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This Is As Good As It Gets ~ Grief Stricken Questions of Faith

My husband died.  Suddenly.  Horribly.  I will always be able to recall the image of his face at the moment when I knew there was nothing anyone could do.  I was losing him and there was nothing I, or...

2 comments    god faith death
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Good-Bye, Good-Night, Then Mourning, Not Morning - Part Two

My stepmother was next.  I saw her die.  She had breast cancer and was “not doing well.”  I had to go.  I went to see her for what was to be my one last time.  She had hated me all along because I...

1 comment    love family police
Friends - Shadow portrait.  My husband and me in the Old Burying Ground in Rockport, MA.54

"It's Fair Weather Today So Where Are All My Friends?"

I cannot remember where I saw the expression that titles this hub but it has stuck with me for all these years.  On more occasions than I'd like to say, it has proven out to be true.  Fair weather...

6 comments    friends death female
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A Hub About Wanting Your Hubs To Be Liked ~ The Curse of Hub Popularity

I posted a hub earlier this afternoon and I agonized about whether or not to trash it. It was a rant about celebrities and their crazy lives. It came from my feeling alone, struggling financially, and trying...

6 comments    writing hubs interest
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Lycra Spandexing and Tactel Micro-Nyloning Our Way to Hell

I got a catalog in the mail a few days ago.  No big deal.  I get my fair share.  Some I ask for.  Some find their way to me because I’ve fallen into that marketing bracket.  This particular catalog...

3 comments    aging wrinkles glasses
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Missing Posters of You

I drove myself to the river as fast as I could after I got the call. I'm still not sure how I got there. It was the kind of driving you don't remember, but all of a sudden you've arrived at your destination....

5 comments    death grief bereavement
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Soldiers, Dear John's, and Vietnam - Memorial Day After the Parades

I am a female.  I’ve never been to war.  I know only the stories told to be by those who were there and by the look in their eyes when they talk and when they don’t.  My husband was a Marine.  He had...

4 comments    war memories grief
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Life as a widow

Your life has just taken a dramatic turn...you have lost your husband, boyfriend, partner. Doesn't matter how or when, the fact remains you now feel like your life is over. The pain you are feeling prevents...

0 comments    love life advice
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