Secrets for Divorce, Widows and Singles Starting a New Life

By Arthur Patricia Joanetta

It took seventeen days before I could bury my husband.

I decided I better think about what to do and to make a list of what needed to be done and the order it needed to be done.
I decided to turn in and wait until morning to start again. I didnt think I would sleep after all I had been through. To my surprise, I slept late in the morning. Guess I was more exhausted than I thought.
Forty years of marriage and now a widow. Scary thought. Heres the list:
? Mail, death certificates, and payment on bills;
? Change all documents with both names;
? Count number of death certificates needed (cars, banks, house, insurance, etc.)
? See about new housing, or repair the one I am in now;
? Job;
? Safety on all sides of me, house and car;
? And, Dating(?).

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Apr 29, 2013
• ISBN: 9781481710848

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© 2013 by Arthur Patricia Joanetta. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 04/26/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4817-1085-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-1084-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013901457

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Contents

Thank You

A Little About the Author

Introduction

Checking off the List: See About New Housing or Repair the One I’m In

Checking off the List: Job

Checking off the List: Safety on All Sides of Me

Checking off the List: Dating & Learning New Things

Tips That Are Helpful

Beginning a New List: Becoming Free After Forty Years

Thank You

I am thanking all the people who believed I could write this small book. One person very dear to me has been with me all the way—I hope I have written a story she will be proud to read. I am beginning to feel like this book could be good. I hope people who read this will get ideas they had not thought of doing; and so, I thank you, the reader for being willing enough to look beyond the cover, and willing enough to read through the pages.

Teresa Hunter, you are more than an advisor, you are a very special friend. A big Thank You, and may all good things come your way.

A Little About

the Author

My mom and dad homesteaded a 40-acre plot to build a house and start farming.

When their kids started coming along, being born and growing, it became difficult making a stable living on their 40 acres with 4 children. When the kids started to help, fortunately, Mom had more time for each of us. I got to start learning how to sew, cook, can, and garden—it slowly became easier for Mom and Dad with chores as we all became more and