Aimee Williams
A Date with Grief
Chris and I were seventeen when we first stared dating. We fell in love so young. Only a few months in, I felt we would make it as a...
Widowed but Not Abandoned
Widowed June 24, 2014. Not for one second abandoned by God.
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Aimee Williams
- Sep 13
- 2 min
Aurora's Hug
My younger daughter was born after the death of her daddy Chris. During the worst of my grief she was too young to comprehend what was...
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Aimee Williams
- Apr 6
- 2 min
Mary’s Son
Easter is fast approaching. At church we are reading passages about the days and hours leading up to Christ’s death and resurrection....
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Aimee Williams
- Mar 15
- 4 min
Motherhood Revisited
I first joined the mommy club in 2012 when I found out I was pregnant with Abigale. I was so excited to meet her but I also had kind of a...
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Aimee Williams
- Mar 9
- 7 min
The Birth of Samuel
Pregnancy has never been easy on my body and this time around was no exception. I spent my first trimester and half of the second...
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Aimee Williams
- Jan 22
- 3 min
Release
We’ve been in the midst of moving lately. It’s always an interesting time as you end up losing important household items and finding...
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Aimee Williams
- Oct 19, 2021
- 4 min
Born Today
The earth stopped turning on your life that day at 28 years old. For me it was a dichotomy of my world ceasing to turn and also going at...
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Aimee Williams
- Sep 22, 2021
- 3 min
Ramblings of a Modern Widow
No matter how much I heal or move forward in life, this will never go away. Chris and I shared great love and in turn, his death leaves...
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Aimee Williams
- Sep 3, 2021
- 3 min
Trauma Vs. Faith
When you have been traumatized, it seems like you’re always expected more of the same. Being in a good place in your life can be scary...
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Aimee Williams
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
Seven
It’s been seven years since I got the worst news a wife could receive. Life was in slow motion as they told me they couldn’t save him...
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Aimee Williams
- Jun 8, 2021
- 4 min
Married Young
(photo by Joanna Samples/Jenn Fortune Photography 2012) When you get married at 20, it’s easy to calculate how many years you’ve been...
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Aimee Williams
- May 21, 2021
- 2 min
Daddy Daughter Date
Tonight was Abigale and Aurora’s first ever fancy daddy daughter date night. This was a day I thought would never come... but God. He...
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Aimee Williams
- May 4, 2021
- 3 min
Hitting Transition
(Written a few years back) She was in labor and she was hitting transition: the stage when even the toughest women feel like giving up....
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Aimee Williams
- Apr 3, 2021
- 3 min
Chili Cheese Fries
When Chris and I started dating, we were both in high school. I was going into my junior year at Carbondale; he was going into his Senior...
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Aimee Williams
- Mar 13, 2021
- 2 min
Picket Fences
In August our family adopted a puppy from St Francis Care. She weighed 3 lbs at the time and was just 9 weeks old. She'd been separated...
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Aimee Williams
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
Chased by Trauma
I was having a relatively routine day. I was on lunch break from clinicals and driving to Panera to pick up food. I passed a vehicle with...
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Aimee Williams
- Nov 16, 2020
- 9 min
Aurora’s Story
~~~~~This story is hard for me to write because while it ends with a glorious rainbow baby, it begins with an intensely bad storm....
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Aimee Williams
- Jun 24, 2020
- 2 min
Year Six
Where do I begin? Six years ago I woke up a wife and when I finally dropped into bed 23 hours later, it was as a widow. I was 28,...
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Aimee Williams
- May 17, 2020
- 3 min
Chronic Illness
Did you know that trauma can leave a physical mark on your body? Did you know it could manifest in such a way that your body wears it...
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Aimee Williams
- Mar 26, 2020
- 3 min
Fully Dad
(Don with the girls, 2020) As a new widow with a toddler and a baby on the way, I grieved particularly hard for my babies in the loss of...
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