FUN AND CREATIVE HEALTH FOR WIDOWS
This topic is something I hold close to my heart as an interior designer – Sacred Nesting. We say sacred because creating nurturing and supportive spaces around us is more important now in widowhood than ever before in our lives. It’s a rebirthing experience that we all go through.
When I was newly widowed, my space, my home was a custom built design created by myself and my late husband who was an architect; a dream come true for both of us. Every detail was selected by us, we truly enjoyed our joint creation. It nurtured me emotionally and practically for many years and yet, for me, on the flip side it was a huge responsibility financially and concerning home maintenance.
I experienced a house fire, was homeless and taken in by neighbors and had to fight an insurance company to rebuild. I was in year five of widowhood when this happened suddenly. On top of that, serious water damage from the incident created claim number two and a tree fell on my home…
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