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In defense of 2019: a year of re-definition, and finding my way back to "zero."

Back at zero, my “wins” went from “writing recognition from my mentor,” to “garbage was out before the trucks came on Thursday morning.”

Megan CourtneyDecember 30, 2019new year, 2019, life after loss, widow, widowhood, widowed mom, learn, grow, change, momentumComment

Acceptance: a year of letting go.

On the corner of exasperation was a part of me, so angry at myself, that I couldn’t break free of this neighborhood, the corner of shame was the version of me who was self loathing for even trying. The name of the neighborhood: guilt.

Megan CourtneyNovember 3, 2019survivor's guilt, widowhood, widow life, widowed mom, travel, caregiver, brain cancer, guilt, moving forward, Life, life after lossComment

Grief waves, and sitting in "the suck."

Because that’s life after loss, friends. I can have weeks like this; sad days and mad days. I can look back and be filled with the pain of yesterday…and then the moment passes.

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