tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post1916880976873442696..comments2024-03-29T08:54:05.713-04:00Comments on The Misadventures of Widowhood: The Whispering UniverseMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-80295566882373722382013-07-28T16:36:58.583-04:002013-07-28T16:36:58.583-04:00I can identify with that. I love my nieces as if t...I can identify with that. I love my nieces as if they were daughters but they have a mother, father and a stepfather plus their own families that come first...as it should be. I'm very grateful when I am able to see them.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-57185626516174687642013-07-28T15:43:51.229-04:002013-07-28T15:43:51.229-04:00I am aware of that huge divide as well. In essenc...I am aware of that huge divide as well. In essence I am childless. My two stepchildren lived less than a year with us in the beginning, and visited infrequently thereafter. Moreover, their birth mother loves them and raised them for the most part; it's appropriate their loyalty is with her. <br />GowitheFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842273685414939160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-44901097757020563632013-07-28T13:16:17.418-04:002013-07-28T13:16:17.418-04:00Yes, GowithFlow, I have found my own piece within ...Yes, GowithFlow, I have found my own piece within the puzzle changing. For 12 years I knew who I was and what I was. I was a caregiver/wife and my escape was writing about the role. Before that I had my work to help define my puzzle piece. Now, as a widow, I'm struggling to grow into a new form and I'm not there yet. I have much in common with other widows in my peer group but I have justMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-78915831259659126652013-07-28T12:52:45.842-04:002013-07-28T12:52:45.842-04:00I love readings about the inner workings of people...I love readings about the inner workings of people's minds, too. Some people blah blah blah about their inner workings, yet I find private people often have unique, interesting musings. I would have never thought to muse about grasshoppers.<br /><br />Have you found that your own piece within the puzzle is changing shape? Growing into new form? GowitheFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842273685414939160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-48704701090753160412013-07-28T08:44:09.132-04:002013-07-28T08:44:09.132-04:00Me too, Judy, regarding often feeling like a squar...Me too, Judy, regarding often feeling like a square peg in a round hole. Been that way my entire life. My theory---now that I'm a fan of reading blogs---is that the square peg feeling is far more common than I ever imagined in the past. I, too, keep struggling to understand the meaning of it and I'm starting to wonder if maybe we didn't try so hard we'd find that meaning easier. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-23728910073513742742013-07-27T23:44:49.963-04:002013-07-27T23:44:49.963-04:00YES-I would like to know where I fit in. I have o...YES-I would like to know where I fit in. I have often felt like the square peg trying to fit into the round hole. My thought processes are not like other people that I know. I wonder, what am I suppose to do now. I don't seem to be doing anything very helpful to others. Just kind of hermitized here--what good am I anyway? Oh yes--old and still trying to figure out what it all means.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.com