Category: Widowhood
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Never the same
My husband Jacob and I were driving home and discussing plans for the week; I had previously left out some important details and we were trying to figure out a now last minute plan. Though he was frustrated, it was with gentle acceptance and his new found (and highly tested) patience that Jacob said, “It’s…
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Weeping through the night
When this image of me and my daughter came up on my Timehop from two years ago, my mind and my heart were instantly reminded of the weight of those first nights, those really hard nights. Psalm 30:5 says, “weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.” Publicly many people saw…
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Behind the name: The Neon W
The scarlet letter: a scarlet A worn as a punitive mark of adultery; from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter (1850). Instead of a scarlet letter A upon my chest, in September 2021 when I became a widow at the age of 30, I felt like I had a glowing, neon W buzzing above my…
The Neon W 