I give you permission to rise I realize you don’t need my permission, but there are days where we all need someone to tell us it’s okay I’m a 46-year-old woman who has lived through more than my fair share […]...
Overwhelming stress and grief will take their toll on nearly every person who walks the face of this earth at one point or another Finding new, healthy, and positive ways to deal with these situations is critical to our health […]...
IMPERFECTLY PERFECT – A MOTHER’S DAY LETTER I originally wrote this as a “guest blog” piece for https://wwwthedaddyletterscom and it is shared on that website as well You can follow The Daddy Letters on Facebook and Instagram at https://wwwfacebookcom/TheDaddyLetters/hc_re...
MICHELLE’S HUFFINGTON POST ARTICLES Michelle is a regular contributor for the Huffington Post Below is a list of all her articles you will find published @HuffPost How Fitness Helped Me Grieve and Start My Life Over Again http://wwwhuffingtonpostcom/michelle-e-steinke/one-fit-widow-_b_5514790h...
BROKEN MOMENTS Welcome to one of the days of the year where many feel the duality of life’s happiest and hardest moments in the deepest of ways Mother’s Day is celebrated as a day to value mom’s around the world […]...
14 WAYS TO GET LUCKY IN LIFE Occasionally I write a blog that makes people mad I guess this blog might anger some and stir up strange feelings in others That’s okay I’m not always going to say what you […]...
MARRYING A WIDOW This post was written in 2014 by Keith, Michelle’s fiance just a few weeks before their marriage In a few days, I will be marrying my beautiful fiancee, Michelle She will become my wife, but I am […]...
WIDOWHOOD: THE GLASS HO– USE OF GRIEF Welcome to widowhood I’m giving you fair warning this journey will be perhaps the crappiest you ever endure This journey is difficult regardless of your kind of loss It may have come as […]...
STOP COMPARING DEATH AND DIVORCE Please just stop A few weeks after my late husband passed away was my first preview into the competitive world of, whats worse, death or divorce and it made me infuriated Here I was, a […]...
WHEN YOU’RE OKAY The past few days I spent in my old town, just a few doors down from the house we lived in when he died This was also the house we brought our babies home to after their […]...
Nearly three years ago I married my now husband Keith and added two amazing kids to my life Keith, of course, added two kids to his life as well and we became a blended family of six It’s complicated, as […]...
He was one of the most important parts of my life for more than fifteen years We traveled, we explored, we lived and loved He made me his wife, and I made him my husband We welcome two beautiful kids […]...
