You’ve lost someone very special to you. Time has passed, and you want to move forward with your life—but how do you do that?

I was widowed in 2016 at age 56, with a lot of life to live still ahead of me. My life has greatly changed since I began moving forward. Because of my husband’s cancer journey and subsequent death, I am suddenly a published author and am becoming a public speaker*—two things I would never have thought I would be in a million years. Sharing our story and helping others brings me joy.

I’m a little more than five and a half years into my grief, but I am still a work in progress. I’m not always strong and don’t always have it all together.