March 18th will always mark the date of the “before” and “after”. On March 18th 2013, Jim was diagnosed with cancer. The following day, we learned it was colon cancer. We wouldn’t get confirmation until March 22nd that it was stage IV colon cancer, even though we had been told…

Well, this Cat let the “cat out of the bag”! Jason and I “secretly” got married on August 11th, 2018. We had been approached by our pastor with the idea, back in June, but did not actually decide to pick a date and make it happen until mid-July. We decided…

Summertime, My 4-Boys Under the Age of Eleven, and Cooking!  It’s hard to believe that the boys and I moved from Wisconsin to Illinois – two months ago, already. It’s even harder to believe that Shamus and Finn will start 3rd grade and 1st grade at a new school in…

I SAID “YES”!!  – I said “Yes” to Jason’s proposal. I said “Yes” to “Him”. I said “Yes” to becoming a “Bonus Mom” to his boys. I said “Yes” to him becoming a “Bonus Dad” to my boys. I said “Yes” to a Life of Love, Laughter, Adventure and whatever else life throws at us. Jason and I had been discussing an…

The decision to “date” after the loss of a spouse is a very personal decision. It is a decision that belongs to the widow or widower alone. Some widows or widowers wait months or years to start dating; some are content to never date again; and others date or find…

Six years ago- this week, Jim and I closed escrow on our dream house. I was seven months pregnant with Finnegan and our oldest son was two years + two months old. Jim’s cancer diagnosis was a year away from becoming our reality. Life was beautiful. This house was everything…