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My Thanksgiving 2015

December 1, 2015 by Sharon

Thanksgiving was a mixed bag of emotions, but thank goodness is was filled with more positive emotions than negative.  Grief has a way of showing up at times that I don’t expect.  Those are the times that I hate the most.  So I guess I’ll start with that… Daughter M and I called R’s parents in the late afternoon of Thanksgiving.  They had both been sick.  M hasn’t seen them since the Christmas after R passed away.  That is a long time to go without seeing someone, but since she now lives in NYC and I don’t live close to them- that is just the way it is.  It was a very pleasant phone call, but when we hung up, we looked at each other and started crying.  It was unexpected by me to feel the emotions that I felt- but such is my life now.  It was the emotions that wash over you and you think, “How did I get to this place?”.  I think M and I even asked each other that!!  Dr. T had a bit of melancholy too as he told me it was hard to sit there and enjoy what he knew R was missing.  But as I told him-  that is the reality of our lives.  I hate what has happened in my life, but I now can’t imagine my life without Dr T in it!!!  And,  thank you God,  I am happy!!

Views from our Thanksgiving and getting ready for Christmas!
 Dr. T and Mr. T
 M with her boyfriend and new puppy!!
 My sister, her husband, and their new puppy!
Some of my friends have grandkids-  I love my granddog!!

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After her husband’s sudden and unexpected death, Sharon McCuistian found herself a widow at the age of 48. With two grown children in college, Sharon had to find a way to live in her new reality. She turned to the things she loved to help in her grief: faith, family, and friends. Her love of words and writing became the cathartic venue by which she began to process her loss. It is through her grief journey that Now Choose Life was born. Read More

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