Bride to Widow is my story of a divorced woman who finally meets the “love of her life” after almost 30 years alone.

We finally marry and 2 days later he is taken away by death after a total of a few short years together. 

These are my words, articles and journaling that I have written over the last 4 years and 4 months since his death, trying to learn to cope with my loss, my world falling apart, loss of home, loss of a sense of a belonging and the hopeless feelings I had as if there was a hole in my stomach that would never go away. A part of me also died that morning. 

Hopefully my words can give help and comfort to someone else who is going through the same pain, heartbreak and loss. 

Monna Ellithorpe, December 2012