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Widowed but Not Abandoned
Widowed June 24, 2014. Not for one second abandoned by God.
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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...
Aimee Williams
Sep 3, 20213 min read
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,...
Aimee Williams
Jun 24, 20202 min read
Husband
For most of my adult life, I’ve had a husband. I moved out at 20 on my wedding day and lived with my husband Chris until he died… eight...
Aimee Williams
Nov 24, 20193 min read
Rubber Bands on my Heart
I was driving my youngest, Aurora, to pre-k this morning when she said, “Mama, I know why there are traffic lights.” “You do?” I asked. ...
Aimee Williams
Aug 29, 20193 min read
Sacrificial Love
(Don and me- April 2019) In two months, I’m getting married for the second time. This means my household will be growing by two on...
Aimee Williams
Aug 5, 20196 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Jun 23, 20193 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Apr 25, 20192 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Apr 17, 20192 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Feb 25, 20193 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Feb 12, 20193 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
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
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
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
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...
Aimee Williams
May 11, 20183 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Mar 29, 20183 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Mar 10, 20183 min read
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