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Widowed but Not Abandoned
Widowed June 24, 2014. Not for one second abandoned by God.
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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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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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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...
Aimee Williams
Nov 25, 20193 min read
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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...
Aimee Williams
Sep 21, 20192 min read
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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. ...
Aimee Williams
Aug 29, 20193 min read
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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...
Aimee Williams
Aug 6, 20196 min read
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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...
Aimee Williams
Jun 24, 20193 min read
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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...
Aimee Williams
Jun 17, 20196 min read
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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...
Aimee Williams
Apr 25, 20192 min read
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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...
Aimee Williams
Apr 18, 20192 min read
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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...
Aimee Williams
Feb 26, 20193 min read
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Stepfather Christmas
Christmas 2012, we had a “boring” but blissfully happy nuclear family. I was 35 weeks pregnant with our first child, a daughter named...
Aimee Williams
Dec 19, 20184 min read
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Don: Seven Months
We talked on the phone; we had been set up against our “better” judgment by a caring and persistent friend. It was easy to talk to you...
Aimee Williams
Oct 4, 20184 min read
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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...
Aimee Williams
Sep 5, 20183 min read
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Dad/God
A few nights ago, bedtime prayers started differently than usual. My five-year-old opened her prayer with, “Dear Dad…” I let Abbi pray...
Aimee Williams
Aug 16, 20182 min read
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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...
Aimee Williams
Aug 6, 20183 min read
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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...
Anonymous
Jul 23, 20182 min read
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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...
Aimee Williams
Jul 2, 20184 min read
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The Family Meal
Today I spent around three hours cooking to prepare a nice family dinner, not including the grocery shopping. The main course was green...
Aimee Williams
Jun 28, 20182 min read
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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...
Aimee Williams
Jun 24, 20183 min read
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