A Myeloma Widow's Journey
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I lost my husband on Sept. 22, 2010 after a 4 year battle with Multiple Myeloma, a blood cancer that attacks the bone marrow. I started this blog at the beginning of my journey and I've learned many things along the way, most important is that I will survive this new alone life. The missing of Vern will stay in my heart forever, but I honor him as I fill each day with kindness, love,..
A Myeloma Widow's Journey
3y ago
I haven't written here for nearly two years. Wow. This blog was such an important part of my life after Vern's death. It helped me immensely to write about all I was feeling and experiencing, but it also helped that my words could possibly help others on their grief journey. I've been living my new life with Jim during these crazy pandemic years and writing just didn't make it onto my 'to do ..read more
A Myeloma Widow's Journey
5y ago
My word for 2019 was DELIGHT ... and last year surely was a delightful year!
I held a Soul Restoration Retreat in Las Vegas in January and then we did some traveling ... a spectacular three weeks in Okinawa, RV traveling to ghost towns and parts of Nevada I've not seen in my 37 years of living here, trips to Tampa, San Diego & Toronto for our Camp Widow weekends, off to Indiana, Michigan & ..read more
A Myeloma Widow's Journey
5y ago
My sister died this week. She had some health issues, but her passing was unexpected.
Shirley was 8 years older than me. In our younger years I was often the bane of her existence when I tattled things to her boyfriends as they waited for her to get ready for a date. Luckily, she forgave me for that and she became my confidante. She & Dick married when I was 10 and I loved spending time at ..read more