A camp for widows and widowers?
04/03/2016
When Michele Neff Hernandez was widowed at a young age and couldn’t find a community of widows who wanted to focus on moving forward she created one. From that first, small gathering of widows and widowers Camp Widow® has grown into three weekend long events. Read the rest of this entry »
“…with a little help from my friends”
29/01/2016
“Behind every successful woman is a tribe of other women who have her back.” Unknown
Sean O’Keefe, me, Vikki Locke and Kimberley Kennedy
My tribe has really outdone themselves.
On Tuesday, January 12th my memoir, Building A Life You Love After Losing the Love of Your Life officially launched with an event at Georgia Public Broadcasting. Read the rest of this entry »
Building A Life You Love…
19/01/2016
I’m very excited to announce the launch of my memoir, Building A Life You Love After Losing the Love of Your Life.
I read several widow memoirs after my husband died over six years ago. I found it encouraging to read how others had survived what, at the time, seemed unsurvivable. One of the things I noticed is that most of the books started with the diagnosis or accident and went through all the treatment, hospital visits, ups and downs of illness then the death and funeral. The book would be halfway or two-thirds over before they talked about how they dealt with life after the loss.
My book starts the day after the burial with a chapter called, “In Bed with Jose Cuervo.” Read the rest of this entry »
When it’s Time to Take Off the Rings
15/09/2015
“It’s been twenty-two months for me,” she said.
We had just disembarked from our cruise ship and were waiting for the train excursion to board when I began talking to the woman beside me. She was petite, attractive and beautifully dressed. Her hair was ‘fixed’ as we say in the South and her makeup skillfully applied. Although we were Read the rest of this entry »
When do you miss him or her most?
31/08/2015
Yesterday was a rainy Sunday. I thought of Phil and how we used to spend rainy Sundays. Read the rest of this entry »
My brain tumor widow sister
06/10/2014
Myra and Cynthia Camilleri in Yellowstone National Park
About three months after Phil had been diagnosed with a GBM brain tumor I got an email from a woman named Cynthia. She told me that she was a friend-of-a-friend and had heard about Phil’s diagnosis. Her husband had recently been diagnosed with the same thing and she wondered if we could talk. Of course! We exchanged phone numbers and planned a time for a call. Read the rest of this entry »
The Best Worst Life
19/09/2014
Celebrating my “best worst life”
“You have the best worst life ever!” my friend, June Cline said recently. I laughed and agreed. We were sitting in my high-rise condo with the great view talking about my work projects and various social activities on the calendar. Read the rest of this entry »
You will find joy again!
09/09/2014
Myra and Kathy Betty
I’d been widowed about a year and thought I was doing pretty well. I was dressed, upright and out pretending to be a business woman again. Read the rest of this entry »
Recreating Joy 