Stacy was a stay-at-home mom/part-time preschool teacher whose life was turned upside down in 2011 when her husband passed away suddenly of a heart attack. She is raising her two fabulous daughters, now ages 18 and 20, who are turning into wonderful young women. In 2016, she started a blog about her experience as a young widow, The Widow Wears Pink. This led her to write for other publications including Huffington Post, Today.com, Scary Mommy, Grown & Flown, Kveller, Modern Loss, Thought Catalog, and many more. In 2018 she started Living the Second Act with fellow writer Mimi Golub. Today, Stacy and her daughters are happily living their "new normal" while always keeping her husband's spirit alive.
I don’t just have an empty nest, I have a solo empty nest. That was what faced me that morning. In five days I would not be waking up to a quiet house, I would be waking up to a silent house.
It’s Back-to-School Time! Test your knowledge of one of the best high school movies of all time – The Breakfast Club! How did you do?
She did go back to her room and took the Benadryl but her symptoms were not getting better, they were getting worse. This was when she called me.
Why do we want what we can’t have? Why do things that didn’t interest us suddenly become interesting when they are wanted by others?
Where my daughter once had a constant stream of invitations for plans, she was now having to be the one to reach out. When she did reach out, a lot of the girls were suddenly busy with other things.
If you were a 90210 fan like I was, you don’t need too much reminding. We all remember the basice. Let’s talk about some facts we may not remember as well.
Do you remember the tv show Seinfeld? Take our quiz and find out if there is any soup for you!
We laugh – Not just regular laughter; it is such hysterical laughter that makes my eyes tear and my face hurt. We laugh about old times and new times – everything is just funny when we are together.
There were many 80s trends that make us look back and say, “What were we thinking?” But then again, maybe some would be fun to wear…
I am no longer a seven year-old girl. I am a 53 year-old woman with the confidence to make mistakes and keep moving forward.