The Mighty Widow

Can we please stop giving teens smart phones and mobile devices?
- October 16, 2017
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I ran across an article about a dad who dresses up in a hilarious outfit every day for the drive into school. If his kids whip out their cell phones…
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When You Get Left Behind With the Jackass
- October 5, 2017
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Ok, let’s call it a donkey. And it was in a dream so it wasn’t real anyway. Dreams tend to be highly personal, but I recently had one that I…
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Reflections on Turning 40: Shaking Off the Dust of the Last Decade
- August 5, 2017
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- The Widow Life
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As I write this, I am midway through my final day as a thirty-something. Tomorrow, I turn 40 and part of me wants to complain about getting old. But I…
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Until Every Little Piece of You is Gone
- July 28, 2017
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Note: Amazon links on this site are affiliate links. After my dad died unexpectedly, I distinctly remember sitting with my mom between visitations as she shoved his clothes into…
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The Privilege of Parenting an 18-Year Old
- July 10, 2017
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We’ve been a bit off-topic here lately. However, with my daughter’s graduation from high school this spring, my mind has been elsewhere. More specifically, it’s been thinking about how unexpectedly…
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Here’s to Being Average and Getting the Job Done
- June 6, 2017
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My daughter graduated from high school a few weeks ago. She’s my oldest, and it’s the first time we’ve been through all the pomp and circumstance. The day before graduation,…
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What I’ve Learned in Four Years as a Widow
- May 31, 2017
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Here we are. We come to this place every year. An anniversary. There are plenty of anniversaries to be had – job anniversaries, wedding anniversaries, home-buying anniversaries – but this…
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