Facing those fears
“Of the widow’s countless death-duties there is really just one that matters: on the first anniversary of her husband’s death the widow should think: I kept myself alive.” ~Joyce Carol Oates If there's one thing being widowed at a young age has taught me, it's that life is short. It's beautiful and wonderful. It's terrifying and hard. And it's never long enough if you live it well. I've tried, since Jim died, to make a point of living life the way I feel I should, the way I feel God leads me to, and a way that would make my husband proud. I've started doing things that terrify me. I've launched businesses, despite my fear of failure, despite my imposter syndrome, and despite it being so freaking hard. I've gotten involved in community things in new ways. I've started a podcast. That last one? That's the one I've not shared with many people. I think it might be the most terrifying thing I've done. Not the actual podcast itself, but t...
