by Joann Filomena | Mar 11, 2018 |
His friend, John, referred to the Esopus as Jim’s personal Ganges. So it was. He swam here every summer as a kid, and drove up to stay here many times as an adult, until I bought the house and we moved upstate. This is the old bridge in Mt. Tremper where he...
by Joann Filomena | Mar 10, 2018 |
This is a question I’ve been asking other widows – what is it you wish you knew? The answers are varied and sometimes, even contradicting. But that is how widowhood is. As much as we all have in common, and trust me it is a LOT, we are also having a...
by Joann Filomena | Mar 10, 2018 |
So, this all began as a private blog under “lock down” so that I could communicate with my husband after he passed away in the way we met:. In text, over the internet, over 20 years ago. It was the birth of the internet really. Back in 1991, posting a...
by Joann Filomena | Mar 8, 2018 |
Dear Mom and Dad, I started this as a way to “talk” to Jim after he passed on, but realized I could reach out to you two as well. Writing to dead people may become a habit. Yesterday I started a visualization/meditation to create money in my life. I...
by Joann Filomena | Mar 8, 2018 |
Dear Jim, Finally this morning I could go back to the video link you emailed to me 2 days before you died. Subject line was “To my Joann” and the link was Joe Cocker singing “You are so beautiful.” Talk about a parting gift. On Xmas day, you sent a link to all your...
by Joann Filomena | Mar 6, 2018 |
Dear Jim, It has been nearly 2 weeks since you died. I am not even sure how that many days can have already gone past. We talked about this day. With your being 16 years older, it was understood between us that you would most likely be the first to pass and I would...
