MY RECENT MUSINGS
Godwinks from Dave
The first year of widowhood is a lot of not only firsts but lasts as well. This is the last card Dave ever bought me on one of our favorite days – Valentine’s Day. We celebrated every year with visits from the Valentine’s Day bunny, who usually brought flowers and chocolates. Invariably, it was his favorite chocolates, not mine! He knew they were his to eat anyway. He didn’t buy me a birthday card the following month because he couldn’t get around very well then. He was on the stairs crying because he never ever missed buying me a card, in 30 years. Back to this card. Two years later I flew up to Rockland, Maine to see my new budding love, Jeff, for Valentine’s Day. We had been apart for all of a
Journal Journey – How I Wrote a Book
About a year after Dave died I realized there was a book in that journal! After meditating one day, the 12 chapters came to me and I started writing and writing and writing. My favorite place to write is on the beach, and one day a last-minute beach place opened up on Isle of Palms near Charleston South Carolina. Ironically, this is where Dave and I first lived before settling in Summerville, South Carolina. I wrote my heart out that week, not going out except for sunrise walks and for food. Here’s my post-it board version 1:
