Grief Counseling At The Gordon Hospice House

Today I attended The Grief Counceling session at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, N.C. I find great comfort in attending those sessions. All the people who take part are like me, mourning the loss of a loved one or maybe more than one loved one.  I go, not only for the recent loss of [...]

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WorkingTo Improve My Yard With Out Bob’s Help

Today I started making flowerbeds and container gardens.  I have Marigolds, Bachelor Buttons,Impatiens, Sea Roses, Geraniums and Coluis to set out.  I have spent half the day getting my front flowerbeds  prepared to plant.  I did put some Hosta in a large container.  I want to divide some of the Irises.  I put small Caladiums [...]

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Learning To Accept the Widow Label

I have recently chosen to go to the doctors that I went to before Bob illness.  In addition to those doctors two new doctors have been added.  Every time I go I am asked to fill out a form about my health, meds, habits, and so on and so forth.  Each form has a box [...]

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A Trip to Myrtle Beach

Last Friday, the thirteenth, my daughter, Son-in-law and I went to Myrtle Beach. We were planning to stay until Monday but Sharon decided to stay another day. We took my little dog hoping she would enjoy an outing.  It was a little chilly when we arrived so I found a flannel jacket that belonged to [...]

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Grief, A Never-Ending TASK

Today is March 29, 2012. I started out the day feeling sorry for myself.  Today would have been our 48th wedding anniversary if Bob would have lived until today.  The Doctor who did Bob’s brain surgery estimated he would live 6 months if no surgery was performed. If he opted for the surgery he might [...]

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Letters From the Past

Since Bob passed away I have kept myself busy reorganizing my house.  I have mentioned that I am a hoarder of sorts.  Years ago Bob worked out-of-state lots of time.  He might be in one place for as much as year.  One day when I was moving some things around a little drawer fell out [...]

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Learning to Kill My Own Snakes

” Learning to kill my own snakes” was a phrase I read somewhere many years ago  referring to women learning to take care of themselves rather than relying on their husbands or other male relatives to do the job for them..  Of course, I would never kill a snake.  Better to let it go on about its [...]

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The Red Bud Bushes Are In Bloom In My Home Town

Tuesday, March 13 I went back to Gordon Hospice house for grief counseling.  It has been 6 weeks since Bob passed away.  I am not unique in my grieving for it seems everyone who has lost a spouse to death has to work through the same situations that I am doing.  Having  to deal with [...]

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Tying Up Loose Ends

Bob passed away 3 weeks ago after battling a glioblastoma brain tumor since November 2011. I have tried to stay busy and I do have enough to do to stay busy 24 hours a day. If some one calls me and ask me to accompany them to some place of interest I usually go to [...]

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A Tearfull Time

Bob’s funeral was Saturday, February 4th.  The visitation,the funeral,  all the friends and family who came to comfort me, every thing, is a blur, like a dream.  My sister-in-law took me to the court-house to help me get started with settling the estate.  Even with a will there is so much to do.  She is [...]

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