The Whiskey Widow | Share In The Loss

The life I knew is gone.

I write to remember.

I write as I

walk on.

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Why whiskey?

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Well-meaning people often ask how we are doing. There’s no answer to that.

No simple grief summary I can provide.

I share this journey of life, loss, and whiskey here instead. Decide for yourself.

Time is Passing - Four Years.

The Whiskey Widow • May 16, 2025

Birthdays are always hard. We threw big parties. Adam cooked a lot of food. I feel his absence. Not just for me in all the planning and prep, but for my children. I hate that he is not here to see how much they have grown. It hurts my heart to know the young ages they lost their father: 6, 10, and

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I am unexpectedly here. In a place I never thought I’d be. Widowed at 41.

I had a wonderful husband. Demanding career. A beautiful and chaotic life. But what I spent my first 40 years building, no longer exists.

Today, I’m a single parent of three, with an uncertain future, sifting through my late-husband’s whiskey collection.

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Life Before Loss

"Eat well, travel often" was basically a family motto. In recent years, I think we could add "drink whiskey." We loved adventures and were always planning our next trip. Here's a little collection of photos of our life before loss.

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The Sweet Journey returns here.

The Sweet Journey

Last year, my therapist flatlined that there’s no joy in my life right now. As I sat in her office considering this observation, I knew she was right. She said I needed to find anything that sparks the tiniest bit of joy in me and do that until my ability to feel real joy returns.

Well over a decade ago, I had a little blog called This Sweet Journey about baking, my kids, house projects and recipes. It was so fun for me, back when we were building our first home and having our babies, to document the progress and events of life and share it with the handful of family and friends who followed along.

Welcome back to The Sweet Journey.