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Widowed June 24, 2014. Not for one second abandoned by God.
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A Holy Work
Mothering is holy work. From the very beginnings, the calling to be a mother is one that humbles us. Welcoming a child into one’s family...
Aimee Williams
May 12, 20235 min read
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Christmas Time
“Christmas time is here, happiness and cheer…” So many of my life goals are here in the present, achieved and being enjoyed. The problem...
Aimee Williams
Jan 12, 20232 min read
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A Date with Grief
Chris and I were seventeen when we first stared dating. We fell in love so young. Only a few months in, I felt we would make it as a...
Aimee Williams
Oct 12, 20224 min read
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Aurora's Hug
My younger daughter was born after the death of her daddy Chris. During the worst of my grief she was too young to comprehend what was...
Aimee Williams
Sep 13, 20222 min read
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Mary’s Son
Easter is fast approaching. At church we are reading passages about the days and hours leading up to Christ’s death and resurrection....
Aimee Williams
Apr 6, 20222 min read
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Motherhood Revisited
I first joined the mommy club in 2012 when I found out I was pregnant with Abigale. I was so excited to meet her but I also had kind of a...
Aimee Williams
Mar 15, 20224 min read
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The Birth of Samuel
Pregnancy has never been easy on my body and this time around was no exception. I spent my first trimester and half of the second...
Aimee Williams
Mar 9, 20227 min read
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Release
We’ve been in the midst of moving lately. It’s always an interesting time as you end up losing important household items and finding...
Aimee Williams
Jan 22, 20223 min read
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Born Today
The earth stopped turning on your life that day at 28 years old. For me it was a dichotomy of my world ceasing to turn and also going at...
Aimee Williams
Oct 19, 20214 min read
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Ramblings of a Modern Widow
No matter how much I heal or move forward in life, this will never go away. Chris and I shared great love and in turn, his death leaves...
Aimee Williams
Sep 22, 20213 min read
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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
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Seven
It’s been seven years since I got the worst news a wife could receive. Life was in slow motion as they told me they couldn’t save him...
Aimee Williams
Jun 24, 20213 min read
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Married Young
(photo by Joanna Samples/Jenn Fortune Photography 2012) When you get married at 20, it’s easy to calculate how many years you’ve been...
Aimee Williams
Jun 8, 20214 min read
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Daddy Daughter Date
Tonight was Abigale and Aurora’s first ever fancy daddy daughter date night. This was a day I thought would never come... but God. He...
Aimee Williams
May 21, 20212 min read
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Hitting Transition
(Written a few years back) She was in labor and she was hitting transition: the stage when even the toughest women feel like giving up....
Aimee Williams
May 4, 20213 min read
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Chili Cheese Fries
When Chris and I started dating, we were both in high school. I was going into my junior year at Carbondale; he was going into his Senior...
Aimee Williams
Apr 3, 20213 min read
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Picket Fences
In August our family adopted a puppy from St Francis Care. She weighed 3 lbs at the time and was just 9 weeks old. She'd been separated...
Aimee Williams
Mar 13, 20212 min read
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Chased by Trauma
I was having a relatively routine day. I was on lunch break from clinicals and driving to Panera to pick up food. I passed a vehicle with...
Aimee Williams
Mar 9, 20212 min read
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Aurora’s Story
~~~~~This story is hard for me to write because while it ends with a glorious rainbow baby, it begins with an intensely bad storm....
Aimee Williams
Nov 16, 20209 min read
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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
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