widowing™.
the everyday work of learning how to live in a world that no longer has your person in it.
their wife.
their husband.
their person.
and then one day,
you're introducing yourself
differently.
making decisions
alone.
learning
how many ordinary parts of life
quietly belonged
to the two of you.
the hardest part
wasn't only losing them.
it was discovering
how often
ordinary life
still expected them
to be there.
one day
you’re still...