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CONFESSIONS OF A LIKELY WIDOW

A Young Widow's Reflections on Chronic Illness, Loss, Grief and Faith

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The Middle

The Middle: Audrey Assad Hey Don't write yourself off yet It's only in your head you feel left out Or looked down on Just try your best...

Thoughts on Dating and Remarriage

2.0 People talk about finding your 2.0. Whether they mean your new life or a new person to share your life with, it's a common phrase in...

Lacking No Good Thing

"No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly." - Psalm 84:11 I came across this verse this morning in my Psalms...

Satisfaction

"I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." - Psalm 81:10 What am I...

Year 2: What Now?

I can't go back. The life I had with G is gone. Gone. Nearly everything has changed. I'm still at the same house, but it's different...

Being Instead of Doing

"Analyzed afresh and repudiated my base desire to do something for God in the sight of man, rather than to be something, regardless of...

One Day at a Time

I realized today that I still have to live one day at a time. That God's will unfolds one day at a time. His leading happens one day at...

Trusting God and Learning from Jim

Over the past couple months - maybe longer - I've become a bit obsessed with Jim and Elisabeth Elliot. I've known of them and their...

Another Grief Bomb

Two minutes before a call with my boss (who thankfully is also my friend), I listened to a voice memo from my sister. It completely...

His Purposes for G

Since writing about Psalm 57 earlier this morning, I've been thinking about how it applies to G. One of the hard things when a "young"...

Loneliness

The family leaves and the loneliness returns. I am searching for something - someone- to take away the loneliness. P isn't the answer. ...

One Year

One year ago, I woke up a little early, surprised to find G standing by the bed and a light on. He was restless and told me he'd been...

Grief Today

Grief feels like nausea. A heaviness in my chest. A desire to ignore the obvious: G is gone. Grief is too hard to be faced. So I...

The Beginning of the End - Part 2

I remember that I ran into my neighbor - I think it was on the way to the hospital or maybe when I was outside on the phone with the...

Heavy Heart- 7 months in

I never thought grief would feel like this after 7 months. It feels like a pit in my stomach, a burning in my chest, a heaviness in my...

Courage

I'm finding that it takes a lot of courage to be a solo parent. No one would ever call me a courageous person. I'm an enneagram 6 after...

Panic

Late last night I received a text from a friend checking to see if I have enough gas in my car. I had heard some rumblings about gas...

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