Who Am I?

 I am just me.

A woman who was a wife for almost 35 years. 

A wife who was deeply, over-the-top, in love with her Sweetheart. 
I fell in love with Rick when I was 10 years old. 

But our love story goes back farther than that. 

A woman who became a widow in just one heartbeat, April 2015. 

A widow who has been through the storms of this life alone. 

A widow who walks in the wilderness. 

A widow who is still deeply, over-the-top, in love with her Sweetheart. 

A Momma. 

2 amazing kids. 

A Grannee.

4 "perfect" grandkids. 

A Great-Grannee.

1 precious treasured great-granddaughter. 

I write. 

A LOT. 

Much of what I write is simply the pouring out of my thoughts and soul into words - read by me, re-read, and then deleted. If anyone ever digs into the hard drive history of my computer - oh my! LOL 

I have a website that I am slowly working on, revamping to cover more than just a widow's life. 

In that website I have a blog - Coffee Thoughts - some of these blogs will be reshared here. 

I am working on a book - which is proving to be more of a challenge than I expected. And I am moving about like a turtle through peanut butter at this point! 

I am a woman of varied interests - reading, writing, cooking, genealogy, sewing, quilting, rock hunting, my plant babies, kids and grandkids, long walks and long drives down back country roads . . . and more. 

This blog is mostly about speaking the language of Grief - 

and surviving the storms of life while learning to walk alone in the wilderness of widowhood. 

Let me know what you think!