grief – Pati Rader

Choices and Decisions

We are not broken women, unable to stand on our own or make decisions. Instead we are widows navigating a new chapter in our lives.

“Pati, would you consider sharing your story on my new podcast?” My first thought was, why would anyone want to ‘hear’ my story, I certainly write a generous portion of words already. Next I began to experience a gut churning all too familiar experience similar to that of years past landing a part in aContinueContinue reading “A New Experience to Share”

Generous Grief…

My writings do not always connect the dots, and no doubt skip over a few or more missed points during my expressions and often reveal something quite different than my thoughts or intended topic upon completion. For example those dot to dot pages where a few missed dots results in a Giraffe looking like aContinueContinue reading “Generous Grief…”

Football and Valentines….

Last year I would not have made any connection between the biggest football game of the year and Valentine’s Day. Of course this year having them fall within hours of each other along with the memories from last year is a bit overwhelming to say the least. Thank you for sharing in these memories andContinueContinue reading “Football and Valentines….”

Gratitude and Grief

How does gratitude share the same sentence or space as grief let alone be held in the same heart and hand at the same time? I have discovered that emotions can for the most part be controlled, put on hold or masked until one has the opportunity to let it all out. However with griefContinueContinue reading “Gratitude and Grief”