Aimee Williams
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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Widowed but Not Abandoned
Widowed June 24, 2014. Not for one second abandoned by God.
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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
- Nov 25, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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Aimee Williams
- Aug 29, 2019
- 3 min
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. ...
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Aimee Williams
- Aug 6, 2019
- 6 min
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...
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Aimee Williams
- Jun 24, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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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
- 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
- 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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Anonymous
- Jul 23, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Aimee Williams
- Jul 17, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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Aimee Williams
- Jul 2, 2018
- 4 min
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...
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Aimee Williams
- Jun 24, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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Aimee Williams
- Jun 17, 2018
- 4 min
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...
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Aimee Williams
- May 24, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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Aimee Williams
- May 11, 2018
- 3 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
- Mar 30, 2018
- 3 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 11, 2018
- 3 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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