Aimee Williams
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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Widowed but Not Abandoned
Widowed June 24, 2014. Not for one second abandoned by God.
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Aimee Williams
- Sep 21, 2019
- 2 min
Manifesting
At the beginning of widowhood, I stayed up too late each night because going to bed meant facing his absence head-on. Getting into our...
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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 17, 2019
- 6 min
Dads of Influence
(After the birth of my sister, 2/3/1992) More than any others, there are four precious fathers whose influence is most on my mind on this...
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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
- Sep 5, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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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 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
- 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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Aimee Williams
- Feb 14, 2018
- 3 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
- Jan 16, 2018
- 5 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
- Dec 23, 2017
- 3 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, 2017
- 3 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, 2017
- 4 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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