Something I have realized lately is that the more I open up about my personal life and losing Chris, the more I find that people have similar stories of their own. We connect in a sad, but beautiful and powerful way. I’m thankful for all the new people I have met who have been willing […]
The short answer to this is “YES!” A widow and anyone else for that matter can do whatever they set their mind to and work at. It’s just a little different now. I may shed a couple more tears than I used to, but I value marriage and photography more now than I ever did before. […]
In tragedy there is hope. In tragedy there is also sometimes more tragedy. That has unfortunately been the case for my friends, the Ekren family and myself these past few months. Just last week, late Friday night, Chris’ Grandpa passed away. He couldn’t take the pain of having lost his wife a few years ago […]
I feel like the full title of this post should be “Learning to Grieve and Educating Others on How to Be a Positive Support,” that’s a little too long though. But, it is what I want to talk about and I feel a strong need to share from my experience. Grief is hard to put […]
Happy Birthday Chris! Today you would have been 25 years old my love. I wanted to throw him a big surprise party for his 25th, but instead I am hosting a different kind of party today. We will still get together with his family and close friends. We will have all of his favourite foods […]