The Heartbreak Diary

Transcending Loss One Word at a Time

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Spring Musings of an Experienced Widow

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I don't write that much about grief anymore. Maybe that's natural, as it's been 7 and a half long years since Ken died. The litt...
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Fighting Cancer?

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I've been volunteering for a while at Willow House , a not-for-profit organization in the Chicago area where families who have experienc...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Widow Takes Wrong Turn

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I have kept a log of my dreams since 1991, just after I met Ken who I would marry in 1993, and who I would lose to cancer in 2006, fifteen y...
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Cooler Now

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Effects of death on young widow (now firmly middle-aged) almost seven years after the tragedy? I am cooler. Not hipper. (Hardly) Coole...
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Saturday, October 06, 2012

The Widow Takes Two Questions

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Losing my husband so young, at least younger than most, I imagine that there are questions people, might like to ask of me. After all, many ...
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Jill Schacter
My wonderful husband died when I was 44 years old. Being widowed this young happens to less than 3% of married people. Writing through this loss one word at time helps me understand what I've lost and helps me continue to grow. It is how I have gradually recovered from such a severe loss. Research shows that you can benefit from taking just 15 minutes a day to write out your deepest feelings as a way of healing. On the right side of this blog, you'll see a tag for Exercises to Try. If you need some help knowing how to use writing to help heal yourself, I suggest you start there.
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