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The title of Catherine Tidd's new book suggests she is a mediocre widow.   Don't believe it for one second. Catherine Tidd ...

You can file the following under silly, sad, ridiculous or just plain ole unnecessary and inefficient.   I came home from work yesterda...

I don't know the woman who writes the amazing blog called "Widow Chick" but I feel as if I do.   She (aka Catherine) is t...

A spilled box of cereal this weekend took me through an unexpected, yet healthy exercise.   While trying to do too many things at the s...

While celebrating my son's birthday recently, he asked me once again what it was like the day he was born.   I think every child li...

On the weekends, I like to try and organize myself. Sometimes I succeed in my de-clutter efforts and sometimes I don't.  During the w...

Protect Your Property   Every woman needs to read this New York Times story (see link below).   Whether you are 18 or 81-years-o...

         To show you how little I knew about loss, I thought that the first year after my husband's death was going to be the...

Photo By Flickr Dating -- whether single, widowed or divorced -- is a definite roll of the dice.  But if you hit and find your match,...

Talk about someone providing the music of your life. For me, that would definitely be Donna Summer. Bad Girls...Hot Stuff...Heaven...

I was walking downtown the other day and started to think about what it would be like if I ran into my husband.  I know, I know.  There i...

NBC Sports I'd like to give a big shout out to the New York Giants who yesterday defeated the San Francisco 49ers and now are goin...

My thoughts today are filled with two special people whom I love very much. One of them is in the hospital and is scheduled to have a s...

This is to all of you who white-knuckled it through the holidays... After eight years, I know this for sure: you can make the holidays anyth...