Diary of a Widow

My Savior. My Redeemer.

Lesson Manual: How to Be a Widow

Be confident in being you. Because now you are not defined by the couple that you are, but only by you and who you are. 

Lesson Manual: How to Be a Widow

Realize that as much as you want a friend, you may not ever find a friend of the male assortment.  Can men and women really be just friends? 

Dallin Oaks was raised by a widowed mother who used her faith and his parents' temple marriage to make his departed father a daily presence in his life.

It took me years to be able to sing certain hymns in church without crying.  Some days I still do. This is one of my new-found favorites.  I feel the words when I sing them.

He was embarrassed, as as he had in the last couple of years when things were too much for him to deal with, he curled up in a ball and shut the world out.

There have been so many times in my life that I have found myself feeling so deeply the words portrayed in this hymn.  In those moments, just as deeply, I have found the answer.

The errand of angels.  Do they recognize the stress they relieve when they reach out in such significant ways?

I was stunned.  She is the responsible one... I still don't have it together!

Being ready to date has not been an issue in the past, but being ready to date someone like my husband is a whole other issue.  That is something I don't know if I could date.