Sunday, August 4, 2024
In the end, that is what we did. I loaded my car with my possessions and dogs, and she packed hers with her stuff, and everything else was left to the moving company. Six hours later, we pulled into my home in the Upper Peninsula and went inside with the animals. Two days later, four moving vans... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Finding Myself Again - Part Fourteen
It's Part of 'The Game' The next two months were a busy time. Heather had no idea that taking a settlement and leaving her job was going to be such a trying issue. Once she told her attorney to move forward with leaving, the hospital began to push her to work more hours and gave her less than... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, August 2, 2024
Finding Myself Again - Part Thirteen
I got to Heather's place about twenty minutes before she did, and did some of her laundries for her and started a light dinner. In the last ten months I was with Judy, I was doing laundry at least twice a day, and it became a habit. When she walked into the house, Heather gave me a tight hug and a... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Finding Myself Again - Part Twelve
It was about six in the morning when I woke up shivering. It took me a moment to figure out where I was, and then I realized that I was covered in the dew of an Upper Peninsula morning. I got up and wandered inside to take a hot shower and change my clothes. I was toweling off when my cell phone... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Finding Myself Again - Part Eleven
Heaven's Light Regardless of what you might think, we spent the next seven nights as we did the first, sleeping very close to each other, but nothing else. By the third night, it was like we had been together for years. My blood pressure had begun to drop, and Heather began to smile more. My doctor... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Finding Myself Again - Part Ten
The next three weeks were better than I could have ever imagined. We would go to restaurants, movies, and even grocery shopping twice. Heather seemed to smile more, and her endless conversations were just what I needed to calm myself. One afternoon, we were on our way to her aunt's home to get... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, July 29, 2024
Finding Myself Again - Part Nine
I didn't try to contact Heather until the following Thursday afternoon. A part of me wanted to do it much sooner, but I was afraid of what she might tell me. The last few days had played havoc with my thoughts, and I had to force myself to dial her number. The first time I dialed, it rang busy, a... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Finding Myself Again - Part Eight
I hesitate to tell you that I spent the next several days in my bedroom in my rocking chair with the lights off, totally devastated. The hurt of my wife's passing began all over again, plus now I had caused my friend's fresh pain. I wanted to call Heather to remind her that she had over a year to... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Sunset At the Lake
I may have posted this before, but I'm posting it again for a reason. Our fourth wedding anniversary is rapidly approaching; this photo is where we spent our first night together. I love my wife so much... it's difficult for me to even begin to think of where I would be today without her in my life. Sign in to see full entry.
Finding Myself Again - Part Seven
We talked for almost another hour. It took several minutes, but after that, I felt like I was in my twenties again. We talked about how life had brought us to our current situations and our plans for the future. Heather had been a nurse for a long time, but a broken hand had hampered her return to... Sign in to see full entry.