Beautiful words, Jenny. Sending peace to you, Isaiah, Grace. Blessed be.

Thank you for this message and beautiful poem. I appreciated reading and connecting w you. I haven’t been allowing a lot of time for quiet reflection, but instead try to be always in motion. It feels good to stop for a moment. Thank you. I also applied to the YHWC. Xo Christine

Aye, Jenny. Your words: " And that we can have a mix of feelings all the same time, which I often do, sadness and belly laughs with the kids all at once. "

So sweet and tender.

My heart is blessed.

Jenny, thank you so much for this post. Your honesty and insight are rare gifts. I wish you didn't have to grieve, that you didn't lose Michael. And it's just one of the many things in our lives we don't get to control. Thank you for showing by example how to live with Grace and Grief, Resilience and Hope. I'm sending you lots of love and healing energy.
peace-
sandy

Oh Jenny.... You offer up such important Truths here: "As much as we all want to say goodbye to 2020, I'll soon be in a new year without him and that feels hard." And yes, it is okay to not be okay.

I'm so glad/relieved you have found support from an online group of young hot widows--I imagine Michael nodding his head and grinning.

Thank you for letting so many of us witness you and accompany you this way, infrequent or often, through Zoom or in the written word. We travel together and apart, criss-crossing our trails in spring, summer, fall, winter.

Tenderly,
Liz

beautiful poem, and so true jenny, i've come to understand healing to mean fully accepting that all the joys and sorrows will remain with me/us always, and finding the courage to carry on.

Thank you, Jenny. Your sharing is helpful to all, and is being passed onto a friend. Wishing you more and more love.

oh Jenny so good to hear from you. I'm also grateful to hear you and kids are doing ok. And thank you for the grief resources. I'm making friends with grief too as my parents near transition, I'm their caretaker.

So happy for this update and to hear Michael’s voice in the podcast. Miss, miss, miss, miss him. Also glad to hear you are taking a little care of — you. Very necessary, and for sure what he would have liked to see. Xox

Oh, what a perfect poem! I think of you often, Jenny, though you'd never know it. Amazingly, you're almost through the "year of firsts." and then the work continues, as life continues. Much love to you. EB