When you become a widow, it feels like your life's path splits. The path you were traveling becomes blocked and you're only able to travel down a path you've never traveled before. You want to follow the familiar, comfortable, and path you chose. But your person is dead so that's impossible. You're therefore forced to take timid steps forward into the unknown and figure it out. What I discovered on this new path is that unfathomable pain exists, but so does joy and new beginnings. My plan was ne