Grief

I really do not know how people go through grief without the Lord.

People always say there are many stages of grief and there are. It depends on what kind of day I’m having as to which stage I’m going through. The pain only tells me the depth of love that Tom and I had for each other.

Grief hits me without a warning sometimes – for example, while shopping at Walmart, I broke down and sobbed. Some stranger came up to me and gave me a hug and walked away. That blessed me.

It is hard to say the words, “I’m a widow,” but I am, and my children no longer have a father. We look back and say how bless...