Survivor… Widow…

Two Years, nine and a half months, since death…

Survivor or Widow have been the official titles these last 33 months.

Survivor… Widow… I’d never miss an opportunity to put grief up front and center… I’m a widow. The whole world must know of this death, this pain that ripped me open and left me to die.

Yet, as I sit here in the beauty of the forest, I’m calm. Isolation and partner loneliness overwhelm at times, but at this moment, I’m calm. There is a woman sitting here, coping, trusting, feeling, learning, and leaning into life. A woman…

So today, I choose, to be a woman… and no longer a widow or a survivor. I have survived. I have been widowed. Yet, I am a woman. I am…

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