Last week our wedding anniversary came around for the second time for me as a widow. It is still crazy to say that my marriage is over. Done. I was married for 15 years. Now I’m not. My husband died out of nowhere last year and now I have to check the 'single' box on forms or the 'widowed' box, if they have
Read MoreYou’ve seen them before. Black baseball hats with gold lettering and brightly colored badges stitched across the front. Vietnam War Veteran, U.S. Army Veteran, Korean War Veteran, and if you’re really lucky you might see a World War II Veteran. My husband did. Adam noticed right away. He wanted to buy that gentleman’s meal, but he also wanted to...
Read MoreWho knew, right?! Not me just a few years ago. I was not a whiskey drinker. My husband became an avid collector after a random distillery tour we took while on vacation in Pittsburgh. I knew he enjoyed hunting for rare whiskey, but I had no idea how many bottles we owned until we ran out of room in our pantry. You know, for food. (See
Read MoreI’m learning to say yes. To opportunities that come up. To things that scare me. Atomic Habits author James Clear recently posted: “Lucky opportunities tend to be stumbled upon, not handed out.
Read More*If you missed the first half of this tale, Part 1 of my Whiskey Hunting essay is at the end of my last blog post. Here's the finish in Whiskey Hunting Part 2. I was intrigued that Adam’s friends believed more whiskey was stashed somewhere in our home. They said check the gun
Read MoreIf you've been following along, you already know that I'm taking Inventory of Adam's whiskey collection and taking back my pantry. It's been interesting to find out just how many places whiskey was stashed around our house. I'll have a bottle count soon, but in the meantime, enjoy this Monday goodness - a peek in my pantry and Part One of my...
Read MoreIt has been hard to find joy in anything since Adam died. These last many months have been something I’ve had to walk through. There is no shortcut. No way around the days and hours and minutes that I now live on without Adam. I was given this sign by a dear friend - “Live every day until you are alive
Read MoreI’d like to reclaim the pantry, to get it organized and cleaned up. In the days following a shocking death, many beautiful people came by with so many things. Food, toilet paper, Kleenex boxes, disposable food containers, snacks, toys – you name it. A lot of things were shoved in a lot of places and I’ve recently spent some time digging
Read MoreLet me tell you where I’m at. Just here. Taking stock of life, my uncertain future, and the whiskey collection I inherited after the sudden, very unexpected death of my husband in 2021. My life is unrecognizable from a year ago. Who I am, what I’m doing, where I’m going – all of the major constants we strive for in life – were knocked off solid...
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