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Ramblings of a Widow

I just don’t know me without him. I’m discovering me again. Slowly but surely. Is this how it is when you build your life with and around someone? It is such a loss. It feels unreal. My emotions they overflow with all sorts of feelings at any given time. Mentally I know he is gone…

I just don’t know me without him. I’m discovering me again. Slowly but surely. Is this how it is when you build your life with and around someone? It is such a loss. It feels unreal. My emotions they overflow with all sorts of feelings at any given time. Mentally I know he is gone and I have to move on.

My kids are the only people keeping me sane. I honestly don’t know what I would do if I didn’t have them. I miss having that other person there. My person that is. It is so hard to explain to people. I’m okay… I really am. But okay is relative, right?

I can say I’m okay, be okay, and not be okay all at the same time. What a mind fuck that is. My thoughts are not linear yet. But I promise I am getting my shit together. I have no choice and I refues to lay down and just wallow in any of this. I am almost numb to the fact at times.

How does one simply move through loss. I am but it is slowly. I know that I’m not alone in this many people are widowed. Do we all have these crazy back and forth emotions? I’m almost numb but not quite it is a very ominious feeling especially when all you want is to be better.

Josh and I had a complicated relationship. We loved eachother but things were bad towards the end there. I had gotten fed up with the drinking and I know I became a mean bitch over it. When he got sick I had no idea what I was going to do. I took care of him and let him know he was loved right up till the end. Never once nagging him. I saw the end before it came. I still wasn’t prepared for him to leave.

I remember this photo that I stumbled across the other day. It looks like we are happy but he was drunk and in a mood. I had to miss the first shoot because he had blackened my eye. So all in all it was not fun for me. But I pretended everything was ok… just to make it through.

Responses to “Ramblings of a Widow”

  1. craigparrish93

    Lord it’s hard and I feel for you so much. Your strong beautiful woman you will get better everyday.

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  2. Chris

    Truly heartbreaking reading your words, Ashley, and yet inspiring seeing your determination to rebuild your life.
    I’m so sorry for your loss.

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  3. The Silver Fox

    One step at a time is the only way. People say time heals, I still don’t know if that is true but time let’s you look back, remember both the good and bad and in some ways make sense of what life has become for you. Keep writing, keep exploring your memories, both painful and joyful and I think you will find a peace within yourself in due course. You are a lovely kind person with children you adore and you have much to give to this crazy world, you will find your place.

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  4. Rum Runner

    You have made it through a storm and we have talked a little about this. You were so unselfish when it came to caring till the end. I really feel for you and know you will make it through life and come out a wonderful person because of all this. Your strength in the end of it all, is more than I believe I could ever handle in that situation. Here’s to you! (and you look pretty dam good too)

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  5. The FeNyX Blog

    one foot in front of the other … I envy you, in that you have your kids to distract you a lot … sometimes it’s work, sometimes kids, sometimes we have nothing to positive to use as a healthy crutch to keep moving until we are moving all on our own … .

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  6. dizzyizzy1958

    You need to keep writing! You are extremely talented! It gives you a way to express and explore your feelings. I hope your kids are journaling too!

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  7. wmmitchell17

    You look so beautiful in that pic. And you know you are not alone. You’ve got about 20k people on X that ❤️ you and care about you and your girls🥰 IT will get easier 🙏

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  8. barrett565

    We all go through the back and forth….it will lessen over time…just keep writing…it’s 18 months for me and just told my neighbor I’m going to see my parents next week. He said they will be happy to see me…he said “you have come a long way that even I can see it” they will be happy!! It’s been 18 months…take it slow…peace will come.

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  9. mrgurunick

    What a tremendous blog post. Thank you for sharing. Felt even therapeutic for me read. I can’t even imagine the release from writing. I do hope that you keep going as you feel the need and have the urge.

    Life really is like a giant game of Jenga. We can keep moving the pieces around to the build the structure up, but eventually its going to crash. There is no time limit on the rebuild or nothing that says you’ll even want to. The game will be there when you decide that you might. Nobody says you have to build back as high or even the same way, but you may find that you build back in some of the same ways and that’s okay. Here’s hoping your new structure turns out to be taller, stronger, and lasts even longer, while giving you plenty of excitement on the way up. That’s my 2024 wish for you. Cheers!

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  10. Angrybuddhist68

    Fuck that is so sad! You are a very strong woman

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