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Widowed but Not Abandoned
Widowed June 24, 2014. Not for one second abandoned by God.
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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...
Aimee Williams
Jan 7, 20193 min read
Unpacking
Christmas 2015 I wrote: “This is my trunk-- completely full. The contents include a diaper bag, my luggage, the kids' clothes, and lots...
Aimee Williams
Dec 25, 20182 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Dec 19, 20184 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Nov 8, 20184 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Oct 26, 20184 min read
Surviving
(With my boyfriend before Marion High School Homecoming, October 2003) Written October 2017 October 2003: I was seventeen and...
Aimee Williams
Oct 12, 20183 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Oct 3, 20184 min read
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....
Aimee Williams
Sep 29, 20182 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Sep 5, 20183 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Aug 16, 20182 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Aug 5, 20183 min read
Stories of a Widow Seven Years Out
Today is a special guest post from a friend of mine, another young widow. She asked that I post without her name, but the following are...
Anonymous
Jul 23, 20182 min read
Built-In Best Friend
My daughters are almost 21 months apart, currently ages three and five. They have plenty of moments when they’re fighting, whether that...
Aimee Williams
Jul 17, 20183 min read
Flashing Lights
It’s just an ordinary summer day I’m driving the kids to the park When I see the flashing red and blue ahead Suddenly I’m struggling to...
Aimee Williams
Jul 9, 20181 min read
Four Months
(Alstroemeria/my favorite. 3/2018) Today marks four months since a blind date with the wonderful man I now call boyfriend. It has flown...
Aimee Williams
Jul 1, 20184 min read
The Family Meal
Today I spent around three hours cooking to prepare a nice family dinner, not including the grocery shopping. The main course was green...
Aimee Williams
Jun 27, 20182 min read
Four Years
(Spring 2014/Photo credit Joanna Samples) Four years ago today I woke up a wife and when I finally dropped into a bed that wasn’t mine...
Aimee Williams
Jun 24, 20183 min read
Father’s Day 2018
(Chris and my dad, Father's Day 2010) I wasn’t anticipating all the emotions I’m feeling right now. As I was putting the girls to bed my...
Aimee Williams
Jun 17, 20184 min read
DisneyWorld & Dance
There were many amazing moments on my recent family vacation but one sticks out in my mind. The kids, my mom, and I were at Disney’s...
Aimee Williams
Jun 14, 20183 min read
The Cookie Jar
When Chris and I bought a house in 2012, we started buying eclectic geeky housewares. He got me a pizza cutter shaped like the USS...
Aimee Williams
May 24, 20183 min read
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