Death and Rainbows
(Chris tasting the rainbow at Victoria Falls, 8/2006) A few evenings back I looked out my kitchen window and saw one of the biggest, most...
Widowed but Not Abandoned
Widowed June 24, 2014. Not for one second abandoned by God.
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Aimee Williams
- Jun 17, 2019
- 6 min
Dads of Influence
(After the birth of my sister, 2/3/1992) More than any others, there are four precious fathers whose influence is most on my mind on this...
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Aimee Williams
- Jun 3, 2019
- 2 min
Dads are Magic
(Montell and his youngest. All photos courtesy of Talia Whittington) Fatherhood is beautiful and breathtaking. It’s true as a labor nurse...
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Aimee Williams
- May 3, 2019
- 3 min
You Choose
Aimee & Don 1/2019 PC: Jenn Fortune I have been coupled now for the last fourteen months. My boyfriend is everything I want in a man; in...
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Aimee Williams
- Apr 25, 2019
- 2 min
Unshaped
I envy the ones who can hear the words “car wreck” Without an increase in heart rate Without electricity going up their spines Without...
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Aimee Williams
- Apr 18, 2019
- 2 min
Unfair-- Age Four
(With Aurora, 2019-- age 4) Aurora is currently four years old. She was born five months after her daddy’s death. Unlike her older...
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Aimee Williams
- Mar 26, 2019
- 3 min
Birth/Grief
Some memories resurfaced that I hadn’t thought much about for some time... thoughts of certain milestone moments in my pregnancy with...
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Aimee Williams
- Feb 26, 2019
- 3 min
No Comfort
(PC: Joanna Samples, 4/2014) It boggles my mind that there is a negative judgment by some individuals surrounding widows who receive life...
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Aimee Williams
- Feb 12, 2019
- 3 min
Beards and Guitars
It's no wonder I'm into beards. The first man I ever loved had one in my earliest years and the story goes that baby Aimee would grab...
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Aimee Williams
- Jan 7, 2019
- 3 min
Aurora: Her Father's Child
(Age 4) A few nights back the kids and I were in the car and Pandora radio was tuned in to my 80’s pop station. The first few beats of...
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Aimee Williams
- Dec 25, 2018
- 2 min
Unpacking
Christmas 2015 I wrote: “This is my trunk-- completely full. The contents include a diaper bag, my luggage, the kids' clothes, and lots...
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Aimee Williams
- Dec 19, 2018
- 4 min
Stepfather Christmas
Christmas 2012, we had a “boring” but blissfully happy nuclear family. I was 35 weeks pregnant with our first child, a daughter named...
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Aimee Williams
- Nov 8, 2018
- 4 min
Day One
I’d collapsed into an unfamiliar bed about 45 minutes before, my body 150 lbs of lead. My muscles ached because I’d been awake since 6...
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Aimee Williams
- Oct 27, 2018
- 4 min
Unbirthday
Last week was October 19th. To many of you that was just another Autumn day, heralding the weekend. For me it was my late husband’s...
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Aimee Williams
- Oct 12, 2018
- 3 min
Surviving
(With my boyfriend before Marion High School Homecoming, October 2003) Written October 2017 October 2003: I was seventeen and...
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Aimee Williams
- Oct 4, 2018
- 4 min
Don: Seven Months
We talked on the phone; we had been set up against our “better” judgment by a caring and persistent friend. It was easy to talk to you...
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Aimee Williams
- Sep 30, 2018
- 2 min
Dead Flowers
(Originally penned 9/29/2017, a couple weeks out from losing my grandma and my aunt a day apart and having a breakup a few days later....
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Aimee Williams
- Sep 5, 2018
- 3 min
Not Your Typical Kindergarten Blues
A couple weeks back my firstborn, Abbi, started kindergarten. Since she had the opportunity to attend pre-k, this does not mark first...
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Aimee Williams
- Aug 16, 2018
- 2 min
Dad/God
A few nights ago, bedtime prayers started differently than usual. My five-year-old opened her prayer with, “Dear Dad…” I let Abbi pray...
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Aimee Williams
- Aug 6, 2018
- 3 min
Lies I Told Myself
A ridiculous lie was spoken in my mind tonight. "You’re not even a “real widow”, Aimee. You didn’t lose everything. You didn’t go into...
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