This Sucks, And Yet…

I lost my wife at 40 suddenly and unexpectedly. She was the best part of my life, but I have a young daughter and a responsibility to move forward.

4 years…

Four years came and went last weekend with limited emotional impact. Similar to last year, we tried to honor the past without reliving it, although in this iteration we were at home as opposed to traveling.

It was a little strange being in town during the anniversary, but we spent the…

Fall was feeling kind of normal…until it wasn’t

I was well on my way to writing a lengthy article last month about how this fall was beginning to feel normal: after a few months of warm summer weather, we caught a few days of cool/crisp days and nights which, coupled with the start of my…

Jeff Milbourne

Aug 2

Closure is a Little Harder Than Laying Down a Rock…

My goal for this Medium writing project has always been to paint an honest, accurate picture of what it’s like for one human with a particular life story to move through the process of grieving and rebuilding.

Jeff Milbourne

Jul 10

Time to Lay it Down

Back from abroad after a lovely, week-long trek with one of my best friends. As alluded to last time, there were plenty of significant questions going into the trip, so I paid attention to what I both saw and felt throughout the week.

How do you deal with Seismic Emotions?

As was explored last time, I’m approaching four years since Chelsea passed, and yet I’ve still got significant emotions that can trigger seismic reactions with little to no warning.

Another Unexpected Zinger

I got tagged last week, completely unexpectedly, and it’s the ones you don’t see coming that hit you the hardest…

Walking around our university, in route to a meeting, I saw a first responder team parked on the side of the road with their lights flashing. No…

Jeff Milbourne

May 8

A Lovely Surprise

Early in my grief process, I learned that I had to take peoples’ words with a grain of salt when they expressed condolences. Not knowing what to say, folks would make vague statements like, ‘If there’s anything you need, don’t hesitate to ask.’ But of course, those statements were not entirely…

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