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CONFESSIONS OF A LIKELY WIDOW

A Young Widow's Reflections on Chronic Illness, Loss, Grief and Faith

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That Time I Dodged a Bullet

It still hurts. Rejection, feeling messed with, feeling cast aside. But I think I dodged a bullet. I met HW and it felt good to feel a...

A New Direction - or at least a breadcrumb

I've spent 2.5 hours today crying and processing all that God is doing in my heart. My counselor says this is a landmark day. Like the...

A New Dream

I need a new dream. I've been waiting for someone to give one to me, and I've felt aimless. Maybe remarriage has become my new dream. ...

Protection and Provision

God gives us protection and provision. No - God IS our protection and provision. As I've been chasing down this relationship with HW...

Lessons Learned - Day 1 of Heartbreak

It is amazing how much can be revealed in a day. A day of letting it soak in that whatever relationship I thought I had with HW and...

Morning After Thoughts

This hurts. I woke up and it still hurts. But it does feels a little different - or maybe I'm just getting some clarity. I tried way too...

The One Where My Vulnerable Heart Gets Hurt

I was friend-zoned but I was doubting it. After all, the next day he was flirting with me over text again like nothing had happened. So...

Friend-Zoned

I was friend-zoned HARD last night It stings. It's disappointing. My friendship with HW has grown since we first met in November and our...

Trust Fall

Today I'm taking a big leap. A trust fall off a cliff, waiting for Jesus to catch me. We fly to Bogota, Colombia today. First time back...

Galactic Thunder

It's been a big week. Saturday was P's 8th birthday party. We also went to G's favorite restaurant (Buffalo Wild Wings) in his honor and...

It's April

It's April. The month I've been dreading. The month I've tried to put off by looking the other way, not flipping the calendar to take a...

Blenders & Waves

Shortly after G died, I began hearing the metaphor that grief comes in waves. It recedes and comes, recedes and comes, over and over...

Courage, Dear Heart

“But no one except Lucy knew that as it circled the mast it had whispered to her, "Courage, dear heart," and the voice, she felt sure,...

One Thing is Vital

What do I need... I mean really need... to survive this life? I used to think (let's go back to high school here) that it was my horse. ...

No Wrong Road?

We tend to obsess over finding God's will for our lives. I see this all the time in the college students that I work with. One season is...

Only Jesus

Only Jesus can tell me who I am Only Jesus sees Only Jesus loves me fully with a love that can satisfy Only Jesus knows my future Only...

Can I Crash?

I've been really brave lately. Booking flights and planning trips without G. He always did these things for us. Getting ready to go out...

Worry is a Liar

We went to St. Thomas in January of 2020. I was so worried. So many things could go wrong. What if G got Zika? What if he had a health...

The Conduit and the Source

Yesterday I was talking to a friend about fear. Fears that I have for the future - for any changes that I might make. I look back and I...

Losing People

(written 2/10/22 - posted late) Yesterday was triggering. HW let me know that his kids won't be returning to the same school that they...

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