Did you know that there is only one lake in all of Scotland? I know that may be hard to believe, but it’s true. (There…
I had grand ideas to travel to Lake Menteith this weekend to check out Inchmahome Priory, but after looking at the very limited bus services to the area,…
Life is so very different without Paul and these past four years have been a rollercoaster ride that I never could have imagined. Without Paul,…
A couple of nights before we had services for Paul in England*, a woman I know told me a story about feathers. She said when…
I think Paul laughed at me today. No, I’m certain he rolled on the floors of Heaven with extreme belly laughs. I think that he…
The thing about grief is that sometimes it just hits you out of nowhere. Yesterday was such a great day. I really enjoyed spending time…
I struggled with how to start this post, or if I would even write it at all because it’s hard to know how to “announce”…
It’s been about six months since I started working with the monument company on Paul’s headstone and I’ve finally seen the first photos of the…
It’s been a year since Paul died; a year since I became Just Frances again. I made the drive to his grave in Cle Elum…
I finally filed my taxes. I say finally because I normally have mine completed and filed the first week of February – based on the…
I wrote not long ago about finally getting around to making arrangements for Paul’s headstone. At the time, I was maybe a little sad because…
For nearly eight months, I’ve been putting off ordering a headstone for Paul. Even after I knew what I wanted, I still couldn’t bring myself…
I’ve taken my first solo holiday, spending nearly two weeks in England and Scotland visiting family and friends. Read the original story about my holiday here…
I went to visit Paul’s gravesite at the weekend and realised that it might be the last time I’m able to sit there and talk…
Paul’s grave marker was placed at the cemetery in England last week, and his family sent photos of it so that I could see how…
Typical of so many couples, Paul and I never spoke in specific terms about funerals. We’d chat here-and-there about things, but neither of us ever said…