This photo was in Facebook memories from more than a decade ago. These kids are all but grown up this summer, and Keith and I are feeling more like empty nesters than parents with little ones on their laps. Our […]
Nine years ago tonight, I was getting ready to remarry. To say I was scared was a major understatement. What if I got hurt? What if something happened to him? What if life didn’t work out like I was planning….AGAIN. […]
Mother’s Day is this weekend. Being a mother (and bonus mother) is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, especially after Mitch passed. I think women give their all to others, it’s just part of our DNA but when […]
Sometimes I suck at seeing the love. The love when he handles the hard things so I don’t get stressed. The long hours he works and I wish he’d just not be so dedicated and just relax. The love he […]
Nearly ten years ago, I was given exclusive membership to one of the world’s crappiest clubs. October 9th, 2009 – the day I went from being half of M & M, Mrs. Michelle Steinke, and the wife of Mitchel […]
AFTER THE KISS He kissed me softly and as he did, I tried to quiet my mind and stop the noise. I tried to live in the moment and embrace this new page in my story without expectation and without […]
A WIDOW DATING…THE LAST FIRST KISS We met again, and again, and again. There were coffees, lunches, and hikes that all seemed to flow more smoothly than the last. He seemed confident in what he was looking for in a […]
OCT27 RAISING CHILDREN YOU DIDN’T CREATE You didn’t help create them. You didn’t hold my hand over the nine months as they formed. You didn’t help pick their cribs, their names, or their first outfit. You weren’t there at their […]
THE #1 BEST THING ABOUT BEING WIDOWED! I’ll save you all the work of scrolling down through this text to find the answer to the teaser that is in the title of this blog. The best thing about being Widowed […]
REPAIR OR REPLACE? LIFE, LOVE AND THE PURSUIT OF PERFECT FLOORS After I married Keith, we moved to Montana from Arizona, and we built a sweet little house out on some land. We wanted a place the kids could stretch […]
