Comments on: How I Met My Chapter 2

By: Kim Murray

Kim Murray — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 17:31:15 +0000

In reply to Katie McGowan. Hi Katie, as luck would have it I'm working on a dating post right now :)

By: Katie McGowan

Katie McGowan — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 16:36:27 +0000

hi and thanks for sharing all your wisdom! Would love to hear more about dating and you manage the logistics with kids, how to reassure them that your chapter 2 will never take the place of their dad, but still make them feel OK about this new person in their lives.

By: Kim Murray

Kim Murray — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 10:00:05 +0000

In reply to Jane Susann MacCarter. Hi Jane, I love your outlook! You know it's not easy (widowhood, solo travel, dating) but you're willing to explore opportunities when/if they arise. That's key. The odds (of anything) are more likely to be in your favor if you believe they are 😊.

By: Jane Susann MacCarter

Jane Susann MacCarter — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 23:16:28 +0000

In just four weeks, I’ll have lived through Year Two of widowhood and will be entering Year Three. Especially during this time of COVID-19, widowhood can be a pretty lonely situation… even lonelier during this time of social distancing, especially when one lives out in the country… about 20 minutes from a town of 7,000 and about 40 minutes over a mountain pass from a small city of about 50,000. My grief is mostly being dealt with okay… I bought my first “walking” lawn mower recently… planned and experienced several travels over the first two years… even flew from LAX to MEL in Australia by myself to visit my son… but what I DO find wearying is the knowledge that Life As I Know It Right Now is probably going to STAY the way it is right now…. even on those all-too-frequent days when I think “What is the point of even getting up in the morning? What is the point of each day? Why should I even make the bed? Who is there to care whether I do or do not?” I’d like to start gradually, gradually start testing the waters of dating — even if I don’t see myself as ever marrying again. And even though certain friends have told me again and again, “You don’t look a day past 55!” …. I’m all too aware that I am actually 75 years old….. and here I am in a very small town, in the midst of a pandemic, keeping myself socially distant. Ah well…..thank you for listening to me vent. I need to keep reminding myself that things still COULD change… and change for the better… even though many odds are against me, the possibility for something new, something good, something More may still be out there for me… thank you for reminding me to remind MYSELF about this…. Bless you, Kim Murray!!

By: Kim Murray

Kim Murray — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 00:34:08 +0000

In reply to Nora Horton-Ginsberg. Hi Nora, thanks for your feedback! I hope you'll leave your options open for whatever the future has in store 😊.

By: Nora Horton-Ginsberg

Nora Horton-Ginsberg — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 23:35:01 +0000

thanks for this. I am a widow for 15 months now, and although I am not ready to date again, don’t know when or if I will be one day, I enjoyed your story about your journey. It gave me some food for thought.