my mother-in-law and women like her, until now.
That is women who were widows and never remarried.
Occasionally I would meet or read about widows and how they moved forward with their life but never remarried. Talk about something not making sense, I mean why wouldn’t a widow want to remarry again?
Then I got married and over the years I slowly started to understand why some widows did not remarry.
Unlike a lot of couples, Joe and I discussed death. He wanted me to remarry because I needed to be married, according to him. Our conversations would always get me thinking and I was unsure the desire to remarry would be there if I were a widow.
Then it happened and I was a widow and all of a sudden I understood.
If I want to remarry I would have to find a single man somewhere (probably over the rainbow), date for a while, meet each other’s families, become engaged, plan a wedding (preferably one in Las Vegas with Elvis officiating, buy our house (he would not want to live here and I would not want to live in his place), and settle into married life. It all sounds like a lot of work and thinking about it exhausts me and gives me a splitting headache.
There is enough activity in my life with looking for a full-time job, being Co-facilitator of a Griefshare group, Membership Co-ordinator for Golden Retrievers In Need, Rommie’s Mommy (my golden), a blogger, daughter, sister, niece, and aunt. I do not need a relationship too.
Although this is my opinion today (Jan 31, 2010) being a woman I reserve the right to change my mind – especially if when George Clooney becomes available.
Wishing you a week not only filled with joy, but lots of love, hugs and sloppy wet kisses.
Bio: Michele Kearns is the founder and HUG© (Hope Unites Globally) Award-Winner of JoyReturns. She shares her widowhood adventures hoping to inspire widows to move through grief and rebuild their lives. A graduate of Kent State University with a Bachelor’s degree in communications, she’s currently using those skills as a virtual logistics contact center representative for a Fortune 100 company. She’s also managed call center teams, co-facilitated a grief support group, and helped small businesses with various writing assignments. Michele is a bookworm, and a lover of history, music, chocolate, red roses, and golden retrievers. She is also the amateur photographer behind the blog OgleOhio.com
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