tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post6914227222613489299..comments2024-02-21T02:19:16.755-08:00Comments on Widow's Voice: Seven Widowed Voices Sharing Love, Loss, and Hope : 3, 4, 7 and 14Michele Neff Hernandezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356589209090780127noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-18560682806470874072013-01-02T18:06:14.070-08:002013-01-02T18:06:14.070-08:00I am so with you! I am newly three years out (anni...I am so with you! I am newly three years out (anniversary is at the end of December) and I have been to the bottom and back up again a few times during those long three years. But this holiday season, something was different. It was still hard to know my husband was missing out on our young son's Christmas glee, but I was so stoked for the New Year. I even spent the last part of 2012 cleaning out our new home. I am feeling more confident in being single, a single (only) parent and found my way to a different job that fits me more now. I am loving life - and so excited to see what the New Year has in store.<br /><br />Even just a year ago was a totally different story. So, anyone one or two years out, just hold on. It gets better, I promise. There are still hard moments, but your learn to smile more and push past them. <br /><br />Happy New Year! Kathleenhttp://www.kathleenfordyce.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-34482175093993804442012-12-31T07:14:54.552-08:002012-12-31T07:14:54.552-08:00Melinda, I smiled broadly when I read your line &q...Melinda, I smiled broadly when I read your line "We'll be over this by then"! Ha, I thought exactly the same thing and I, too, am at 29 months and still drying tears and holding my gut together as best I can. <br /><br />But, you have inspired me to take up your belief...."HOPE AND FAITH" in 2013! Cheers!!!! Many thanks! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268746983441346507.post-60814686295646431202012-12-30T12:15:07.863-08:002012-12-30T12:15:07.863-08:00May 2013 be better for you and all of us!May 2013 be better for you and all of us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com