The loss of my husband in 2014 after a 36-year marriage was as game-changing as it gets. All that remained of me within that desolate landscape was my sense of humour and an ability to write about my loss from a humerous perspective.
This quickly earned me the title of ‘Merry Widow’ but as is true of many stereotypical labels they are not always accurate descriptors of the the truth. In order to set the record straight, I wrote my first book The Funny Thing About Being a Widow?
In my first book, I included a chapter about dating sites and how they worked or didn’t, for those who had lost a spouse or partner and were ready for a new relationship. The response to it was such that I decided that this was a subject worthy of a stand alone volume.
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During the last 10 years I have built up new foundations from the rubble, snogged more frogs than a Disney Princess during the research for my second book, and for which I also performed all my own stunt work. I am very fortunate to be happily re-married to another wonderful man and still manage to view life through humour tinted spectacles.
I am currently working on the 3rd, and last book in The Funny Thing About Being a Widow? Series this time talking about the joy of finding love again after loss, but also the associated challenges that can arise for those of us who have been widowed previously.
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