tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410599077591449670.post6472050658100000670..comments2024-01-20T20:13:48.901-07:00Comments on Widow Chick: Dealing with Easter and Clinging to ImpossibleWidow Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15830496557976820633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410599077591449670.post-42525977628133604492012-04-05T16:39:42.272-06:002012-04-05T16:39:42.272-06:00Thank you for this post. When I married, I planne...Thank you for this post. When I married, I planned on being a housewife and stay-at-home mom. I worked a part-time job at a church for the time being. Then my husband was diagnosed with cancer and passed away February 2011. We didn't have children and now I've had to completely rethink my life. I would like to marry again, but for now I have to think of how I am going to support myself. I'm working on my Master's degree in Education and will get my teaching certificate. But, I still have wavering thoughts about how I am going to support myself. My family keeps asking me, "What is it that you really want to do?" (In terms of a job/career). I have to keep telling them that I can't have what I want - I want Keith back and I want to be a housewife and mom. Anything that I do with my life now is "Plan B." <br /><br />ErinErin Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02472737400764512738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410599077591449670.post-65452790257979422782012-04-03T16:03:07.086-06:002012-04-03T16:03:07.086-06:00this post could've been written by me...every ...this post could've been written by me...every word rings true with me right now, right down to the detail that for some reason Easter is the trigger that brings on my sad phase building up to the anniversary of his death...thanks for sharing! I can commiserate with the blending of families issues...I'm trying to sort that one out too and figure out how to do this blending thing without acting more immature than the children. It's certaintly not the Brady Bunch!Brooke Simmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586889706558409311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410599077591449670.post-27642191940443823172012-04-03T12:47:05.816-06:002012-04-03T12:47:05.816-06:00Thanks Marty! I really appreciate that.Thanks Marty! I really appreciate that.Widow Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15830496557976820633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410599077591449670.post-89753962805413311392012-04-03T12:46:48.194-06:002012-04-03T12:46:48.194-06:00Thanks JTay! There's safety in numbers!Thanks JTay! There's safety in numbers!Widow Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15830496557976820633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410599077591449670.post-76246563970068011442012-04-03T11:42:43.839-06:002012-04-03T11:42:43.839-06:00SUCH insight and wisdom in this post, Catherine. Y...SUCH insight and wisdom in this post, Catherine. You are one honest lady, and I just love you so much for that ♥Marty Tousley, RN, MS, FThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05517952534831180171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1410599077591449670.post-74901540645404209622012-04-03T10:43:30.899-06:002012-04-03T10:43:30.899-06:00Love it! Change is always my bugger in holidays. I...Love it! Change is always my bugger in holidays. I'm very familiar with the dispondent "whatever". Meaning, it can't be the way it was supposed to be, so I'm not playing anymore. I don't know if I've truly celebrated (instead of being a passive spectator) a single holiday since my husband's passing. I'm just not enthusiastic about it. I'll be the Easter Bitch with you!Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288189344566114761noreply@blogger.com