bluetooth on my left ear and dialed her number. The phone rang three... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Finding Myself Again - Part Five

Fighting For My Sanity For the next six months, my life consisted of keeping my head down, my mouth shut, and my eyes dry. I couldn't think of anything except my writing. If I thought or were reminded about my wife, it would send me spiraling into a rabbit hole that would take days, sometimes weeks... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 11, 2024

Finding Myself Again - Part Four

Then It Came To Pass On the Sunday afternoon of April 8th, Judy became more aware that she had been over the previous sixty days. She talked to me about things that had happened in our lives. Some of those things were good, some bad, but all had been a part of our lives. She held my hand tight and... Sign in to see full entry.

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