Today is the 13th anniversary of the day I started working for my late husband – I don’t think I’ve discussed this before, but my late spouse and I worked together before the whole “spouse” thing happened. And today is the anniversary of the day I came out for my training. You see, we were…
It’s cliche and trite, but the 2nd year of a child’s life is usually referred to as the “terrible 2’s” – it’s the developmental stage where toddlers are starting to explore their environment and encounter challenges that they are not developed enough yet to process, this results in tantrums, mood swings, and defiance. All of…
I have put this off for the last 3 days. It’s because I despise this month with the heat of a thousand burning suns. July. The month of American Independence. And the month my beloved departed this earth. This month is full of memories, good and bad. This month has multiple emotional tripwires. So you…
Un – It’s a prefix that means not. It’s used to a word an opposite or negative meaning. And I’m using it here because there’s so many times my mind wanders to the unfinished, the unfair, the unattainable, and the undone things. And that’s only a few of the the un prefixed words that bring…
A few days ago, America once again was rocked by another mass school shooting. I always despise how this plays out in American media and politics..but after losing my husband, it now sickens me. 18 children were murdered by a lost soul, and I won’t go into detail about that, it contains enough tragedy on…
This is going to be a long post – or possibly a series: Let’s talk Widow’s fog. Yes Virginia, there is a thing called Widow’s Fog. All humor aside, this is a serious subject, something I wasn’t prepared for at all. I spent about 2 weeks with this post, constantly re-reading it and editing it…
God is good, all the time, every time. That’s the the post. 😃
In my second post, I said I’d explain the reasons for the title of this blog – https://burnslikewhiskey.com/wp/2021/08/21/about-the-title/ I think it’s time to explain a reason (remember, I chose it for multiple reasons, so this is the start of the series). After the memorial and everyone went back to their lives, I had a lot…
Happy New Year! Or Happy Another Lap Around the Sun. No matter how you slice it, nothing changes just because the calendar year did. So I spent another New Years alone with myself. That makes 2. In 7 months I will be staring down year number two of being a widow. I have a list…
I haven’t posted in a long time. I meant too. I meant to do this almost daily, however my motivation seems to come and go at times. It’s good reminder of how loss of a loved one can turn into multiple losses. Loss of self, loss of motivation, loss of joy, loss of dreams, loss…