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Widowed but Not Abandoned
Widowed June 24, 2014. Not for one second abandoned by God.
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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
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
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...
Aimee Williams
Mar 16, 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
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...
Aimee Williams
Feb 13, 20183 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Feb 9, 20184 min read
Umbrellas
When you’re caught in a heavy rain, a true torrential downpour, you’re incredibly grateful for that umbrella you thought to pack....
Aimee Williams
Jan 18, 20183 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Jan 15, 20185 min read
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. ...
Aimee Williams
Dec 22, 20173 min read
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...
Aimee Williams
Dec 19, 20173 min read
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....
Aimee Williams
Dec 18, 20174 min read
Deck the Hall~Where's the Hope?
Five years ago I was in my third trimester with my first child, an expectant mother in the Christmas season. It was a beautiful time of...
Aimee Williams
Dec 5, 20174 min read
A Shared Path
When you’re walking with someone you love, the destination isn’t what’s important. You could be in a far-off land, in a big city, on the...
Aimee Williams
Nov 22, 20173 min read
Roadblock
A few days ago I was acutely missing Chris so I thought I’d go out to Cedar Lake and sit for a few minutes. In my mind I had it planned...
Aimee Williams
Nov 13, 20174 min read
Order for One Please
We started off as a couple of young college kids who’d said “I do” and moved into a rather unimpressive trailer close to campus. Chris...
Aimee Williams
Nov 9, 20175 min read
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