The Material Items in Our Life…What to do?-Jeni’s Viewpoint
This can be a challenge - a big one. Take a deep breath and breathe. Take it one step at a time. Identify the pieces, items that are important to…
Cleaning the House – Do I have to? and Including Others …
At first let it go - no one cares about your home’s cleanliness. If they really do they will clean it for you. Once you have begun breathing again and…
The Title Widow
What do you think of when you hear the term widow? For many, this conjures up images of the elderly losing their spouse after a long marriage. The Bible often…
Grief Goals ?
Do you get tired of seeing the posts about Keep your Resolutions or Make those Goals Stick…? What does someone who is grieving do with goals in the “Happy” New…
Blessings for 2018
Just this week, I attended a baby shower at the church where Teresa and I presented a widow seminar called “The Empty Chair”. One of the widows who had attended…
Christmas Preparations 2017
Jeni’s Perspective: For Bob and I, Christmas was major. We always went way overboard in decorating. I can remember one of my bosses walking into my house and looking around…
It’s Time to… Says Who?
It's Time to .... Says Who? From Jeni: I cannot tell you how many times in my journey I heard the words “It is time to…”. These were well…
Holiday Stress & Widowhood
Holiday Stress...there, we said it. These two words go hand in hand. Now, add to it the passage of widowhood and we have entered a whole new level of Margaritaville.…
Grief and Gratitude
First, we are grateful for you! We are grateful for our work, presenting, growing our blog and community. We are grateful for our followers and supporters. You make this possible.…
10 years ago…
Ten years ago this month we were preparing for our second season of holidays with our newly adopted children. This would be the first Christmas that we were legally a…