Aimee Williams
Worst Fear: Realized
(Originally written 5/15/2015) For years, my worst fear was that Chris would die. This was the thing which I believed, if it happened,...
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Widowed but Not Abandoned
Widowed June 24, 2014. Not for one second abandoned by God.
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Aimee Williams
May 11, 20183 min
Graduation is Bittersweet
Growing up, education was always a valued thing in our household. My mother held a master’s degree in education and my father, when I was...
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Aimee Williams
Apr 18, 20183 min
The ID Badge
As a nurse, my ID badge is kind of a big deal. I wear it all the time and can’t do much of anything at work without it. When I first...
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Aimee Williams
Mar 30, 20183 min
Nightmares
Early yesterday morning I woke from a terrible nightmare. In my sleeping mind I was coming upon a car wreck. I managed to wake myself...
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Aimee Williams
Mar 26, 20181 min
Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat
Several years ago Chris got into a band called Carbon Leaf. He purchased an album titled LOVE, LOSS, HOPE, REPEAT which was also the...
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Aimee Williams
Mar 16, 20183 min
Teenage Poetry
Today I was in the basement looking for yarn for a crochet project and I happened upon a box of my old writing. I opened it and started...
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Aimee Williams
Mar 11, 20183 min
Dating at the Bookstore
I enter the bookstore in my hometown and I’m here to buy birthday gifts. You wouldn’t think this simple task could flood me with so much...
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Aimee Williams
Feb 20, 20182 min
The Elderly Couple
I was sitting in the waiting room at the eye doctor’s office, my eyes brimming. The nurse had put some drops in my eyes to dilate them...
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Aimee Williams
Feb 16, 20182 min
Lying on our Grave
Mid-run on this unseasonably warm day I stopped to take a breather above the place where my husband’s body lies. I’ve outlived him by...
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Aimee Williams
Feb 14, 20183 min
Greeting Card Holiday
Valentine’s Day, 2004: I was seventeen and my boyfriend was eighteen. We’d been dating seven months and for the commercialized greeting...
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Aimee Williams
Feb 10, 20184 min
Wonder Woman Cape
In 2010 I attended a hybrid online RN program. I was also working 40 hours a week as an LPN and was the breadwinner in our home. I was a...
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Aimee Williams
Feb 5, 20182 min
Standing in the Gap
This morning as the girls were getting ready for school I looked over at Abbi and simply told her I loved her. “I know but I still really...
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Aimee Williams
Jan 31, 201810 min
Abbi's Birth Story
Today my firstborn is FIVE. On her first birthday I spent time reflecting on the pregnancy and birth of my sweet girl, and today I share...
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Aimee Williams
Jan 18, 20183 min
Umbrellas
When you’re caught in a heavy rain, a true torrential downpour, you’re incredibly grateful for that umbrella you thought to pack....
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Aimee Williams
Jan 16, 20185 min
I'm no Jackie O
Earlier today I was giving the car seat latch a piece of my mind; having a mini-meltdown because it would not install properly in the...
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Aimee Williams
Jan 2, 20183 min
Never Grew Tired of Him
There I was, sitting with some women I didn’t know. We were making conversation and everything was well and good. I’m social and pretty...
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Aimee Williams
Dec 26, 20172 min
Daddy Come Back
Tonight during during bedtime prayers my three-year-old asked Jesus to “please let my daddy come back from heaven and live in my house...
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Aimee Williams
Dec 23, 20173 min
To You, Dear Widow
(Written December 2015) To you, dear widow: On the days when you hold your head high and manage a smile, I'm proud of you. ...
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Aimee Williams
Dec 20, 20173 min
The Nightly Void
(Written December 19, 2015) It seems as though you die again every night after I put the kids to bed. I do not feel the shock I felt...
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Aimee Williams
Dec 19, 20174 min
Marriage Lessons
We spent eleven years together, eleven years of love, eleven years with their ups and downs, eleven years figuring out life side by side....
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