Tag: widower

The Second Year Is Harder

Copyright Jennifer Mullins In my second session of the hospice support group, a widower shared that as hard as the first year was, the second year was more challenging. It had only been five months since Mike had died, and the pain was so fresh. How could it be worse than this? The first year…… Continue reading The Second Year Is Harder

45 Minutes

Copyright Jennifer Mullins At first, I never thought that I would stop crying.  The grief was overwhelming, and anything could trigger it. My dad had washed my towels, and S brought them to me.  They were rough and scratchy.  I sat on the bathroom floor and began to cry. That’s not how they were supposed…… Continue reading 45 Minutes

Write Everything Down

Copyright Jennifer Mullins There are so many hard things about death: telling my kids that their dad was dead was the worst.  As a parent,  you always want to protect them, but there are things that you have no control over.  Life kept marching on as we were all thrown into this new world that…… Continue reading Write Everything Down

When The World Changed

Copyright Jennifer Mullins Life seems so solid until the death of someone you love shows how fragile it is.  March 13, 2012, was the day that my world changed forever.  I had dealt with death before with my maternal grandmother and, paternal grandparents, family friends, but nothing could ever prepare me for the sudden death…… Continue reading When The World Changed