EMOTIONAL & MENTAL HEALTH FOR WIDOWS
In September 2022, I went to the Modern Widows Club Widow Empowerment Event in Scottsdale, Arizona, despite photos of women in tiaras from a previous year. I don’t like stuff like that because it smacks of a sorority event gone bad. (Full disclosure, I loved my sorority, though I don’t remember wearing shiny stuff on my head. Gamma Phis, feel free to correct me. Especially if you have photographic evidence.)
Not a deal breaker. Just because tiaras might be available didn’t mean I’d have to wear one. And I had a family reunion to look forward to afterward.
My sister and one of my brothers picked up my dad and me from the airport and we drove straight to the hotel. While my sister went inside to check on the room’s location, I waited outside.
Then lost it. Out of the blue, I started crying. I sniffled into my dad’s shoulder that I hated that I was eligible to be there. As I calmed down, I decided to stay, knowing I could be rescued within 20 minutes.
The …
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