This is the real and raw journey of my grief after losing both of my amazing parents and my beautiful husband over the course of just 13 short months. You’ll find music in almost every post as it was an integral part of my marriage.

Queen Elizabeth II was right when she said

“Grief is the price we pay for love.”

  • Let me off this ride!

    Let me off this ride!

    They say the seven stages of grief can be expected after a loved one dies. Shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, testing, and acceptance. I’m a very organized and routine person who has always followed the “rules”. When my husband passed away I was expecting those stages to fall in line. It’s only been 54 days…

About me:

I’m Kelly. Widowed at 59, this is the story of losing my husband and both of my parents over the course of 13 months. I lost my dad to kidney cancer in the fall of 2022, my mom to dementia and a broken heart in April of 2023, and just five short months later, my beautiful husband Joe passed away in September 2023 from complications after cardiac arrest. We were married for almost 22 years. I’m a mom to an amazing son, and I have been an executive assistant for over 40 years. I live just outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma with our 2 rescue dogs Hope & Grace.