Ok, gals….send ‘em in! Answer one, two, or all three questions, but PLEASE do contribute! Your answers may help one of your fellow WOWs/GOWs who is struggling with an issue! Thank you! J.D.A.


1.) Have you set any personal boundaries with you widower in regard to his late wife’s memory? Explain. How did his hearing about your boundaries make your widower feel (how did he respond)?

2.) Does your widower still struggle with keeping the past “in the past”? Explain (and please state how long he has been widowed). How does this make you feel? What do you plan to do about it?

3.) Do you believe that “embracing the late wife” means accepting the notion that you will never be first in his heart, that you should become the “door mat” of his memories, and/or that you feel you must learn to love “her” in order to keep him happy? Explain.


~~Send in your responses via e-mail to juliedonnerandersen@mail.com. Results to be posted in the MARCH 2006 edition of the newsletter.

Please do not use Julie’s messaging system through her web page at Authors Den (http://www.authorsden.com/juliedonnerandersen) to submit responses, please. Thank you!