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19th January 2008
Elaine Williams ©2008
The last two months of my husband's life I slept next to the bed Hospice had set up in our living room. At night, I lay on the loveseat I'd come to hate and listen intently to his labored breathing. It was what I did when my kids...
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Elaine Williams
19th January 2008
Elaine Williams ©2008
I've become empowered, in total and full control of my life, even when there's something that blindsides you when you least expect it. The thing is, I didn't ask, seek or want this new empowerment. I thought I was doing okay. I w...
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Elaine Williams
19th January 2008
Elaine Williams ©2008
One of my biggest challenges has been raising three boys as a single parent. I've been told by other parents that it's easier to deal with boys than girls. Usually this comes from a parent who has all girls. I totally, wholly di...
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Elaine Williams
19th January 2008
By Elaine Williams ©2008
When I lost my husband to cancer in 2004, my life as I knew it did a 360 degree turn. Nothing was the same and yet only one thing had changed. I had lost someone near to my heart, a part of my life for twenty plus years, the f...
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Elaine Williams
19th January 2008
Elaine Williams ©2008
Due to life circumstances, the death of a spouse, I had been out of the dating game for some time and reentered the scene after a 27-year absence. I experienced what I like to call "culture shock". One definition is as follows: ...
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Elaine Williams
19th January 2008
Elaine Williams ©2008
One day, a little over three months after my husband's cancer diagnosis, was the first time I really thought he was going to die. He lay in bed and he could not get up from being so weak. I was so incredibly frightened. I knew wi...
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Elaine Williams