Saturday, September 21, 2013

If I Had Known

Ripe crabapples in the neighbourhood at this time of year:



I came across this most interesting if morbid article in the newspaper earlier this week. It discusses 'how to deal with life as a widow'. It references a blog called 'if I had known'. There is even a website widowed.ca and a book on the topic 'Managing Alone: Your Trusted Advisor's Guide to Surviving the Death of Your Spouse'.  Even young women in their twenties and thirties have had to deal with this, it is not of course restricted to middle-aged and older people.

7 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Good that there is help, when my husband died I felt very alone. Valerie

Anonymous said...

Oh, I am not worried. I am the one who pays the bills and deals with financial matters.

Plowing Through Life (Martha) said...

It may be a morbid topic, but life is unpredictable; best to be prepared in case tragedy strikes.

Joseph Pulikotil said...

Very interesting and useful information. Best wishes

Kay said...

I know we need to be prepared and it scares me to think about it. It was even hard for me to open up your important link. Sigh.

stefanie stark said...

I love this photo because of the wonderful, heartwarming combination of the fence, the branch, the colors and the atmosphere.

stefanie stark said...

And I think it's good to know that there is some help available on the internet for women who do need it.