just a little background……..I wanted to start this blog about 6 months after my husband passed away. It has now been 3 yrs and 5 months since he’s been gone. And I’m still trying every day to bring my “grief into gladness.” Everything they say about grief is true and NO ONE can tell your story. I have lost both parents, a brother, a sister and many other relatives and friends. But until my husband passed away on Thanksgiving day, 2022, I honestly had no clue what loneliness could feel like.

We were married for almost 39 years, had 3 daughters, 5 grandchildren, and if not for my husband’s medical problems, we would have been enjoying retirement. (although Randy said he would never ‘retire’ from working, his health made that decision for him.) He was put on long term disability from his job in the oil field June 2018 and suffered a series of health issues until his passing November 2022. He told me he wanted to be ‘done’…..he had been fighting it all for 40 days. He was Moved to palliative care in the hospital at 1 pm on a wednesday and by 9:30 am that thursday, thanksgiving morning, he was gone. His prayer was answered and all his pain and suffering was gone. Scars were healed and he walked into Heaven new and pain free. There was nothing more we could ask for.

And my life changed forever………………..