Day 7 — After a night of unnecessary worry about my husband, hearing my husband’s voice on the telephone was a huge relief. While writing my blog post last night, I learned of an earthquake in Trinidad. Internet search confirmed that a quake of Magnitude 4.9 occurred at a depth of 110 kilometers in the […]
Author: Jeanette Lewis
21 Days Without my Husband — Solitude and Sociability
Day 6 — Are solitude and sociability polar opposites? When my husband left for his annual winter junket I wrote about looking forward to three weeks alone. In the past few days a major storm left me housebound with no choice but solitude. It was quite lovely but by this weekend I needed to spend […]
21 Days Without my Husband — A Good Samaritan
Day 5 without my husband. The noise of the City snow ploughs clearing the street awakened me. My heart sank as I looked at the huge snow windrow the plough left behind plugging the driveway. It was about 4 feet high and thick with big chunks of snow and ice from the road. I knew that […]
21 Days Without my Husband — Snowmageddon
Day 4 — It’s snowmageddon where I live. 29.5 centimeters of snow has fallen. The snow began last night, stopped for a few hours and then began in earnest this morning and continued through the day. I spent most of the day watching neighbours fight the snow. Several began shovelling early this morning and repeatedly […]
21 Days Without my Husband — A Winter Storm Approaches
Day 3 without my husband — I’m settling-in to await arrival of the biggest snow storm to hit the Greater Toronto Area in many years. Canadians stay aware of the weather at all times — especially during winter when storms can get dangerous. Today Environment Canada issued a storm warning that predicts 20 – 30 centimeters of […]
21 Days Without my Husband — Feeling the Freedom
Day 2 — I’m feeling the freedom! I woke up to bright blue skies. A good dose of February sunshine always cheers me. Perhaps it’s my Saskatchewan roots where the sun shines every day of the winter even when it’s freezing cold. It felt a bit strange not to chat with my husband this morning. […]
21 Days Without My Husband — Day 1
Today my husband left for his annual vacation junket to Trinidad — without me. I declined the invitation to travel with him — as I do every year. Most people gasp when they hear this. They ask why I don’t go with him. They admonish me for missing the carnival festivities on the island. They are […]
Life Decisions — Getting What You Want From Your Life
What do you want from your life? In commenting to a recent post a reader asked how I decided what aspects of life were important to me in retirement. This comment made me think again about the process I use to make decisions to get what I want from my life. “The first step to […]
Life is short — don’t take time for granted.
During the weekend we received news of the death of a friend — someone we had known for more than 40 years. This sad news made me realize — again — that time cannot be taken for granted. Yet, too often, it’s easy to forget that life is short and to take time for granted. […]
Moving on and Letting Go
A few weeks ago I attended a celebration where I had opportunity to meet many former colleagues. These people were important to me in my career — they were in my network. I interacted regularly with all of them — sometimes monthly, sometimes weekly and sometimes daily. It was wonderful to see them but aside […]
