A Widow’S Musings

By Kathleen Iannacone

On December 18, 2011, author Kathleen Iannacones life as she knew it ended. Her husband, Chuck Folker, who had been diagnosed with stage 4 renal cell carcinoma four years earlier, died.

In A Widows Musings, she tells how she coped with losing the love of her life, after more than thirty years together. Through personal thoughts, inspirational materials, and virtual hand-holding, she narrates events and anecdotes from their life together, the loss of her husband and her grieving process.

With space included for writing notes, A Widows Musings shares some of Iannacones innermost reflections and feelings as she journeys through the grieving process. She has started a private Facebook page A Widows Musings, as a place for others to share their stories. This, as well as the book, are meant to be a resource and source of inspiration for others who are coping with the death of a loved one.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Feb 25, 2017
• ISBN: 9781532014055

Kathleen Iannacone

Kathleen Iannacone lost her perfect match after thirty years together. She is a retired teacher. Lannacone has started a private Facebook page, A Widow’s Musings, as a place for others to share their stories. She currently lives in Williamstown, New Jersey.

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ISBN: 978-1-5320-1404-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5320-1405-5 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017902117

iUniverse rev. date: 2/25/2017

Contents

Prologue

Introduction

Affirmations

Everlasting Love

Friends

I can’t imagine dating again!

Sharing

Signs

The Aftermath of Caregiving

Maybe I’m Greedy?

Pay It Forward

Dedication

to Charles Chuck Folker

No one is perfect, but you were/are my perfect match.

Prologue

On December 18, 2011, my life as I knew it ended. This happens every day, multiple times per day, to nearly 100,000 people. That didn’t make it any less overwhelming for me. You might be inclined to say that I should have been prepared, since my husband had been diagnosed